Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-02

y Narrow escape from being killed by
n(hullet aimed at him by one OF the ban
ias who robbed his jewclry store was
!. .ioscr;bed today by Gustave jaeger. Of
loooo Cirard avenue. The robbers bul.
~ missed Mr.. Jaeger's head by frac-
7tlon Of an inch
n Tho iewelpr had looked out of his
,tore while the thieves were stealing
,J,rur containing diamond rings valued
H. $1,000 after breaking the show win
dow by hurling monkey wrench
Sasainst it last night. -
n "when The robbers came to the store
Y was talking 20 customer named
Rickert." Mr.. Jaeger said. IAN of q
4 sudden was startled by the breaking OF
4 thc show window. 1t sounded like a
cannon.
~ ran to the 'front.' Of the store to see
4 what had happened. When the rob-
jbers saw me one Of them fired his
lreyoIver at my head. II missed me
lby the fraction Of an inch and struck
tbe wall batl OF me.
y Eyeglasses Broken
n Flying glass broke Mr.. Rickert's
Icypglasses. lie was lucky to escape
Iyithout injury to his eyes
"Knowing then that had robbers to
deal with | got my revolver and ran
out into the street. by that time the
thieves had jumped into their auto
mobile and made their escape through
Twenty ninth street.
''The robbers. think. visited mvIshop
arlier in the day with the intention of
tealing the diamonds. They were dis
ppointed because ! had put them into
be safe II is my custom. whenever
10 downtown. to take the diamonds
Fom the show window and put them into
place Of safety.
~ did this yesterday before starting
a business trip downtown. On my
turn to the store took the diamonds
Fom the safe and put them back on dis
Ilay in the show window. Fifteen min
ts later the show window wRs
: smashed.
Waited For Return
''This indicates that the bandits
waited for my return. All three of
Them were well dressed and would mot
have attracted unfavorahle atte htion had
they loungcd about the neithborhOod
while | was away.
when the show window was smashed
here was n crowd in Girard avenue.
This crowd. of course. hurried to the
tore to see what had happened. Two
bf the bandits kept back the spectators
while the third stole the jewels. In his
haste the thief dropped #yeral of the
iugs"
The robbery occurred early last eve
ping, when the vicinity of Twenty
ninth street and Girard avenue was
provided with hundreds Of persons. many
pf whom saw the affair. but were afraid
10 interfere.
One bandit fired revolver into the
ftore, the bullet passing between Jaeger
fnd Frederick Kicker. 3011 Poplar
|treet tcustomcr. and burying itself
n the wall.
Jaeger ran out Of the place and chased
|he bandits. but could not get within !
|hooting distance of them with the re
Polver which he quickly grabbed.
On Busy Corner
The corner Is one of the busiest street |
intersections in the northwest district |
Both Twenty NINTH street and Gislrd |
pyenue are crossed by double lines of !
fartracks and the Coruer is Il popular |
Exchange point.
The bandits used high powered
potorcar, painted a dark green. They
ere seen near the scene Of the robbery
coOt hye minutes before the actual
rine occurred. II is thought they
econnoIt"red and after driving around
ri al II
trrot south of the avenue.
Two we'll dressed youths got out, one
ARRIVING a bundle. When they arrived
pposite JacgPr's window the cne with
he bundle hurled it at the plate glass
lndow, The paper contained heavy
'onkey wrench
"alIr hi. companion quickly grabbed
e tray OF gems the youth who had
nroWn the wrench drew a revolver and
oyered the inside of the store. When
fired. ''' N"e 'oo'
ihen he and his companion ran back
,he machine. The motor was rnn-
s ana when their companion In the
wv saw them rounding the corner he
SipG, They hopped in the machine
""e u was in motion. The one with
lded him in. ~ '''p"n'on
r, Pursuers in Truck
in,h Ie n@avy eur went south on Twenty
o,or % street and east on POPLAR. A
no. ru'N oo was used to pursue the tour
tn Dnt was soon outdistanced.
era"m ""'laS j. MYERS. an inspector in the
rssS OF weights aud measures. 20O9
hs H. avenue, saw the bandits car.
license was home made and paint.
Fs, h he resemble saiG a New Jersey license
bcf fsT 1NI said he has feared such an at.
yeIv u a mat his window was compara-
bcksd Tree iO OF jewels, most Of them being
Id, Ioi friend Kicker, sixty five years
bcer"1od ms glasses broken and his fac"
ow sa wsu Gy flying glass when the win.
be poIioo Monkey wrench is the only clue
|trests 5a,e a. the time of the robbery. No
"a'e been made