Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-04
BANDIT CAUGHT
BY QUICK MOVE
Of HIS VICTIM
Loot Taken from Y. M. C. A.
Man and His Bride Rec0v-
ered-2 Make Escape
ONE HAS BAD RECORD
Is from New BrunsWick-IS
Former Army Officer and
at Present "Y" Secretary

| METUCHEN, Aug. 4.-Robbed of
500 and gold watch and chain by
three armed and masked bandits at
Menlo Park shortly before 2 o'clock
yesterday morning, nerved Roy Il.
Bobbit thirty-one, of Parkersburg,
w. Va, to such an extent, that in
fear for the safety of his bride of
less than a week. ne wrested two
revolvers from one or the bandits,
| put the two other masked men to
! rout and then with the assistance
of his beautiful, twenty-six year old
Wife. returned one of the holdup
men to this town and placed him in
custody of Patrolman Frank Smith.
| Believing that the thugs planned
to mount his automobile and drive
away with his bride, leaving him be-
hind. ,Bobbitt suddenly realized the
necessity of quick action to save her.
He jumped at one of the highway
men who held the two guns and
grappled with him.
| AT the local police station the loot
was recovered from the bandit, after
which he was turned over to Chief
| of Police Albert Davis of Raritan
township, who arraigned him on a
charge of highway robbery before
Justice of the Peace F. E. Strong
Whitley. The defendant, who gave
the name of Frank Williams, of
Philadelphia, was Committed to the
county jail without bail On his ar
rival at that institution he was
recognized by the Jailors as William
e. Oughton. twenty-four. of 148
Codwise avenue, New Brunswick
and was booked accordingly.
Mr.. Bobbit and his wife were on an
automobile honeymoon trip at the
time of their thrilling adventure,
they having been married at Parkers-
berg last Thursday. Their trip was
necessarily interrupted for a short
period, but after spending a night
in this county, they continued on
their way to New York.
Near Menlo Park
In his statement TO the police, Mr..
Bobbit declared that at a point near
Menlo Park on the Lincoln highway,
one of his tires became fiat. which
slowed up his machine to a consid-
cradle extent, but that after looking
over the tire he concluded to drive
on to the first garage to have a re-
pair made. AS the machine was
travelling very slowly, car occupied
by three masked and armed men
drew alongside of the Bobbit ma
chine. when one of the two men on
the running board cried out: stop,
we want you"
1.-The holdup men then forced me
to the side of the road" said Mr..
Bobbit, after which they forced
us to drive about 100 yards down a
lane to the right of the main road.
where was commanded at the point
of guns, to leave our machine. One
of the men forced me into the bushes
at the side of the road where he. with
a gun at my chest, relieved me of
my money and watch"
II was then taken back to my car
where the other two men we're
searching through our luggage and
the pockets of the car. One of the
searchers handed his gun to the man
who had robbed me. AS the latter,
who was directly in front of me, low
cred his guns and directed his atten-
tion to the search of my car, and
fearing for ule safety of my wife at
the hands of the bandits, l grabbed
his hands and wrested the two guns
from him.
zone OF the guns was discharged.
the bullet creasing the right index
finger. The shot frightened the twf
men away, but I managed to stop the
one who held me up
Mrs. Bobbit turned the car after
two of the band, had escaped and
drove back to this town, while her
husband maintained watchful eye
over their prisoner.
Mr.. Bobbit is physica ldirector of
the Y. M. C. A. at Parkersburg ana
his bride has been a teacher of
physical training. They are on their
way to attend the summer school at
Silver Bay on Lake George, N. 7.
and at the completion of the course,
will continue on to Montreal and
Cleveland, returning to West Virginia
in the fall. The plainants as
sured the police that they would re-
turn when wanted to tell their story
to the grand jury.
A five year army service is cred
tied to the man who was held up and
then arrested one of his assailants.
He served as a lieutenant in COM
pany G. of the goth Infantry, a regu-
lar army outfit, part of the 10th
division.
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