Show GET THE BEST OF SAFE IRS in a pitched battle with bandits a new jersey posse kills one and Cap captures turen another camden N J JA A pitched battle between farmers and three robbers in which two odthe of the later were wounded followed the daring robbery early saturday of tho the post postoffice office at pedricktown Pedrick town and bridgeport about thirty miles south of this city two of the men were captured but the third succeeded in eluding the farmers farmer fl the robbers first appeared at ded bed rick town shortly after midnight an and d stole a team from a livery stable they then went to the blew open the safe and stole in money and stamps the force of the explosion wrecked the building and the place took fire the robbers then fled with the team the police exchanging shots with the robbers at the edge ot of town shortly after 8 oclo elc two men carrying a third were seen at wenonah and within a short time a score qt of farmers well armed gave chase and soon had them penned in the wooda nearby both sides opened fire ono of the robbers fell and the second throw threw up tip his big hands bands and surrendered tho the third man hold held his ground for some borne time but fled further into the woods the wounded man and the one who surrendered were taken into custody and looked locked up in the woodbury jail one of tho the men william mccoy had his face literally riddled with buckshot |