Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-23
Especial TO the Newark start


SUMMIT, Feb. 2.-Until Patrolmen
william II. George and John ]. Can
non, the star detectives of the local
police force, place under lock and
key in the town calaboose the silk
matted. fur?eoated affable young man
who held them up at pistol point,
kidnapped George and negro chauf-
leur in an automobile and tied his
Two prisoners to a tree on lonesome
country road on Saturday night, It
won't be safe TO refer to the a1alr
in their presence by word or deed.
Cannon and George are as silent as
the Sphinx. or two SphinXes, today.
References TO their experience are re-
eeived with scant politeness, especial
Is BY George, who Is hoarse as a
huckster from a cold contracted in
the hour he spent trussea up near an
old saw mill two miles from the
Canoe Brook Country Club,
Cannon and George had been de-
tailed BY Chief of Police George W.
Brown to the Hobart avenue section
10 keep on the lookout for thieves.
There have been many robberies here
recently. The policemen were walk
ing in Essex road at about 9 o'clock
well-dressed man OF thirty, carrying
= suitcase.
Cannon and George hailed the man,
who greeted them with a CHEEKY
''Howdy, officers"
In reply 10 their questions the
man said he was employed as but
Ter in 2 nearby home, and was on his
way 10 the centre of the city. He
MAS = nice-mannered. affable sort OF
4 chap. and told the policemen
series of funny stories that soon had
hem laughing merrily. The fact that
their new-found friend was so COM
oanionable. however. did not make
Cannon and George forget their duty.
They were suspicious, said so. ana
further informed the man he'd have
to accompany them TO the police sta
ton
Just then Russell Bland. a negro
chauffeur, employed by q. Edward
Fischer. of III Hobart avenue. drove
up. Recognizing Cannon and George,
Bland stopped his car, seven-pas-
senger touring machine.
stranger Turns the Tables.
Cannon advised the stranger to get
IN the car and take ride to the
police station. George hoped IN the
machine and took a seat alongside
the chauffeur in the front of the car.
AS Cannon put his foot on the run
ming board of the car the stranger
dropped his suitcase to the ground
ard while apparently picking the case
nm, drew a .44-calibre automatic re-
volver. with which he covered Can
non. George and the chauffeur.
Tells Cannon to Beat It,
.spardor mo - said the stranger. for
causing you any unnecessary trouble.
hut of course you realize you started
this. So now you (pointing to Gan
non. with his left hand. while he
waved the revolver menancingly over
ali hands), get out of the car and beat
it." Cannon quickly complied and
started on a run in the direction OF
Hobart avenue.
Climbing into the machine the
stranger perched himself on the top
of the back of the rear seat and the
hood OF the machine and directed the
chauffeur to drive on in the clrsc-
ton of Short Hills For more than
an hour the chauffeur. who told TIE
stra niger that he would drive him 70
the end Of the world Il ycu don't
shoot ne cause NY wife : dying
drove the car through Sho-t HIS aid
back to Chatham
Near the Canoe Book Country
Club there Is q Rad leading . the
pumping station Of the Canoe Brook
Country Club The holdup nan d.
rected the chauffeur 70 drive zlczg
this road After they had proceeded
along this road about one mile from
the Chatham turnpike they came 70
an abandoned sswmiil Here the
stranger ordered the chauffeur 70 stall
the engine Of the car.
This done the hold-up man calmly
the colorsi man TO divest
himself OF his suspenders- With the
suspenders Georges arms were Sc
curely bound The chauffeur was
then directed TO cut the lap robes in
the car in small strips. With the
strips the colored man was forced 10
bind the policeman's legs. The pa
trolmen lying on the floor in the saw
mill securely tied tier the stranger.
then removed his own suspenders and
with the braces and q belt which the
chauffeur wore the latter was bound
hand and foot by the supposed burg
lar.
Finding a piece of iron pipe in the
mill the stranger threatened to brain
the policeman and the chauffeur II
they made an outcry.
aHis One Best Job"
Now. you guys just lie nice and
quiet. That other detective has no
doubt reused the whole. town after
me by this time, and. Of course, you