The sun., 1916-11-11
ROBBERS IN MOTOR
MAKE $1,000 HAUL
Steal Pay Envelopes From Pru-
Dental Office at Union
Hill, n. j.
CAR LEFT BEHIND A CLUE
Girl stunned by the Thieves,
who Just Miss Getting
$1,000.

Three automobile robbers entered the
calce Of the Prudential Life Insurance
rompany at Union IIill. ~. j., during the
lunch hour yesterday. knocked n girl as
ss,ant cashier. who was alone In the
Mace. senseless with the butt OF a revolver
and escaped with the weekly pay en-
,.lopes of the local stan Of employees.
They made of with nearly $1,000. but
missed by fifteen minutes getting $4,000
more that had Just been taken to a
nearby bank for deposit.
n, Is believed the robbers were former
employees Of the company who knew
that Friday was payday n that the
branch's premium collections are banked
between noon and 1 O'Clock. hut they
miscalculated the time slightly. for when
hey walked into the office. on the second
door OF 5 Bergenlinc avenue. at ~ 40.
Miss Fannie sullivan. the cashier. had
lcft fifteen minutes before with $1,000
,ha, had been turned over by collectors.
She was on her way to the Trust Com
pany Of New Jersey. a block or sc dis
tan,, at the time.
Girl Alone In once.
All the stan but Miss Emma letter.
the assistant cashier. a girl of 20.
Who lives at 3l7 Sixth street. Union
Hi. were out to lunch. One OF
the trio asked her for a policy rate
look. Az che bent down behind her
desk to get II the two Others vaulted the
low brass railing and made for the safe,
Miss letter caught n flash Of them and
ran screaming toward a telephone. The
third man followed her and struck hei
with the butt Of a revolver. She fell un
conscious to the floor. The thieves Their
went through the safe. They found the
premium collections gone. but there wal
etween $1,000 and $1,000 in pay en-
,elopes in the open safe and a small pile
Of bills that had been turned owe b,
collectors too late to be deposited with
the rest.
With this In their pockets the thre'
went leisurely down stairs and entered
a small touring car in which they haC
come. No one in the street suspected
them, for Miss letters creams a no
attracted attention.
Car Abandoned.
The car turned down Kuffu,h stree
N Pleasant avenue ard headed for tn
Hlckensack plank road. toward tn
ferry for New York. !, had gone ,onl.
three blocks. however. when both rea
shoes were thrown of as they rounde
a corner. Two of the men hastily donne'
o~vercoats they had in the 'onneau ant
ran. The third. after going ba, X to pic
up the Tres. started on again on tn
rims OF the wheels a high speed.
Four blocks further on a boulder stuc
up from the mud OF the Hackensac
plank road. The car smashed into thi
and stopped with its machinery nearl
shaken out OF II. The sole remiinin
robber leapea out n ran for the ferry
Twenty minutes after he robbery =
perintendent samuel Saterstcin returne
to the insurance office from his home /
weehawken and found Miss letter ur
conscious beside the telephone. Chief c
Police wallum was notified and a seirc
organized. The automobile was o
10 he a Brooklyn car and an effort is b'
.ng made to trace the owner.
Three men were arrested In Hoboke
later in the day On suspicion and tw
more were taken last night. On bein
brought before Miss letter. however, I'll
girl cou.d no. identify any Of them an
,sey were released.