The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-26
TIE UP FAMILY,
SEIZE SAFE KEY
Five Men Loot Superior
Office of Stamps of High
Denominations.
POSTMASTER Is VICTIM
Spectacular Robbery Followed
by killing of Pedestrian By
Speeding Vampire Auto.

Superior. Wis. ~ - While C. J..
McGill, assistant postmaster, and his
fagnily, with their hands and feet
wired securely, were held at the points
of guns in their residence, after
cracksmen had obtained the keys and
combination to the post Office and post
Office safe, total of $4,000 in United
States stamps, valued at from 81 apiece
down, was stolen from the post Office
here between 2:10 and $500 a. m. today.
The job is said by police here to be
the most daring ever pulled off in Su-
perior or northern Wisconsin.
The only clew to the identity of the
five is worn coat with q Hart,
Schaffner & Marx label in it, which
was left in the post Office.
Force Way Into Home.
Five men came to the McGill resi-
dence at $3.50 p. m. Friday. One of
the men, a large fellow, came to the
door and rang the bell. He forced
his way into the room and two others
followed him. Irene McGill, daughter
of the assistant postmaster, was sit
tig in a small room nearby, reading
One Of the men entered and pulled
down both shades.
Two others came in by the back door
a short time after the trio had en-
tered the front door. Knowing that
there were other members of the Nc
Gill family, the craftsmen asked where.
they were. Emmett, son of the assist
n41%
er was upstairs, shaving.
Emmett McGill came into the house
at ii o'clock. His sister called him
into the room where the men were
awaiting him. Then the three McGills
were bound, all but the McGill girl.
The last member of the household ar
rived at midnight.
Postmaster's Ruse Fails.
The com bination to the safe was
given wrongly by Mr.. McGill, but when
the cracksmen requested him to re-
peat the combination he had given
them at first, he was unable to remem-
Der it and he was forced with two re-
volvers pointed at him to give up the
real combination. He gave the approx
innate combination, n..tch however was
not exactly correct and this delayed
the men in pulling off the job.
One of the men was left in charge
Of the five prisoners in the McGill
house while the other four went to the
post Office and accomplished the rob-
berry. A key they had obtained from
Mr.. McGill was used to get into the
vault and after several minutes work
they succeeded in opening the safe in
side the vault.
The night Waterman was seized and
tied while engaged fixing the boilers.
He watched the procedure of opening
the safe. One of the men appeared to
be an expert at feeling out the tum-
blers. The Waterman was wired to
the safe handle and the men left with
their loot of $4,000 worth of stamps.
They used a fast car in their escape.
Fleeing Auto Kills Man.
Superior, Wis Police today,
in addition to their task of searching
for robbers who last night robbed the
Superior post Office of $4,000 in
stamps, are seeking the driver of a big
green expensive type of touring car
which at o'clock this morning, while
speeding south on Tower avenue,
struck two men on the main street,
killing one and seriously injuring the
other. Police believe the car may be
the one used by the post Office robbers
who had delayed their getaway.
A transient, named Fitzpatrick, was
killed by the car which continued on
its way. He died in the police emery
ency wagon on the way to the hospital
and never recovered consciousness.
The other man, Joseph Mcdonald, also
a transient, is in st. Mary's hospital
with broken leg and possible frac-
tured skull. He is still unconscious
and attaches at the hospital express
doubt for his recovery.
Auto Reared Away.
The car did not stop. Witnesses es-
timated it was going 40 miles an hour
when it struck the two men at street
intersection in the north end of the
town. The men were crossing the
street at the time. They were tossed
aside and dashed to the pavement. The
car Immediately picked up speed and
roared down the main street at a mile
a minute clip.