New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-06
Five Bandits
Take $l5,75O
From Pay Car
Masked Men Hold Up Four
Barrett Company Guards
After Firing ON Driver
and Wrecking Automobile
Coupe Hurled Into Ditch
Employees of Jersey Plant
We're Armed, but Had
No Chance to Resist

HACkENSACK, N. j., Aug. 5.-Five
bandits, each armed with two revolyers
riding in an automobile, held up and
robbed Leonard +. Pawson, paymaster,
and three other employees of the Bar
rett Company. of Edgewater, at Cliff
side Park, yesterday and escaped with
sl5,75o, the weekly pay roll of the con-
Germ.
The employees of the company ac-
companyang Paymaster Pawson were
Frank Enfield. superintendent, and
George X. Krane, guard. They were
being driven in a coupe by John A..
Johnson, another company employee.
All were armed and constituted spe-
ciai force equipped to protect the pay
roll against bandits, in view of recent
robberies. The attack was so sudden
they had no opportunity to resist.
The bandits were all bronzed, heavy
men, according to Superintendent En-
field who emptied his pistol at the
without effect. All wore masks and
two showed gold filled teeth when they
spoke.
Stopped to Fight
The pay roll car was proceeding
along Laird Avenue toward the Barrett
works when the rear window Of the
coupe was shattered by a bullet, which
also perforated the hat of johnson in
the drivers seat. Pawson ordered that
the car be slowed down, az the pursuing
automobile was gaining. Johnson was
told to look after the pay roll bag and
the wheel, while the other three men
prepared to fight.
Before the coupe had been brought
to a stop two masked men emerged
from clump of bushes beside the road.
One hurled a rock through the wind
shield, covering all inside with broken
glass. While they were trying to open
the door of the closed car the bandits
touring car came up from behind, side
swiped the coupe and hurled it into
the ditch.
Hands up, or you're dead men," o..
dered one of the three masked robbers
IN the bandit car, as Paymaster Pawson
and his aids emerged from the wreck
age They were forced to the center
Of the road, where two of the robbers
held them under their guns. A third
seized the pay roll bag and tossed it
into the touring car.
The four defenders were then or
dered to turn their backs toward the
bandits and stay that way until they
were round the turn. Five minutes
after firing the first shot the robbers
were out of sight.
Car Found Abandoned
Before leaving the robbers cut all
wire connections on the coupe. The
bandit car was found abandoned in
Sixteenth Street, West New York. two
hours later. Pawson and his COM
panions gave the police a detailed
description of the men. A general
alarm was Immediately sent out and
five police automobiles with heavily
armed posses took up the chase.
The leader of the bandits is said
to have a heavy scar extending from
his right eye to near the chin. All
were smooth shaven. The masks they
wore were black, apparently silk hand
kerchiefs.
Fifteen Bergen County motorcycle
policemen Joined the pursuit when the
Bergen authorities were notified by
telephone. County Detectives Taylor
and Siebel also took the field with
police dogs.
The Barrett Company manufactures
Tarvia, yoad-fnishing product. Of
ficials of the company held meeting
a week ago following the robbery of
the Fairview Bleachery Company by
roll under circumstances similar to
the robbery of yeste rday 1t was de-
cded to send an armed guard with
the pay roll car.
Late last night it was said that
trace of the bandits had been found
al Newark and that arrests were ex-
pected there