MOTOR BLACK BBSS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12663, 17 September 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)

MOTOR BLACK BBSS.

DICK TURPIN UP-TO-DATE IN«5l';^l . ,'■ ■(;.. AMERICA. " I A dabixo automobile "hold up" occurred | on the highway just outside Philadelphia.' -'I Mr. A. G. Hall, a wealthy New York resi- .'I dent, accompanied by three ladies, was. tra- 1 velling toward Philadelphia, when a modem | Dick Turpin, mounted on" a motor-cycle, ,• J overtook the- automobile and ordered Mr. * Hall to stop. The highwayman wow a. ''\! mask, and held a pistol in Ms hand, and , 1 Mr. Hall obeyed his commands. In obedi- -ij ence to orders, Mr. Hall and the Sadies ■/'J dismounted, and, standing in ? row, placed ' 1 all their money and jewellery on tit ground. .1 The highwayman picked them up, put them • 1 in his pocket, and ordered Mb victim 1 to ' ! empty the gasolene from the automobile j on the road. After thus protecting himsalf ■[ '. from being followed the highwayman made off towards Philadelphia, taking with him , £200 in money and about £500 worth of jewels. Half an hour afterwards Mr. Hall « was discovered by a casual passer-by is «' 1 carriage, and the automobile was towed into i Philadelphia. The police have no clues, f, I and say the "hold up" was one of tit* 131 most remarkable in their experience. , I . _ , , . W — ■'■■■