New-York tribune., 1921-12-30
Bullets Fly When Pearl
River Cashier Resists
Gunner and Bandits
Flee Without a Dollar
Wounds Robber as
He Falls and Dies
n. \. and Jersey Posses
Search Countryside in
Hunt for Four Who
Escaped in an Auto
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PEARL RIVER, N>Y.. Dec. 2o.-At
1850 O'clock this afternoon. an hour
when tire streets of this village are
deserted and most of the eight hum
cred inhabitants are taking luncheon,
an gu}or ohile drew up to the rear Of
the First National Bank, which faces
thc railroad tracks. about twenty feet
away. Two men climbed out Of the car,
leaving two others in it, with the en-
zine running.
Three minutes later the two men who
Asd entered the bank, after shooting
and killing the assistant cashier and
ihe twenty-year- old bookkeeper and
probably mortalIy wounding the night
watchman, rushed out leaped to the
lvnning, board of the waiting auto
mcoile and sped away. They left be-
nihd their guns, one Of which was
euipped with silencer, and fled with
ent attempting to touch the currency
aad silver heaped upon table within
" reach. Not q dollar was taken.
One Of the two gunner who entered
bank was wounded, perhaps seri-
sly, by bullet fired by the assistant
fashier IS he lay dying upon the bank
eor with q bullet in lis lead and an
her in his body. The wounded bandit
trail cf blood in the snow.
The dead bank employees are James
Moore, thirty-fve years old, the as
fant cashier, and Siegfred Butz,
asSkecper, who had been working for
'he bank about year. The night
lehman, Otto Miller who was shot
t1e atdonrcn. is in Nyac< Hospital.
aud it was said tonight his condition
Is eri Ical He entered the bank after
ne firing began, and was fired upon
tc instant the robbers caught sight Of
i'm.
Extensive Man Hunt
Tonight all available forces Of law
and order in Rockland and adjoining
ounues sher;fs' posses. groups Of
citizens ireMon in trucks, motorcycle
policemen and policemen afoot were
searching the countryside for a trace
Of the gunmen. The police Of JERSEY
City, twenty-seven miles south of here;
Newark and New York CITY were aid
ng in the hunt Automobiles we're
'eing stopped iii towns and villages
T'teln & ledius Of fifty miles.
Fhes police here and officials of the
bank were convinced to night that the
"araitS came to Pearl River in the
rope Of getting the $1,000 pay roll of
fho Dexter Folder Company, whose
Niaat is across the street, and whose
7y day tails on Friday The folder
cempany has more than four hundred
employees. The police also believe that
Two Of tne four men were strangers
Nao came % the bank yesterday to en-
cage sai ty deposit vault, as it is
recalled that the pair, both quiet
5'eea and we'll dressed, took more
ian tae usual interest in the equip
h'ent OF The bank location of the vault
no tae garicus desks and tables.
the FIRST National Bank occupies the
ground floor Of two story yellow
o'lea building that stands at the cor
hef o. MaiN street and the crossing OF
me AeT Jersey and New York Rail
Road. Directly opposite the bank IS the.
'lee. and Main Street, the principal
's9ronghfare CT the village, is fringed
on both sides with the village stores.
Time Well Chosen
FOR years it has been Pearl Rivers
custom custom observed bv scores
~ other Villages in this vicinitv-to
close between noon and .. m. During
sAis aour no business is transacted.
manufacturing machinery is silent and
,1, e." persons can be seen on the streets.
me stores that do remain open have
on one or two EMPLOYEES on hand
shd these have found that customers
'tr,,pg luncheon time are rare.
inc lcur hignWayren who descended
'pof the bark knew all this. They had
csFe1vlly studied the situation and had
Tg',eAeo the time to stage the hold-up.
They knew that they would find one
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