Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-08
/" HANDS UPI"
How the Foot-Pads Relieved Four
Members of the Star Specially
Troupe of their Valuables.

One OF the most daring robberies ever
committed in Coohise county was perpe-
trated at about 80 this morning near
the corner Of Fifth and Toughnut
streets. The victims were the we'll
known specially artists, John I. Kelly
and Thomas j. Ryan, the great Irish
team, and VIM. Lester and Paul Allen,
the eccentric negro comedians, all mem
bers of Leavitts troupe, who finished an
engagement here last night. The facts,
as near ns We were able TO obtain them,
were about as follows: 1t appears that
the parties named wore considerable
valuable jewelry, and spent their money
very freely with "the boys" After the
performance at Schieifelin Hall, they
visited the various saloons, watching the
ambling, and finally went to the Bird
Cage variety theater. Here they met a
young man whose name they did not
learn, but from his dress and the fact
that he wore wide brimmed hat, his
pantaloons inside of this boots, and his
language, they thought him a genuine
cowboy OF the 'shoot 'em.up' style, and
consequently cultivated him as curl
osity. But the sequel proves they were
wrong in their opinions and too promis.
cuous in their friendship. The pretend.
ed cowboy told them during their con.
versations that about year and half
ago, at the time OF the last general
Indian outbreak, he had killed an
Apache medicine man near the Turquois
mountains, and taken from his body his
curiously beaded buckskin shirt, and
many herbs which he had used in curing
the sick and afflicted of his tribe. They
all expressed desire, ii such were
possible, OF inspecting the clothes.
| MR.. KELLY WAS PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS
To see them, and they were highly
formed them that if they would accom-
| pany him short distance to the house
Of friend, he would let them examine
his trophies. They all left the Bird
Cage together, and, following their new
found fliend until near the spot above
designated, when they were startled
and thoroughly alarmed by being sud.
denly confronted by four masked men,
who, with pistols in their hands, roughly
commanded them to throw up then
hands" Kelly halloed police, when
he was struck over the head with O
pistol and his watch snatched from his
pocket. Lester also received bad cut
ON the back of his head from similar
weapon. Allen turned and started tc
run, but fell, cutting his knee badly on
a pile of stones, and in rising, was
struck powerful blow across the right
| shoulder. As they started to run NJ
the street three shots We're fired at them,
one passing through the skirts of Kel
ly's coat, and another grazing Ryan'i
body, infiicting such peculiar wound
that it is more than probable that he viii
not be able to set for photograph fol-
some time, and will likely take his meals
in standing position. Their outcries
and the shots, brought the police to the
spot, but the robbers had fled, and
owing to the darkness, no clue was left
or discovered which could lead to the
Identification or arrest Of the daring
footPads. Besides the watch lost by
Kelly, both Lester and Allen are minus
valuable studs. We regret that these
gentlemen should have, upon the occa.
sion OF their first visit to this place, been
so badly, not to say cruelty treated,
and trust the efforts of the police will
be successful in discovering and bringing
to justice the perpetrators Of this daring
outrage. Tombstone Epitaph