The evening world. Newspaper, December 19, 1912, Page 20

BINMAN HOLDS UP XPRESS FFICEON ~ BUSY BROADHAY ' Threatens Lone Youthful Clerk i} and Takes $77 From Com- bination Cash Drawer. w rf IN VIEW OF SHOPPERS. Robber Ignores Passers-by and ) Calmly Walks Out After : Tapping the Till. Detectives trom the West Forty-sev- street station and Headquarters are ing for the daring gunman who held the Wells Fargo office in the Thor- fare Building at Broadway ant fty-eighth street, and got away with 4p cash and money orders. It is maid @hey have a strong suspicion on which Mey are working, Fhe ropbery occurred Tuesday eve- , but was kept seoret by both police express company. As the thief wed he was not only familiar with tun of the office, but knew the pation of the cash drawer tock, .t Was thought he ought not to be dimcult ‘te trace. Scott Collins, agent in charge of the and all the clerks, except Samuel Bineteon years old, tad gone to «It was shortly after 6 o'dtock Broadway was thronged | with Istmas shoppers; A man walked up ‘Hickey, 90 the boy's story runs, at counter at the rear of the office, in View of the crowd of passersby, and, Quietly putting a revolver to his face, told him to throw up his hands and back himself against the wail. *“Don't you dare to move, young fel Yow, of [ll send you where you won't @et any Christmas @inner, tako my word for it,” said the thief, Hickey bad not fime to grasp the loaded revolver that ‘Was hanging near him for such emer- @encies. ee ee a Gtbiamhalinddintiam sEndifferent to the fact that customers |” ht come in at any moment through Goor he had left open, the robber, keeping Hickey covered, went be- the counter and calmly took down @Mice revolver. He ejected the from It and with @ laugh tossed useless weapon to the floor. ,The hold-up man then went atraight the cash drawer, worked the com- Without the least hesitation, Gathering up the contents with hand, backed out of the office, hold- hie pistol still pointed at Hickey, carefully shielded by this body’ so yo i might not be seen from the it. Hickey at once raised @ shout for fer. But the robber had escaped with- Sy igeateartg the attention of passersby ‘Mingling with the crowd, was tost, Qnly & little while before his visit more 9800 had been taken from the cash ‘awer and banked. It ia thought the f expected to find the bigger eum, After investigating the robbery, ©. V, er, the General Superintendent, and Hickey, the District Superinien- dent, put a number of additional clerks fhthe om, Sttendant was not again to be left in charae, ’ —— NEW YORKERS CAUGHT AS SILK MILL ROBBERS, Be armed three gunmen arresied ni qvering on a charge of having @ eilk mill in Paterson, has mady quoted as @ man came from New York to n Camden atreet, this aity, Men were caught, bought the for $176 and carted it away. oll worth far more than the @ confession. Veligman is nearly 1,000 yards aan Yamount paid for it to the robbers. paid to David Beaver, | etty, who drove | the three alleged robbers to Patemon fm _an automobile, are also in custody, Y. Blondel in Paterson. Some ono the number of an automobile that | atanding near the mill on Tuexdi night, and on this clue the police went | at the auto wae te work. They found owned by Schavb, who amditted th he hed driven three mey to the Pat he robbery ———. COLONY OF WOMEN CHICAGO, De sanitary district, drainage canal m Sulllvan, Chair | mittee. jthe vessel's cargo were mowed “GAS IN SHIP'S HOLD | CAUSED BY CYANIDE | Fall by Threes and Fours on Columbia and Refuse to Remove Cargo. epot in New York I wtreet. By threes an dozens the longshore: t the forward hold of the | Anchor Une steamship Columbia from South American ports an at the foot of West Twenty-fourth | fours and half- In taking off down by @ deadly gas generated by the action of water on the contents of 60) sacks jabeled “Cyanide of Potassium,” and they refused to work more In that part of the hold, Every precaution was taken to keep the hazanious freight dry, for unless tt is dampened It is ans harmiew to handle ag sam or flour, The mixture of water produces hydro-cyanic gas, which carries quick death into lungs, When the Columbia was docked there Was no in- dication that the cyanide was wet. | Part of the cargo In the forward hold had been removed before the first long- shoreman ataggered to the deok. deck and new men were added to the wang. With orton waddings stuffed in their ears and noses the longshoremen worked on, but the protection was not suMctent and, one after another, they keeled over. Last nifht six men were on thetr batkn and every one of their compantona .hat had been tn the hold exumed this morning, but the gas was heavier than before and the ploneers retreated to the deck and vowed that no money could induce back, Attempts to get other cargo in the he @ aft will be removed, and then way? and means the forward Weld will be If compressed air fails to « the gas suMetentiy to allow the men to work {t m@y be necessary to send men down in Givers’ outfits, connected by tube with clean air above, to do the work longshoremen. Before ail this may bo accompliahed, Mt ie likely that the Columbia be moved away from the @pchored down in the bay, #8 will not be a menace where the to person) Portrate. 19.—A port of Benjamin Franklin painted by Cham- berlain tm 1762-was wold. by auction late yesterday for $14,000. The only copy Harvard by Joshun Batos, ti foundep of the Boston Pu ee Dee. Ac. probably fatally burned two oth @y Max Veligman, one of Veligman stated, the police aay, that the brought back tn denied that he Trontees of the | ile Inspecting the rday, came upon # clothing | feken dinners to workers OVERCOMES WORKMEN Others followed and collapsed on the ynown of this picture was presanted to cuned of starting @ fire that yestertay! burned to death two of his enildren, | a THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912. SETI IE ARE” Regs THOMAS F. RYAN’S SON r. Ryan was resting easily, though It id be Reveral weeks before he would UNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE, |e aie to teave that institution. fetches > — Rests Easily After Serious Opera-| GOETHALS TO ACCEPT tion for Removal of Intestinal CANAL ZONE POSITION. Abscess, Willing to Be Governor Not Longer Allan A. Ryan, eldest son of Thomas Than Two Years—President Fortune Ryan, the multi-milllonaire, and widely known In aeronautics ae! the patron and chief directing mind in| WASIIINATC thy Aero Club of Amer Tart will lew for his last of the Panama ; dent is tral Park West and Sixth street, where a operation was performed upon him yea: tion terday. The operation was for the te Ge of an abnes which grew as n for appen: | stented to Hen er we o | timated to Prest« nderwent (WO | sent Taft that he would accept the vernorship of the Zone { longer than two. ye ention of the Chief Engineer t tire from the army and open offices as fan engineer. Col. Goethals has told the case ntimate friends that he stines and advised Mr. ate removal to Ni ‘ation. He was y and taken in Ryan's tm w York for an ueht down hospital to-day that LAeut.-Col. 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