New-York tribune., 1919-10-17

drivers licenses.
Fingerprnting, the petition states,
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hurt if kept quiet. wanted to
laugh, but didn't dare. Tie curtains
good to try to watch for the police.
Helen Wooley, the bookkeeper, was
standing against the wall with her
hands up. She whispered that Edith
Miss Bradshaw, another stenogra-
pher) had run down into the cellar.
Then the front door opened and | saw
one of the robbers raise his gun and
bring it down butt first on some mans
head. 1t was Sergeant Fenten keenan,.
from police headquarters, in plain
clothes. and all the robbers began to
run toward the door"
Sergeant Is Badly Used
All the rest of the affair took place
outside of the bank. From half a
dozen witnesses the police have
learned that husky Sergeant keenan,,
forty-elght. married and the father of
three children and proud of his re-
Gently acquired rank, hurried up to
the front door of the bank and en-
ing just inside. Another man, who
was standing in a lazy attitude at the
curbstonc leaning against a seven
passenger touring car and chatting
with the chauffeur, drew a pistol and
fired at the policeman, who was in
civilian clothes.
Sergeant keenan, had been struck on
the forehead between the eyes by the
QUIT OF the gun of the man guarding
the door. 1t is doubtful if he realized
even then what odds he had to face
In vi |,
him and cut deep cash Iii his head
lie rcelcd and the bullet from the man
at the curbstone struck him in the left
breast close to the heart Serreant
keenan, had managed to get his own
pistol out then, but was beset by the
hall dozen men who rushed over him
as though on a football field as thcy
dashed for the automobile, which stood
with doors open and engine running
Ginsburg Takes Up Story
julius Ginsburg was an almost cool
witness Of what followed chem "That
horse got excited after the first shot
and ran out front to see what was
the matter. The fat man-the police
man was standing behind one of those
two big maple trees in front of the
bank. He had his revolver out in front
OF the tree and he was leaning against
1t. lie was pulling the trigger as fast
as ne could. man standing on the
running board Of the automobile was
firing back at him. You could see the
bullets splash up dirt on the lawn on
the bank.
II began to holler 'polico.' The auto
mobile came past here and one of the
men shook a gun at me and shouted
SHUT up SO did, and came on back
into my pressing room"
Ihe automobile had gone then, and
Desk Sergeant George Wright, young
man, came running out from between
Police Headquarters and Ginsburg's
eslabilshment, WI ich are divided by a
yard about twenty five feet wide.
lie SAID afterward that when he saw
the automobile starting away from the
bank, as the chauffeur succeeded in
turning it around in the direction of
folce Headquarters, he thought it
would pass Headquarters, and am
pushed himself there, hoping to get a
shot at the occupants. Instead, he
said, the car started down Chestnut
Street.
They Shot at Every body
when | first started toward 'cn
they began to shoot at everybody" )"
SAID Wright. "Thcy fired three shots
at Joe Raba, the barber, who had start
ed to run over to the bank. He duckcd.
| came on back in the station then and
began telcphoning to ali the surround
ing towns to watch out for the rob-
bers."
Sergeant keenan, didn't collapse with
tne departure Of the robbers He put
ms empty revolver back in his hip
pocket and then, holding himself very
erect, ne alternately walked and ran
'hc two intervening blocks to the
PARISH house Of st. Joseph's Roman
,atnoNc Church. whore he told Father
heaie that he had been shot and want
ed 70 De gwen the last sacrament. The
priest performed this Office, and had
an autom obilc summoned, and it wasn't
long alter that Sergeant Kecnun was
IN "a bed n Il hospital in Elizabeth and
no Tess than three doctors were assur-
ing him that Il man as brave as he was
wouldn't succumb to one bullet if ne
behaved and remained quietly in bed.
Dr. ii. NJ. Plcrson, Of Roscllc, said
last night that hc felt sure the Ger
gcant would recover.
Cross Staten Island Ferry
The automobile was identified by its
license number, "52984 ~ d." as the
property Of W. y. Timms, president
Of the Board Of Education Of Eliza
beth, which s about three miles from
Roseile. Mrs. 1mms had been shop
ping and left the car TO make II call
That wae ~ noon. II WIS just about
forty-flYe minutes later that the men
drove up 10 the Roscllc bnnk
i VA nearly 3 O'Clock bcloro the
police bad any word Of 'hc robbers.
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