Evening journal., 1922-01-16
BANDITSROB
STOREOWNER;
DRIVER Held
Five Attack Business Man
When Local Chauffeur
Halts Car
THIEVES ESCAPES
WITH $3.50 CASH

clarence beaston, "a, ldf Pine
street, local taxicab man, was ar
rested at Glenolden, Pa. yesterday
morning. by Pennsylvania State
Highway police, charged with COM
plicity in the holdup and robbery OF
Theodore Prebold and Samuel
Shore. 6155 Delaney street. Phila-
delphia, early yesterday morning on
the Chester Pike. Of $3.50. Beaston
was arraigned before Magistrate
Elliott Of Chester, and held without
bail for a later hearing.
lie was taken 70 the Media jail
today.
The robbery is said to have oc-
CURED when the Beaston machine
was stopped at the bottom OF
long hill at Glenolden yesterday
morning for the purpose Of rem
edying some engine trouble.
The victims Of the holdup had
collected, the Saturday night re-
ceipts from the Metropolitan 5 and
10 Cent Stores in this city. Chester
and Trenton. y. J. Prehold is gene raj
manager OF the stores shore Is man
ager OF the Chester branch. Beas-
ton. for a number OF months, has
been acting as a chauffeur for Pre-
bold every Saturday night when he
made his trip to collect the Saturday
receipts OF the Trenton, Chester and
Wilmington stores.
Beaston's statement TO the officers
was that he had stopped his car as
the engine was not acting right, and
had found a loose wire. which he
fxed and was about 70 lower the
hood OF the car when heavy motor
car passed and Immediately return
ing halted in the rear OF the car
containing the merchants
-Four young men, wearing caps
and with their overcoat collars over
their ears, jumped out. while the en-
gine was kept running and the driver
remained at the wheel. The men
covered the chauffeur and ordered
prebold and Shore TO step into the
road. hold up their hands and make
no outcry.
The two men IN the rear OF the
taxi cab did as they were ordered,
but hid the money bag under the
scat. They we're then lined up be-
side Beaston, while the bandits made
a search OF their clothing. taking
everything. including cigars and
matches.
Where is the bag with the
dough?" snarled the tallest Of the
men, who evidently was the leader.
Prebold shrugged his shoulders and
replied that they had everything
but his wearing apparel
Don't get smart" ordered the
bandit, and then slapped Prebold
IN the face. The fruit dealer low
cred one of his hands and was hit
on the head with a butt Of a gun
and knocked down. AS he arose
he was hit again.
Shore protested against the rough
treatment by the bandits. and was
similarly treated and told to keep
his mouth shut. and shut tight"
The bandits searched the taxicah
and found the bag containing the
currency. They ordered the men
into the machine. instructing Beas-
ton TO drive as fast as he could
toward Philadelphia. As the taxi
cab started the highwaymen fired
TWO SuolS AT lut lndtuiue anu AueH
drove toward Chester.
At Darby the victims encountered
policeman and told him OF tn,
hold-up, and were advised to report
the theft to the state police at Glen
olden.
Corporal Stroman. upon question
ing Beaston asked. How did II hap.
pen that your engine was in poor
condition a second prior to the
hoid-up. but seemed to run nicely
when you we're ordered to drive
quickly to Philadelphia"
Beaston replied that the def
cheney proved TO be a loose wire
which he adjusted, and that ne wa
about to lower the hood OF the ma
chine when the bandits appeared
lie said he had taken Prebold from
Chester to his home every week FOL
some months.
Corporal Stroman and Trooper
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