Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-04
MANAGERISS SLAIN
FIGHTING R0BBER
Randolph Street Bakery En-
pIoye Gives His Life Guarding
$110o on Last Night on Job
CASH UNDER LlFELESS BODY

A lone automobile bandit shot and
instantly killed fifty eight year old
bakery manager last night when the
man put up a fight to save S1100 of
his employers money which he was
counting.
The shot was fred after the man
ager had recovered from the stunning
effects of a crack on the head and was
getting the better of the intruder. The
assailant escaped, but the loot for
which he had fought was found under
the dead manager, the bills stained
with the blood he had given to defend
them.
The attack occurred in the store of
the Saeta Bakery Co., I'LL South
Randolph street.
Morris Raiser, the manager and
bookkeeper, who was killed, was round
ing out the last day of his employment
at the shop, having determined to quit
and take another position offered him.
Raiser lived at 1920 South Sixth street.
He had a wife and five children.
Bandit Has Partner
Twelve men were working in the
bakery when the attack and attempted
robbery occurred, but Raiser was the
only person in the front store and
office section. Several persons saw the
big wine colored limousine drivee up
and stop q short distance away from
the bakery. One man got out and en-
tered the shop, while another stayed
at the drivers post. The engine was
kept running.
Shortly after the bandit enterei the
bakery loud screams were heard.
Charles Solick, 205S Orkney street, and
Max Math, 2457 North Newkirk street.
employees, burst into the rear of the
Office in time to see Raiser, blood
streaming from a wound in his fore
head, struggling across the floor with
the intruder and then fall dead as the
bandit placed his revolver to the man
ager's heart and shot.
Pausing but a moment to see that
Raiser was past helping, the two men
ran after the fleeing bandit, calling for
help as they ran. Solick and Matl
were hardly twenty feet away from tbs
big limousine when the bandit diveC
into the rear seat and the driver started
rapidly away. There was no license
tag on the rear.
The two employees pursued the auto
for half a block, but it turned into
Federal street and they were rapidly
distanced. No other machine was
at hand in which to give chase, ant
the bandit and his pal made clear
getaway. Math says the slayer waI
about five feet eight inches tall, weighed
about $50 pounds and was smooth
shaven.
Detectives Heeneke. Pagilotti, Rage
and Hardimon, of the Seventh and Car
penter streets police station, are work
ing on the case. but so far have accom-
plished little. Meager descriptions from
three different persons vary so mucl
that hey are unable to tell what sor
of automobile the bandits used.
The bakery is situated in an ISOLATED
part of Randolph street, there beinl
few houses in the neighborhood.
Police believe the bandit and his com
panion were thoroughly familiar wit
the workings of the Saeta firm. The a
tack was planned at time when
would net the maximum of cash, If sue
cessful. All the wagons of the frr
were in at the time, aud the drivers ha
turned over the days receipts t
Raiser.
Man Instantly Killed
Examination of the dead man showed
that the wound on his head had beel
caused by being struck by some blum
weapon, probably the butt end of tn