New Britain herald., 1925-08-14
HOPE ID CAPTURE
 WORCESTER YEGGS
Two Bandits, Deserted by Pal With Car, Surrounded in Swamp
LUNCHROOM RAIDED LAST
Robber Gang Had S200 Worth of Foodstuffs When Put to Flight Strongly Armed Posses Searching Woods and Swamps for Them.

strongly arTleu IOSseS searching
 Woods and Swamps for Them.
 Worcester Mass. Aug, fl LP --- Two of the trio of armed bandits who have made three daring raids on Worcester county in the past five days are believed to be trapped In a swamp between Farnumsville and Rochdale. At 2 a, m. Chief Mucahy of Northbridge, whose force had been augmented by over 100 armed townspeople, issued the statement that the men could not escape"
 Unaware of the activity in North bridge, more than two score Worcester policemen led by Deputy Chief Foley and armed with riot guns were securing islands in Lake Quinsigamond in the belief that the bandits were hiding there.
 Guard Avenues of Escape
 State patrolmen from all bar racks in this section were on the highways on motorcycles and in automobiles, heavily armed, watch ing for the gunmen should they es- cape from the town and city police,
 The polce started on the trail of the bndits after one successful l}old-up. an attempted hold-up and a raid on a Northbridge lunch room had been reported during the night. The trio made a getaway alter holding up Willard Blanchard ct Pioneer road, on Sunderland road near the Boston and Albany tracks.
 Recognizes Ono Man
 One of the reports received was 10 the effect that a motorist recog- nized John Troy as one of trio of youths sitting in an automobile on Sunderland road shortly before a lold-up was made. Troy Is one of the three named by the police as sought in connection with the re- cent robberies here. A report was made to the Oxford barracks of the state patrol that three men in q large automobile had attempted tu drive a motorist of the road in Auburn.
 Deserts Companions
 In the raid on the lunch room in the Vachstone Valley the driver of the bandit car sped away and left his two companions when the trio Wlre frightened as they were piing ruiables into their machine.
 The two men who were left ran through a nearby woods toward the stamp. The police were notified immediately and all available po- ircmen were called out. The force was added to by the many towns people who gathered to aid the po- hcenen
 Had Goods Worth $200
 The men had piled some $2o0 worth of canned goods, other pro- 'lsions and cigarettes and tobacco on the counters ready to be slowed mo the waiting automobile. Chief Mulcahy said that the men were known to have used ? camp in t;rafton. and he thought they were u>ipg to get supplies for it,
 Within 3 few minutes after the r"port Of the hold-up on Sunder- land road. the Worcester police de partment was in action. Get the hrndits was ths order when Deputy Thief Foley heard of the robbery. livery station Was notified and wuhln 15 minutes more than two :"ore officers and men. some on rootorcyclcs and others in touring ..rs We're headed for the scene.
 All Go Heavily Armed
 livery msn carried his revolver cr pistol where # could he reached pithout d"lay or hlndrance and sey- gal carried riot guns
 T. wasn't long before the Worces- trr police were augmented hy many st'fe policemen from the barracks ot LuneHherg, Brookfield, Holden arl Oxford.
 The search of the islands was or dered by Deputy Chief Foley as the result of the officials belief that the lqndits were hiding in this vicinity ,lurins their raids on Worcester and surrounding towns. The trail of the ;7o men who ran into the woods after the unsuccessful attempt to r,b the restaurant in Whitinsville vore surrounded early this morn ing A heavily armed posse Of police rom Whitinsville and Koch d4la vas p3trolling a section of suamp along the Blackstone river l,'ween Rochdale and Tarnums-