Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 13 | St. Louis Scene of Daylight Robbery

ST. LOUIS SCENE OF DAYLIGHT ROBBERY H Two Bold Bandits Hold Up Paymaster IH of Brown Shoe Company and Secure $10,615. ST. LOUIS, March G. Two robbers, armed with revolvers, held up John Lu-cas, Lu-cas, paymaster of tho Brown Shoe com-nan',, com-nan',, here this afternoon, and robbed him of $10,(315. The theft took placo in front of a factory of the company, after which the bandits leaped into Lucas's automobilo and escaped. They conunauded tho chauffeur to drive tlioni to a street car bound for the northern limits of the city. Tlioy boarded the IH car and told the chauffeur not to I'ol-low I'ol-low them. Paymaster Lucas wcil to a bank iH this "afternoon and drew the muuev with which to )&y tho factory em-ployees. em-ployees. Later lie went in an automo-bile automo-bile to the factory, stepped from the car and turned to take two valises con-tainui con-tainui tho money from the automobile. As his bade was tinned the robber i ''rushed toward him and covered him JM with revolvers. Lucas escaped into the factory, but left the money in the machine. Later two men supposed to bo the bandits j.ol off a car in the south part jH of the city, cneh one carrying a valise. VM Apparently' they had left the north-bound north-bound car soon aftor boarding it and took ono in the opposite direction. Pavmnster Lucas said this afternoon that 'tho amount stolen was $10,615, and that tho sum was Tully insured. Jdiss Helen Yancloavc, a telephone operator at the factory, told the po- jH lice sho recognized one of tho bandits jH as a man who liad been in tho factory several times seeking employment. She said both bandits came into the tele-phone tele-phone room this afternoon and asked whon tho paymaster would arrive.