New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1916, Page 5

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916. T e e B B e eyt DARING THIEF GRABS $3,000 AND ESCAPES ‘Woman With Factory Payroll Robbed in Broad Daglight New Haven, April 15.—One of the most daring daylight robberies ever carried out here occurerd shotly after 2 o'clock vesterday afternoon when a young man accosted Miss Frences I. Martin of 41 Pearl street as she was ascending the steps of the Pfleghar Hardware Specialty Co’s factory on Winchester avenue with the pay roll consisting of $3,090 and, after a mo- ment of unsuspicious questioning, snatched the bag containing the mon- ey from her and made good his es- cape. The detective bureau was immediate- iy notified and the entire city was carefully searched for the man but no clues to his whereabouts had been dis- covered last night. However, the bag, cut and empty, was found on Hill- house avenue near tae Colony club, later in the evening by an employe of the Tester Elctric Co. of Pitkin street as he was returning to the office. It was returned to the president of the Pfleghar Co., H. W. Iblehauser. Miss Martin for the past eight vears has gone to the Yale National bank on Iriday afternoons for the pay-roll of the company and never before nasshe cxperienced any trouble in delivering it safely to the business office of the factory As Miss Martin ascended the main stairs to the company’s plant, she no- ! ticed a man trying the front door to the factory. This is always locked during working hours to keep out in- truders and he could not, therefore, gain admittance. When Miss Mar- tin came up the stairs, which also lead to the business office, the man asked aer if he could talk to the superin- tendent. He said he was looking for work and he wanted to see some one in authority. Suddenly Snatches Bag. She told him that no new hands were being employed. Then without warning he reached out and with a quick downward motion of his hand " seized the bag and 1ts contents, dash- ed to the end of the building and dis- appeared along the railroad tracks. Miss Martin, frightened and a bit | hysterical, ran into the office and be- fore she was able to tell what had happened she fainted. It was several minutes before she could be revived sufficiently to sive thealarm that she had been robbed. The detective bureau was notified and an auto was pressed into service and Detective Sergeant Healy with Detectives Lawler and Gianelli hasten- ed to tne scene of the hold up. They found foot prints along the track but could not follow the trail. In the meantime a second automo- bile, Chauffeur Ryan at the wheel, carrying Detective Segeants Ward | and Moore and Detective Deskin | started out from headquarters. Whitneyville, Centerville, Hamden | and the woods intervening, the Derby turnpike and the Milford turnpike | were thoroughly searched, but no trace of the robber was discovered. A general description of a young man about 24; about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing around 150 pounds, Aressed in a blue suit and a soft hat was furnished to the police all over the city and an alert watch for the man was kept. The clues left behind are sufficient, in the opinion of the police, to lead tc¢ the ultimate capture of the man. | The recovered money bag was cut, ghowing plainly that the thief, in his eagerness to get at the roll of bills, had not stopped to open it in the proper way, but had slit the side with o kife. The finding of the bag on Hillhouse avenue indicated that the thief had doubled back into the city instead of trying to get away by a straight break for the outskirts. Saw Man Hanging About. An employe of the factory reported | baving seen a man lurking about the factory shortly before the robbery occurred. This man, he declared, was a former employe who had re- cently been released from serving a term in state’s prison. Such a per- son would probably be acquaipted with the time and conditions of SALT RHEUM IN WATER BLISTERS On Hands. Red and Rough., Would Crack Open and ltch and Burn. Could Not Sleep. HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT I had salt rheumn on iy hands. 1t came in little water blisters which began to itch and fester and then I was treated but it did me no good. My hands were red and rough and would crack open and bleed and they would itch and burn so that J irritated them by scratching, causing disfigure- ment. 1 could not sleep and I could not do work of any kind. At last I sent for a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The sample did so much good that I bought one bar of Cuti- cura Soap and one box of Ointment, and in & short time I was perfectly healed.” (Signed) Miss Lena M. Goodale, 120 Mt. Vernon Ave., Augusta, Me., Sept. 17, 1915. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress post-card *“Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos- lom.”> _Sold throughout the world. Lringing the payroll to the factory. Miss Martin was not attacked or injured at all in -the holdup, as the man simply grabbed the bag and made his getaway. Miss Martin was on the verge of a nervous collapse last night at her home, 41 Pearl street, as a result of the holdup. It is her opinion the affair was deliberately planned by someone Who knew that she was in the habit of going to the bank on Friday afternoons for the money. She briefly described the circum- staces of the robbery as follows: “I had just gotten off the Winchester avenue car in front of the factory, about 1:40, and was about to go up the steps which lead into the Pfleghar office, when I was accosted by the man 1 had noticed him before go up and try the door that leads into the employes’ rooms, but paid no at- tention to him at that time. He stepped up in front of me as I was about to mount the stairs leading into the factory and muttered something about getting work in the factory. I was telling him that we were not hiring any men at the present time, when he suddenly reached out and snatched the bag that I held in my hands. Swiftly turning, he ran at top speed into an open lot just south of the factory office and turned to the if to go down the railroad Miss Martin said that she at- tempted to follow him for a time, but that he gained so fast she was obliged to give up the pursuit. She said that she could not accurately describe him, Lut that he was a man of middle Leight and build, was clean-shaven, and, to the best of her knowledge, she thought he had on a blue suit of clothes. His eyes she thought were dark. President’s Statement. In commenting on the case last night H. W. Ibelshauser, president of the company, said that he had never considered that it was unwise to let a woman, unarmed or unattended by a guard, carry the money of the firm zs she always took the car in front of the factory and got off at the bank ccrner. There seemed practically no chance, he pointed out, of her being robbed on account of this, Speaking for the company he said: “We do not think any blame attaches to any one for the loss of the money. It was one of those unavoidable oc- currences which come every so often.” Captain Donnelly, in commenting on the case last night said “I feel that the bold robbery is a severe ar- raignment of the lax system employed by New Haven business houses and factories in the transfer of money to and from local banks. It seems inconceivable that men of intelligence should have their clerks carry large amounts of money through the New Haven streets without any means of resistance at their command in the event of an attempted robbery. Crooks are in New Haven and in every city, who are but waiting a chance to steal and rob. There is too much false security abroad, which I think is bred by the reform svstem and parole system in vogue ir the prisons of the country. A pro- fessional criminal never reforms. This is my experience with the class. And why New Haven merchants give this class of people a chance to cperate by their lax methods is be- vond my comprehension. The police department is always willing to give money safe convey to any part of the clty.” LIMIT OF 1,000 1§ PLACED BY MEXICO Believes U. §. Expedition Shduld Not Exceed That Nunther Mexico City, April 15.—The Mexi- can government will insist with in- flexible determination that any armed expedition of the United States which enters Mexican territory in the guise of a punitive expedition must be limited to 1,000 men of one service alone, cavalry, according to a ‘'state- ment made to the Associated Press vesterday by Juan Neftali Amador, gub-secretary of foreign relations at Mexico City. During the absence of General Candido Aguilar, minister of foreign relations, in Queretaro. Sub- Secretary Amador is in charge of the foreign office and is conducting its course in international affairs. “The Mexican government has contended in all of its notes to the Washington state department,” said the sub-secretary, “that the sending of heavy artillery and slow-marching infantry on a punitive expedition is illogical, and that the work of the rresent so-called punitive expedition has more than demonstrated this, for they have accomplished absolutely nothing. Mexico will and has in all of its communications to Washington insisted that all punitive expeditions must be limited to certain restricted areas. The request of the United States that the present expedition be considered exceptional cannot be agreed to by the Mexican govern- ment for the very good reason that each day its presence so far inland does but excite our people. This is being taken advantage of by enemies of the constitutionalist government Wwo are endeavoring to stage incidents that will cause grave international complications. “The Parral incident is a ¢ in point. I consider this happening the last drop in the huckeet and believe that when the American people and the American government realize its full significance they will gladly accede to Mexico's request and, in the interest of peace and in line with the traditional friendship which ex- ists between thetwo countries, will withdraw thetroops, Purpose of Expedition Not Questioned “No one has ever questioned the that | honesty of the purpose of the United i States in limiting the present military movement to a punitive nature, but it is hard to convince the population that a force of thousands of men of three branches of the service do not have the semblance of invaders. The Mexican government believes in the friendship of the United States and believes that the present crisis will pass, leaving relations more cordial than ever.” General Carranza asked to be ex- cused from discussing international questions, and referred the correspon- dent to the foreign office, which, he the views of himself and his govern- ment, Sub-Secretary Amador then explained Mexico's position. Tte Attack at Parral. The sub-secretary was asked as to the correctness of the reports that the governor of the state of San Luis Potosi and certain high army officers Fad served notice on General Car- ranza that unless the American troops were withdrawn within a cer- tain specified time, they would join ir opposing their further movement southward. “This is absolutely un- true,” replied Senor Amador. “Tt is true enemies of the Carranza govern- ment have been working strenuously with the people of the north to per- stade them that the present move- ment is invasive and not punitive in its nature. At first they met with some success, but we are convinced that the people now understand the situation. The attack on the Ameri- cans in Parral was due to the in- fluence of these enemies of the gov- ernment. One of them fired point blank at an American soldier, killing him. General shooting then began. Although the soldiers had orders not to enter towns, these men were forced into Parral because they could get nothing to cat in the surrounding country and were so far from the border that it was impossible to send them provisions without giving this expedition something more than its name sug- gests, “That is the reason the government has insisted in its notes to Washington that the limits of the zone whith may be traversed by an punitive expeditions extend not fa ther than forty miles, nor in our cpinion should punitive expeditions be allowed in the territory of either country for an unlimited time. 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