The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-11-26
Daring Burglars

Four men, described as foreigners,
staged two holdups Ia Wall township,
Sunday morning, made off with $72 in
cash. and came whitman ace Of shooting
the wife Of one of their victims. The
lmen, all armed with receivers, approach
ed the homes of both victims in a
Touring car, and escaped, according to
police Constable Edward Remsen Of
Wall township who js investigating one
of the holdups, said that he believed
he would make An arrest soon rs the
victim was positive he could identify at
least one of the robbers.
1 The erst holdup occurred about 2 40
/ Sunday morning when the four men
visited the home of Jacob Epworth, at
the Old Homestead farm in New Bed
ford, and the second occurred less then
two hours later. when four men, believed
to be the same gang, held up BILLY"
DeLisle, proprietor of the famous
Toadhouse near Allaire.
The burglars entered the Epworth
home, stole $50 in cash and a 80 calibre
Colt revolver from Epworth, and
attempted to shoot his wife as she was
telephoning for help, Epworth informed
| Constable Remsen.
/
raped at Epworth's door about $40
| forced their way inside. At the point of
revolver, he turned over $50 which
was in the pocket of his trousers, which
hung over chair nearby, and his own
revolver Mrs. Epworth started to
| telephone for aid and another man
stationed on guard outside shot thru
two windows, the bullets nearly striking
her. The man outside severed the
Telephone wire, making communication
Impossible.
Constable Remsen said he expected
to make an arrest as Epworth believed
/ he could Identify at least one Of the
burglars.
Two windows were shattered by the
bullets fired at Mrs. Epworth as she
picked up the telephone One struck
flower pot which stood across
the room and the other lodged in the
wall.
! Epworth told Constable Remsen
1 that the men were not masked, and he
could pick the tallest one out of
thousand. The tall one, arme with
a revolver and accompanied with a
shorter man, knocked at the door.
Mr.. and Mrs Epworth, who were
both sleeping downstairs, were both
/ awakened by the knock, AS Epworth
! opened the door, he said, the man with
| the revolver said: Come across or
I'll drill you" Epworth handed over
the $50 and also offered some small
change, but the burglar refused to take
the change, saying he wanted nothing
but the bills. They discovered
Epworth's revolver in quick search
and then left.
After the two burglars got outside,
Epworth reported, they fired several
bullets thru a pail viii h was near
the door, and warned them not to come
out Later they left the house in an auto,
and Epworth, in his own car, went to
Constable Remsen's home and took
him back to the farm house.
+ BILLY" DeLisle said Monday morning
that he walked right into the hands of
the four robbers and reluctantly handed
out $40. He mistook the holdupinen
for prospective diners, he said, and
instead of selling them meal, paid them
all the cash he had in his pocket and,
at the points of four revolvers, walked
from the bandits car to his hotel.
Mrs. DeI1isle was feeling i'll, "Billy"
said, and he was upstairs with her early
nOilNey LIZ lSIl asleep
himself, he said, and about 20 minutes
later was aroused by the banging of a
door downstairs. Believing the door
had been slammed by some one who
wanted to buy meal, and as business
was slow, hedecided to down and
offer to prepare a meal.
Arriving downstairs, BILLY" said he
found that the party had left the hotel
and across the street. about 300 feet
away, he saw a car standing. He
lighted a searchlight, he said, walked
over to the car, and informed four men,
all foreigners, that if they wanted some
thing to eat he would be glad to furnish
it.
One. of the men, a heavy set one, he
said, got out of the large touring car and
drew revolver. One at a time the
other three men approached, each with
a revolver, and with four guns pointed
at him, he was ordered to
Come across"
1 "Billy" said he pleaded with the
quartet to seek more wealthy victim,
but they responded by taking $40 in bills
and about So in small change, all he had,
and leaving him only package Of
matches.
The Their four, still holding their
revolvers, ordered him to walk inside.
He did as ordered, he said, with his
flashlight still lighted. After he got
inside che intruders left He notified
the state police and prosecutors office
at Freehold. but up to this Monday
morning no trace of the four had been
reported, he said.