Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-25
LURED BY WOMAN
PRISON TERM
Supposed Fiancee Betrays
Young Express Mes
senger to Police
SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS
Street Hold.Ups Continue,
While Taxicab Bandits
Rob Saloon
SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS

r'euelICh =. tODD To-Day received n
sentence OF three years in the County
Prison. after he had pleaded guilty. 10
an indictment charging him with steal
ing more than $4,000 from the American
hallway Express Company by whom
ne was formerly employed Judge Me-
Cormiok, substituting In Quarter Ses-
sions Court No. I, imposed the sentence
Hobb was messenger on n pennsyl-
Vania Railroad Company train. em-
ployed by tho express company In the
oompanys car in the train. on the day
the money was stolen there was about
sio'oOO. While tho train was running
rom Broad street station to the West
Philadelphia station Robb pockctcd
S5o50 OF tho money and whom ho ar
rived at the latter station he loft tho
train and disappeared.
Nbout two weeks later he was located
IN New York. A young woman on whom
ne was lavishing the money was rc-
sponsible for his arrest. IL was said
mat tho young woman told tho New
York police Of Robbs presence in that
city and when the defendant came to
can on his supposed flanccc he was ar
rested
Before Judge Mccormick today. in
response to question put by Assistant
District Attorney Gordon. Robb declared
OF the money left although he could not
say how much. He accused two New
York detectives OF stealing the money
from him when he was arrested. An
| investigation will be made cf his
charges
Held as Pickpocket
II am going to make examples of
these cases from now on" said Magis-
trate Mecleary, in Central Station today,
as he held Jacob i. Green, of North
Eighth street under $1,000 bail for
court. II was alleged that Green picked
the pocket of Mrs. Julia Il. Loeb, 223l
North Broad street. in a Market street
store yesterday. obtaining three dollars.
He then instructed all Of the witnesses
| IN the case to report to the Grand Jury
| Immediately. SO that true bill may be
| found against Green and his case ex-
/ pedited. Green was arrested by depart
ment store detectives.
Nathan Myers. of North Eleventh
street. was held in 5000 bail for court
| accused of having attempted to pick the
! pockets OF a man on trolley car al
Fifteenth and Spring Garden streets
Detective Ryan testified Myers had his
! hand in the mans back pocket.
| Hold Up saloon
Two unmaskod bandits hed up the
saloon of Patrick Dillon. Fifth and Wal.
/ nut streets, shortly before midnight and
| robbed the proprietor ana four customers
| of about 5000.
Dillon was preparing to close when
| the men drove up in r. taxicab and en-
! tered the place. One of them covered
! the proprietor and the customers with a
/ revolver and ordered them into a side
room. There the victims were relieved
! of their cash and jewelry after which
the cash register was rihed The ban.
dts obtained $3.50 from Dillon. s26 from
one Of the customers and varying
amounts from the others.
! The thieves then threw Dillon's keys
at him and backed from the door
leaped into the machine and drove away
| The policeman who covers the beat was
at Fifth and South streets at the time
! of the hold-up.
More Business Men Protest
Another neighborhood organization
has entered its protest against lnsufii
cient police protection. Members of th
Cedar Avenue Improvement Association
at meeting in Arcade Hall, 5O39 Bal
timore avenue last night declared tina
the taking of policemen off their beat
to attend rehearsals of the Police Ban,
lelt many districts uncovered, az NJ
other policemen were assigned to TAX
their places. 4 request for remedia
action was sent to the head of the Polio
Department.
Three hghwaymen held up an
robbed II. r. Lundquist, an inspecto
employed at Hog Island. on Sharon
New Castle trolley car yesterday. Will
the conductor was talking to the motor
man on the front of the car the me
walked up to Lunddust, and while on
pointed gun at his stomach anothe
. forced him to turn over mis- casl
= amounting TO s5. The men then force
him TO aliGht from the car
Thieves Busy in Manayunk
Five robberies were reported frol
the Manayunk district. two within hai
block Of each other, A window in I'll
rear of the home of Thomas Pors 80
LeNerington avenue. was forced betwee
midnight Sunday and 8 a. IN. Nor
, day and a watch valued at SIS and
We're taken. The same method was 70
lowed in gaining entrance to the res
dence OF Edgar Padgett, 32S Leverlnt
l ton street where si4 in cash and tw
children's lockets, valued at 81, wei
stolen
The third was that. of the cand
stand belonging to Mrs. Julia Lavi
1 1925 Main street. The stand. which
Il on lot adjoining Mrs. LaNis's hom
was robbed OF several cartons of ciga
5. cites valued at S25.