The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-05

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The most authentic story OF the
robbety obtained by the police Ia a.
! follows:
The Burroughs pay car. Packard
machine with a special body, carry
ing about $4,000 from the North
Woodward branch OF the Dime Saw.
ings bank To the factory. was stopped
! by three men who drove alongside
at Cass and BuTroughs-aves.. point
! ing shotguns and automatic pistols
at the occupants OF the pay car.
! In the pay car were Sheehan, the
paymaster. Price. the chauffeur and
KOgelschatz. the guard. Sheehan
and kogelschatZ were armed The
bandits got the drop" 40 quickly that
neither had an opportunity TO get his
| gun.
Ordered by the bandits TO leave the
car under the cover OF the bandits
gun. the three men held up their
hands while one OF the robbers took
| Ave OF six trays OF money in the back
Of the pay car. About $4,000 was
| taken The sixth tray was overlook
ed by the robber.
| Rudolph Cooper. a guard Of the
Burroughs Co. hired 10 protect the
pay car. WAS on the sidewalk. He
ran 10 the side OF the machine and
pressed his automatic pistol to one
OF the bandits stomach. His pistol
refused to work, however, and the
bandit jerked II from his hand and
Knocked Cooper over the head with
his own gun. As he fell another Of
the robbers fired a load OF buckshot
into Cooper's right hip.
At this time Charles Powers, Of
| No. 81 Euclid-ave. west. foreman in
the shipping department. who was
driving another ear with two guards.
turned from Woodward-ave. into
| Burroughs-ave. Powers with the
two guards leaped from the machine
and ran towards the pay car. The
of the pay car opened fire on the
three men. firing four shots AZ them
with A Winchester rife. They stop
ped and held up their hands as or
dered.
By this time the robbers had com
pleted their task and jumping into
| their machine sped away.
That is the story as the police have
il. II IL told differently BY several
persons who say they saw the affair.
/ one man declared that seven men
were implicated in the robbery. On
being closely questioned IL WAS found
| that he could not tell which were
! the robbers and which were the Bur.
roughs men.
The police say there might have
been five or even six men but they
only have fairly accurate descrip-
tions Of three OF them. One was an
elderly man wearing a palm beach
suit. white shoes and a straw hat.
| The two others were young men,
poorly clad and unkempt Descrip-
| tions Of any other robbers have not
been given the police.
After leaving the pay car the ban.
dts sped west on Burroughs TO Sec
ond ave, and turned southwark. Sew
eral testers for the Cadillac Motor
Car Co. gave chase In their ma.
chimes. The bandits directed a few
shots at the testers as they swung
around into Second-ave.. in front OF
the Burroughs plant.
The course OF the bandits car from
there on IL rather vague. The police
support the theory that the robbers
took ziglag course westward TO
Grand River.aye., and drove rapidly
out Of the city.
When the report OF the robbery
was received in police headquarters
some OF the most rapid and elabor.
ate work ever done in the detective
bureau was executed. Detective In
spoctor Edward Fox and Lieut..
Amos Kunkel. the men who cleared
up the Alpheus Moore mystery, were
IN charge.
Inspector Fox dispatched every
available man TO the scene OF the
robbery, while Lieut. Kunkel no
iied police departments in adjoiu.
ing towns and cities TO keep a SHARP
eye for the bandits. While this was
being done the switchboard operator
was calling all patrolnen on duty
with the little green lights recently
installed on the patrol boxes. Each
officer was given general descrip-
ton OF the bandits and their car and
was given strict orders To hold
everyone who looked suspicious.
Detectives and patrolmen Who
were on duty when the report came
worked until late Saturday morning
in an effort to get trace OF The
men. Cne OF the handlcaps suffered
by The police was the varying stories
and descriptions furnished them
II is not definitely known yet
whether tn" robbers are In a Buick
ear or & Ford II is thought they
are in Oakland codnty somewhere
Not long after the robbers were sup
posed 10 have left the city. reports
came from Novi. Mich. II miles
west on Grand River-aye., that the
bandits passed through there en-
route TO South Lyons This seemed
probable az three railroads cross at
that point and the police thought II
likely they would head for place
with plenty OF railroad facilities.
Meanwhile, Rudolph Cooper. the
wounded guard. is in Providence
hospital. lamenting his fate. He is
regarded as the hero OF the day.
OF the FIVE or six persons at the
scene Of the robbery. he was the
only one TO give fight
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