The New York herald., 1921-06-15
MASKED Thugs KILL
CYCLIST, LEAVE TWO
TODIE IN A HOLD-UP
Victim Came On Eight Men
Robbing a Silk Truck
Near Newton, n. j.
rs SHOT AS HE FLEES
Drivers Bound to Trees and
Left to Perish Of Star
yation.
sLAYERs GET 500, 900 LOOT
Intended Victims Work Loose
From Bonds and Put P0-
lice on Trail.
Is SHOT AS HE FLEES
,LAYERs GET $4,000 LOOT

NEWTON, y. j., June 14.-Charles
Kosta Of Andover. riding a motorcycle,
swept around bend in the road at
Cat Swamp, seven miles from here,
this afternoon, and came suddenly on
eight men standing In the centre OF
the road near truck from which
protruded bolts of raw silk. Two OF
the men were unarmed and stood with
their hands raised above their heads
covered by revolvere in the hands OF
the other six, each of whom wore
handkerchief over the lower part Of
the face.
Kosta put all the speed he could on
his motorcycle and tried to drive past
the truck and the eight men. As he
neared the group two Of the masked
men stepped into the road and shouted
at him to stop. kosta swerved into
ditch In his effort to pass them, and
as he came alongside the truck one OF
the men fired two shote. and another
man fred once. The irst two bullets
struck Kosta in the chest and the
third hit him in the shoulder. He
pitched forward over the handlebars
of the motorcycle and was dead when
he struck the ground. The machine
plunged down an embanlunent.
Two OF the bandits walked UP to
where the body Of Kosta lay and pushed
it with his foot down the en6anirment
- avs<H
brook. whore 1t lay half covered with
watsr fpr several hours Then the BAN
dits went back TO the two man who
stood WIKI hands above their heads.
Charles Rssh and Cherries Mann. on
their way to New York to deliver a
truck load Of silk valued at $4,000 and
owned by the Sussex Print Works Of
Newton. Prodding them with revolvers.
the six bandits forced Resh and Mann
into the bushes alongside the road.
where they were thrown to the ground
and tied hand and foot with ropes taken
from the txUdk.
Four q the highwayznsn remained
with Ae osUw OF the truck, while the
other SWo went to the road and started
tho car, which they drove away. Two
% three hours later Rcsh and Mann
were forced to their feet and driven by
the four men back into the woods up the
side Of the mountain, several hundred
yards away from the road. There the
bandits tied them to a tree, one on either
eide, and then left. telling them to stay
thsrs and stArve.''
A. soon a. they were satisf.ed the
bandits had gone Resh and Mann beean
shouting for help, but no one came. The
territory around Cat Swamp h spayssly
settled. and they were too fAs away
from the road for any ono passanG to
hear them. So they began to work at
zach others bonds, Resh using the few
fingers that the bandits had left free In
an effort to unite the ropes that bound
Mann to the tree. and Mann usi;iS his
fingers for the same purpose OIL the
knots that held Resh. Their finger
nails were broken and their fingers cut
and bleeding when finally, after more
than an hours hard and tedious work.
the bonds began to loosen.
Then the two men threw off tnr ropes
and set out to give the alarm,
walking some distance to farm house.
from where they telephoned to tive New
Ton Police Department. Deputy Sheriffs
Taylor and Little were sent out in an
effort to find the truck and the high
waymen. and the Coroner went to get
the body OF Kosta. Resh and Mann
were not able TO give a good description
Of the bandits.