New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
Bandits, All Dressed Up, Take
$1,000, Shoot Sergeant
keenan,, Then Escape in
a Stolen Automobile
Pretty Girl Is Heroine
She Put Her Foot Down ON
a Button Which Rang Bell
at Police Headquarters

Eight men in stolen automobile
entered the rirst National Bank of
Roselle. n. j.. during the noon hour
yesterday and robbed it of $1,000
julius Ginsburg saw the robbers
first, but it never occurred to him
they were robbers. The bank is on
the northeast corner of Second Ave
nue. and Chestnut Street. The clothes
pressing establishment of Ginsburg G.
Borisoff is on the southwest corner,
and noyt door is Police Headquarters.
Ginsburg was in the rear of his es-
tablishment yesterday trying to light
the gas under his patent steam press
ing machine when he saw six men,
walking two and two pass the side
window
Were Dressed Expensively
what I noticed then was they were
dressed nicely" Ginsburg explained
later to an audience that included re-
porters, customers, Boy Scouts and his
partner. Israel Borsoff. plush hats
they wore, and everything expensive.
I've pressed every suit of clothes in
Roselle, so knew they were
strangers. Next thing ! knew l heard
shot and the horse across the street
got frightened. | ran'-
But here Borsoff broke in with:
Il was in the bank and had lust
started to shove $40 through the little
window to the cashier, when man
came into his cage from the rear and
put gun a his head. | pulled my $50
BACK, but another man with another
gun was at my elbow. Leave your
money there he said, we won't take it,
He Kept His Money
"They didn't, either. I've got it now.
Then he took me by tho elbow and
showed ne into the directors room
and made the other customers. four
women and another man. go in with me-
lie was stout fellow with a soft hat
thought 1t was a cap, but one of the
girls, Miss Agnes Boyne. who was in
line behind me, said afterward when
she stopped crying that it was a hat
snd he kept one hand in his pocket
md with the other kept Juggling the
revolver around. Mrs. Shepherd and
Mrs. Joseph Riciteli and Rikcr, the
manager Of Charles NJ. Decker & Bro
the grocers. were all in that directors
room with US.
The fat bandit kept saying: Hands
up. there. don't want TO hurt you
girls. Then a shot was fired. and
nc ran out closing the door on US
when he went. When we came out the
cashier was just getting his hands
down."
Cashier Explains Matters
That was Percy II. Bennion, assist
ant cashier of the bank, and as he told
OF II afterward TO President Crane
when that official hurried back to the
bank before he had half finished his
luncheon, six men had entered. but he
mad only given them a glance through
the horseshoe shaped aperture in the
brass grill that separates customers
from employees in this prim, yellow
brick rectangle with its roof OF green
tile. Then Bennion had gone ahead
taking in money and passing out less
20 the individuals in the line before
him.
First thing knew began Mr. Ben
Mon, in telling Mr.. Grace all about it,
there was something hard against" my
cheek. and man said: Put your
hands up They're up ! said. And
after that | didn't have a chance to do
anything but keep 'em up.
Leader Was Real Boss
This man was the leader OF them
all. He wore a derby hat, and when
Ht SpOhc ttlt OLUcIS jumped. he UlUn I
call any Of them by name. Hey, you
pull down the curtains, he said, and
one of the others ran and pulled them
down. II backed me up and made me
put my face 10 the wall Then out Of
-he corner of my eye saw him 90 into
nay cage and stuff his pockets with
money. Then he came back to me and
ordered me to open the vault"
The vault, containing safety deposit
and ofo
is IN the rear, and at the right of the
row of money counters cages. 1t is
directly in the rear OF the directors
room.
He backed me in there and ordered
ne to open up the DOORS" Bennion
went on. "The heavy outside door
was open and so vas the first steel
and locked l fumbled with the keys
but he stifened the hand with the
pistol and ordered me to hurry. Then
! opened the door, and as it slid back
the automatic bell rang. This caused
nm TO stop. lie ran his eye over the
pig bags OF money piled up in plain
.,SAt ana tfcn he looked at me again
ne SAD II that bell gets me you re
oead man. Where does it connect :?
The Robbcr and the Bell
! assured him it was simply a bell
''e"'.S ~ tHp!OyeS IN the bank that
the vault door was being opened Then
ne took quick look at all.the rnonev
pllea up IN there, $8 900 in silver and
gold, passed his hand over the door ~,
the safe, and then decided to run. Ue
didn = take dime from the vault and
ne DIDN'T stop to try and make me oneo
thc safe. lie was scared
When got out Of the vault star.
ed 70 step on the alarm bell that RING,
~ Police Headquarters. but Miss Car
penter said she had rung it, Then tn,
shooting began"
II was MISS Margaret Carpenter. ;
stenographer, slender and dark eyed
that Bcnnion referred 20. She ough
- be IN tho movies doing thrillers
,NerVcs BIKE hers are wasted in Il small
town bank, where there may not be an
other robbery until long after she i.
married
Heroine Held He'd Foot Down
This ia what she saw and did
"A fnan wearing derby hat vaultcc
over the low fence lha, shuts the pub
l3c out OF the Offices. ! got up IRON
hy typewriter TO protest. but before
could say anything another man had
jumped over. Both had guns in their
lands and ! ran into the cage next to
Hr. bcrninn's. As the derby hat man
drovc Mr. Ecnnion out and began 20