The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-22
BANDITS KILL
z MESSENGERS
HoId-Up Men Murder Two Bank
Runners in Brooklyn and
Escape With Cash.
ROBBERY AT BUSY STATION
shot Down Without Warning on
Stairs Of 8. M. T. Elevated in
Brooklyn--Slayers Flee In
An Auto.

New York.-Two bank messengers
were shot dead without warning on
the westbound platform of the Brook
lyn- Manhattan Transit elevated at
Fifty-fifth street and New Utrecht ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. their three assailants
escaping with more than $4,000 In
cash
The victims Of the boldest daylight
holdup in Brooklyn since Cor don
Fawcett Handy killed two men In the
East Brooklyn Savings Bank five
years ago were, like Hamby's victims,
trusted employees of a bank. One
was William H. Mclaughlin. "a, OF
142 East Thirty-ffth street, Brooklyn.
an assistant paying teller of the West
End Bank at Twentieth avenue and
-Eighty-sixth street. Bensonhurst. The
other was William S. Barlow, IS. a
retired police lieutenant Of 2139
Eighty-sixth street. Brooklyn, special
officer of the same bank
third killing In twenty-four hours
was charged to bandits when Jacob
Bankoff. 30. of 2410 Walton avenue.
The Bronx. Who was shot in the abb
domen when esisting a bandit in his
drug store at 220 Nagle avenue Tues
day night. dice in tn Jewish Memo
rial Hospital Surgeons who probed
for the bullet thought Bankoff had
chance OF recovery after they found
1t earlier in the afternoon. Charels
A. Wendeborn. of SAT Academy street.
chauffeur of the taxicab in which
Bankoff's assailant escaped. was not
arrested after he gave himself up to
Motorcycle Policeman Reynolds.
The Brooklyn killings occurred at
10 O'Clock in the morning. McLaugh-
lin with Barlow as an escort, had
descended from the upper train level
to the mezzanine floor. They were
taking the daily surplus funds of the
West End Bank for deposit with the
New Utrecht avenue branch of the
Columbia Bank-Irving Trust Company
at New Utrecht avenue and Fifty
third street. Two youths in long
listers assembled to the mezzanine
floor at the same time One called,
Here they come now! Let's get
EN-"
Both youths in the listers opened
fire. The stories of witnesses regard
ing the number of shots vary Some
say seven were fred, others say nine.
Barlow was the first to drop. Doctors
said later that he was killed instantly.
His hand was on the gun in his pocket
when his body was picked up. The
younger man, Mclaughlin, shot In the
same fasillade staggered through the
passageway from the north to the
south side of the station and died in
the arms Of Henry Chanin, 1878 Eigh-
ty-fourth street, who had been a pas
sengeron the same westbound train.
The gist OF the different versions of
what happened ras that Mclaughlin,
hit in the arm, dropped the bundle of
money he was carrying before he stag
gered across the platform. It fell be-
side a black leather bag carried by
Barlow which contained only news
papers and old coin bags from the
bank.
The two gunner seized both the
bundle and the bag and rushed down
the stairway to waiting Cadillac Sc
dan. which stood at the curb, doors
open, and third man behind the
wheel. The car shot north in Fifty
fifth street. outspeeding a Ford in
which three mail carriers from the
Blythebourne station gave chase
Good descriptions of two of the rob-
bers were furnished by witnesses, but
the third, who remained at the wheel
of the car, was not described. Sim
gularly. the description of one of the
hold-up men tailed closely with that
OF one Of three robbers who, the day
before held up Morgan Morrison,
cashier of the Ward Baking Company
plant at SO4 Pacific street and got
away with bag containing payroll
of $1S,500.