Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
BOLD
DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP
Relieves Auto Driver of $500
While Men Companions
Cover Him With Gun
5000 PERSONS ARE NEAR

men and n woman automobile bandits
more than s70O at Thirty third and
Spruce streets yesterday.
The affair happened within a half
block of the field near the Commercial
Museum, where 5000 persons were
watching baseball game. Automobiles
were passing at the time. The whole
thing happened so quickly that no one
realized what had occurred until the
bandits were on their way again.
The bandits were in a small touring
car that overlook a Supplee- Wills Jones
Milk Company automobile. One of the
men covered Il driver, Edward Lynch,
with revolver and made him bring his
machine to a standstill.
Woman Does Trick
When both automobiles had halted
the woman climbed from the touring car
in which the bandits were riding and
transferred Lynchs money bag to her
hahunhs, aitcI NulcH Sue returned 10 Cne
touring car.
AS the touring car picked up speed and
left the truck behind, one of the bandits
leaned out the back of the car and
threatened to shoot Lynch if he fol-
lowed.
After the robbers had got start OF
more than block on him, Lynch be
gan to pursue them in the heavy truck
He chased them for more than mile
through the streets of West Philadel
phia before they eluded him.
The entire days receipts of the
truck route were stolen. Lynch is one
of the oldest and trusted drivers of the
firm, the manager said.
Two automobiles, valued at S675
were reported stolen yesterday. One
a S425 machine, loaded with produce
! the property of j. Goodman, disappear
ed from Front and Callowhill streets
The other automobile was stolen from
before the home of the owner, Herber
l.. Schontz, 1916 South Peach street
Nicholas STEMS, so years old, %;
SpriAg Garden street, was badl.
beaten up end robbed at Ninth ant
Green streets. His cries brough
Patrolman Guth, of the Tenth ant
Buttonwood streets station.
Police in Auto Chase
An automobile chase of three ALLEGED
thieves by detectives along the drives o
Fairmount Park figured in the recover!
of five stolen automobiles from a garag
in the neighborhood of Fortieth AM
Callowhill streets.
The suspicious actions of a trio o
young men who frequently took motor
cars to private garage on Wyot,
, in the neighborhood to notify the police
An inquiry was made concerning tn
garage, and then on Thursday nigh
; Captain Souder and detail of detec
tives went to the garage and hid them
selves until the men should appear
Shortly after high power racing ca
containing three young men stopped il
front of the garage. The occupants say
the detectives car hundred yards dow
the street and, becoming alarmed at it
presence. jumped back into their ma
chine before the police could reach ther
and drove off at high rate of speed.
The police in a big roadster took u
the chase.
/ North on Fortieth street thn two bi
cars raced toward Fairmount Park
Collisions with other vehicles and per
e sons on foot were avoided bv inches
The racing automobiles containing tn
three alleged thieves and the pursuin
detectives startled the merrymakers i
1 the Park as they speeded across Park
- side avenue and along the driveways
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