Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-09
Highwaymen and House Breakers Busy in Pine
 Bluff for Three Days.
ROB GAR CONDUCTOR
Ben Young Held Up and Robbed of $15 Near Cemetery-R. l.. Williams Re- ! sf
 ports Being Assaulted, Losing $2l.
 Negro Polls Two Gunmen.

A lone higllwayman, wearing ker- chief over the, lower part of his face, held up and robbed Conductor 7 Ben Young of the .Cemetery line of .the street car system. shortly after o'clock Sunday evening, getting away with about $15 in money and the con ductor's trip sheet, report blanks and other stuff of no value.
 The robbery occurred at the termi- nus of the line, immediately opposite the entrance to the cemetery grounds. Although the police, assisted by rep resentatives of the street car com pany. worked steadily on the case throughcut Sunday night and yester-
 day, there is no clue to the robber, ana \ it is expected he will not be captur-
 ed.
 Three men taken in custody by
 Chief of Police Frank Stewart and
 Night Chief Fiveash were later re- . leased, as nothing could be develop
 ed which might prove they had any
 thing to do with the robbery. Con
 ductor Young was unable to identify
 any of them. The conductor, owing to his excitement during and after
 the hold-up. was unable to give de-
 scription of the man, except that ne was evidently dark complexioned and of short, stocky build. The conduc-
 for believes the man were a blue coat, hut Motorman 5. O'Neill believes the
 coat was brown in color. black
 soft hat was worn by the bandit.
 The car had reached the end Of the
 line. the conductor had changed the V trolley, the motorman was ready to sstart on the return trip, when Con- .:duetor Young noticed man running
 toward. the car. Thinking it was a
 prospective passenger Young opened sns the door and the man boarded the s car, his pistol in his hand and de- manding the money. He then left the : car and made off in the darkness. Conductor Young stated yesterda!
 that when the highwayman bearded the car, he said,
 :. "Give me your money. I've Jusl : shot 3 negro, and, I'll take shot a' you if you don't hand the money over Motorman O'Neil, although kep \ covered by the highwaymans waepon 'ss succeeded in getting $5 bill out ol - his pocket and in smuggling 1t into E window frame ot the front plat [ form, thus saving it. The bandi ]. made no effort to rob O'Neil. To re | turn the $5 bill to the motorman . workmen of the car company had te ,s remove much of the framework of the . front platform of the car.
 Exchanges Shots with Gunmen. : That two highwaymen were invoiv ed in an attempt to hold up a negro . employed as porter in one of tho < city's big commercial houses, ant q that at least one of these two was tht man who held up and robbed Con ! ductor Young, was made known yes terday by the porter, who escaped 1. without loss. although there was. al exchange of pistol shets. about t:S' 2 o'clock Sunday evening.
 Conductor Young's statement tha : the car bandit had remarked that m ' had just shot negro, is considered :. as veritication of the belief that th' : car bandit was one oS the men wht ' attempted to rob the negro.
 The negro, who lives near the cem < etery. carries a eistol each day, q < route to his work and en route homs \ again. Tor protectipn, and because Q that fast: is averse to giving hi
 name. for fear cf arrest on charg' x of violating the law against carryinl ' a pistol. He is intimately known t