Show QUICK T TRIGGER AVE TS OBBER BATTLE ON STATION PLATFORM ENDS IN KILLING OF HIGHWAYMAN Pos Surprised While Reading Newspaper Opens Deadly Fire With Au Automatic East Orange N. N J. J Quick J.-Quick Quick thinking thinking think think- ing lag and a steady aim by a postoffice prevented a mail robbery here One of the two bandits who attempted attempted at at- tempted the robbery in the Lakawanna Lakawanna Lakawanna Laka- Laka wanna railway station was shot and killed billed by Eugene Stack postal em em- during a battle on the station platform Stack himself was struck twice by bullets The second bandit escaped Five pouches containing about in registered mail and money orders were on the platform a as as- the gunmen approached A sixth bag filled with federal reserve currency from New York which ordinarily is with the other five did not arrive Thursday Stack approached the upper postoffice postoffice postoffice post- post office platform to await arrival of a amail amail amail mail train from New York at a. a m. m He was reading a newspaper as the bandits came up from the theother theother theother other end of the station Without warning one of the men drew an automatic and opened fire on Stack and a negro helper The rhe negro fled but Stack although hit in the leg drew his own revolver and fired six shots at the bandits Ore One of the men was Wag shot through the chest chestand and killed The other fled down downa a stairway and escaped |