Show BANDITS IN DRESS SUITS USE AUTO HOLD UP CHICAGO RESTAURANT MAN TAKE 83 AND FLEE IN MACHINE WEAR SILK HATS AND MASKS Force Victim Into Motor Car at Pistols Point Drive to Dark Alley Rob Him and Then Speed Away Before Help Arrive Chicago Three highwaymen of the most modern school riding In a tourIng tour-Ing car wearing Bilk hats and dressed In evening clothes hold up and robbed Jacob M Butz near his home several nights ago At tho point of revolvers they dragged him Into tho machine carried him a block and n halt west took 83 from his pocket throw him Into the street and sped away In tho darkness Butz Is the proprietor of a restaurant restau-rant During tho two months ho has been there It has been his custom to take tho days receipts homo with him and It Is believed the robbers were aware of this fact I got off a West Madison streetcar street-car at South California avenue about 730 oclock and started to walk home said Butz Just as I stepped off the curb at west Monroo street I heard tho lionk honk of nn automobile horn and a big touring car turned tho corner cor-ner and stepped In front of me As tho machine came to a standstill stand-still I saw there was a chauffeur In front and two other mon In thO rear Tho two latter had masks on Before I realized their purpose tho men In tho tonneau stepped out In front of mo one grabbed mo by the throat the other took hold of my collar and my right arm and they throw mo Into tho automobile on my back As tho first mni reached to catch him by the thun1 liutz said tho rob bers overcoat but open and revealed B full dress suit Including patent leather leath-er shoes a whlto tie and a shirt front that coined up In tho darkness like u snow drift In a coal mine Though he admits ho was surprised the victim of tho bandits had not yet becomo frightened fright-ened and he observed that both men were similarly dressed In long black coats and leather caps though the second sec-ond mans coat was buttoned up Climbing Into tho seat while tho res I I liIllllllilillllllllliNIiNIUllllllllllllllro II I I 1 n it rrr 1 rr r rr r rr 1 r r i I L OV I r 4t I One Grabbed Me by the Throat taurant proprietor lay In the bottom sf tho car each man drew a business like blue steel revolver Dont make any noise or wo will kill you said one of them in a low even tone and these were the only words spoken by any of the men dur ing the robbery Apparently tho chauf feur know what to do for as soon as the side door of tho car was closed he applied tho power and a moment Inter drew up nt tho mouth of an alley a block ana a half away I realized I was In a bad fix said Butz anu I Jld not make any attempt to cry out or to cot away Ono nf mho u men went through my pockets and took S3 mostly In bills I had a diamond dia-mond ring on my right hand and a gold watch and chain but thesedid not tempt them As soon as tho victim had been relieved re-lieved of his money tho car started forward again slowly Opening the door on the right side of tho car the two robbers In charge of the prisoner graspeu him by I the shoulders raised him to his feet and threw him to the pavement As Uutz struck tho asphalt ho rolled completely over there was a series of snorts ns the chauffeur opened up the carburetor of his engine mill in a few seconds tho car had vanished In the darkness of West Monroe street Tho shouts of the robbed man brought a number of persons from the neighboring houses and a few started start-ed in pursuit of tho fleeing robbers In an effort to ceo the license tag on their car but tho highwaymen had nlrcadj effected their escape Some one telephoned tele-phoned to the police while other persons per-sons helped liutz to his homo Aside from n few bruises n muddy I coat and n torn collar and shirt the victim of tho robbers was uninjured |