Show AUTO PUT POT TO NEW NV USE Utilized by Highwayman in Neat Robbery Rob ery of Street Car Company Rochester N Y Dec 31 Two men stole a chest containing 2859 2359 from a street car standing in to n front of the Main street East car barns at this morning and got safety away awa with it in an The stolen money represents the earnings of ot the Roches Rochester ter Railway company yesterday on what is known wn as the eastern castErn division It was being transferred according to custom from the Federal street barns to the State street office to be counted The car was in charge of Motorman W V Glover and Conductor L B Clark They stopped the car at the station and went inside As Glover entered the door he saw an automobile drive drle up betide eside the car but paid no attention to ft 1 The two men were in the station only about a minute but when they entered the car they found that the chest which contained cont the money was gone from the front platform The tracks of Qt an automobile in the snow led close to the car and east on Main street An old man who boarded the car saw the men take the chest and place It in the ton neau of ot the waiting automobile He supposed they w were re from the company and paid no attention to it at the time The police were notified of ot the robbery and detectives in an automobile were soon in pursuit The robbers were traced out to the Buffalo road but there the track was list The police of ot surrounding towns have been noti notified notified notified fied The robbers must have been familiar with the fact that money was transferred trans transferred transferred in this manner each morning Most of the cash was In silver coin and the chest was so heavy that one man could not carry it |