Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-20
ARMED BANDITS STEAL
$4,000 FROM PAYROLL
MEN or PULP MILLS
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the IDbDtIS WftS ffIHfi'Q 10 HHfs
The police IN the posse In pursuit. OF
the hIghwnymen included city Detec-
tives Riley. Gamble and virden, Ser
pcant Foreman and Patrolmen Dut-
ton, MoGowan. Brinton, Willis. Pal. |
ner.
HId Back Of n Fence.
-he hold-up. according TO an in
vestigation by q reporter Of Every |
Evening, occurred about 10 yards |
south of the Baltimore e. Ohio rail- |
road Gliding, running south and west.
and crossing Marsh road This rail
rond is centrally located and In within
only n short distance Of the gas works.
. The automobile containing both Mr.
sea and the chauffeur had reached
point drawing them almost 70
line with the end OF the long high
fence enclosing the gas works on the
north side. II In believed that both
men, In hiding at the end Of this fence.
Jumped in front OF the automobile.
From marks left In the soft dirt road,
ia was plainly visible that Cloaver did
not stop the car Immediately. but was
forced to the south side Of the road,
almost twenty feet from where the
men jur ped from ambush.
with the automobile forced up
C,eaver had but very little defense.
against the enbankment Il was an
easy matter for the bandits TO subdue
their victims. With two automatic
revolyers OF heavy calibre pressed
close TO their faces, both McRea and
Colored residents living in the Sc
clrded section of the marsh claim they
saw the hold-up from distance. One
OF the bandits is described as having
rn red sweater. Both men were
almost Of equal build and were rough
" dressed.
Pedestrians passing along Marsh
road aim they sa.y the m running
across the lots and disappearing
through Oak street. From the scene
Of TIE ho1-up to the point whore it
was net ssary to cut off across the
lots is almost one-half mile. The men
| r. the entire distance with no evident
| fear OF detection
No charge has been placed against
either Of the men now in custody.
| The police have sent word TO all
the surrounding towns Of the robbery
and asked the police officials Of all
such places to be on the lookout for
| two young white men in an automo-
bile. They sent out a good descrip
| ton Of the bandits but were not able
| to describe the automobile they are
thought to have used in getting away.
Information OF the robbery was sent as
far south as Elkton within a few
minutes after the hold-up and as
far north as Chester and Philadelphia
SO that 1t is thought the thieves will
have trouble getting through the net
the police have spread
At the offices Of the paper company
at the pulp mills, the actual facts Of
tho hold up were not learned because
the superintendent did not go there
after being robbed, hut hurried bach
TO town Az soon as the officers could
join them. Superintendent McBae and
his chauffeur, Cleavcr, started out
with their own car and consequently
the police were somewhat vague az
TO the details Of the case. because
neither man had had time to Civ,
the man accurate account OF the rob.
berry.
Rich Haul for Thieves.
The money McRae had drawn from
the Security Trust bank was to b'
used as the semi-monthly pay roll a
the mills. Some of It was In specie
but most Of II was In currency 81
that despite the exceedingly larg
amount involved in the robbery tn
Fuf ,~f n1 hA
had no trouble In carrying Il. TIL
police were puzzled by the fact tina
the two highwaymen worked on foo
2 along the March road. and then ran a
the way from there to Maryland ave
nue.. They believe 4 the men had Al
automobile at their disposal. the
l would have had It located much close
; to the scene Of the hold up than Mary
? land avenue. This leads to the belle
? that the. robbers were someone VIII
. lives in the city and that they sue
z lceeded in concealing themselves some
D where IN town.
There is no doubt in the minds {
I the police that the robbery was IN
4 work of men familiar with the meth
: ods pursued at the pulp works. Other
! NArt II ID @tAAA AAb QAiG Nt1AA AAet '
known that the superintendent auto
$ mobile contained the pay roll for tf
d past two weeks. Whether McIta
Il was able to identify the men as 70
y mer worlmen the police do not kno
e as they did not have a chance yet
e question him on this point.
Ie this afternoon two officials
T. the Jessup & Moore CO., arrived he
ID from the Philadelphia office. havii
Of been advised Of the robbery. TIL
first stopped at the police station a.
he later hurried to the company's {
Is fees,
le May Have Lived in Cave.
d The police learned that sever
young men have been living In
se cave in Richardson's Woods and it
q thought some Of their number m
is have been responsible for the hC
g up. Two of the crowd were TAX
into custody this afternoon ard a
70 10 be questioned by the police. 7
'h officers had heard that they were
OF meet the two bandits and it was
this point they were to be questions
n This is branded by the police as o
II of the biggest and most daring re
oa berries ever perpetrated in this ci
n The fact that the bandits wore
10 masks leads them to believe tn
~ were strangers here, probably m
lS' working for some one who was
miliar with the pay time at the pl
mills and who knew when the supe
intendent drew out from bank I
cash to make up the pay roll. TIL
io are also puzzled by the daring of {