Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-12
A QUICK JOB.
The Iron Front saloon OF WAGE
Robbed OF SlfO0 In
Clean Cash.
The Two Professional Crooks Capture,
Near oxten white making on
with Their Plumber.
specIal 10 Tho sa.e,,e.


sleep OF the vittuous last night, cunning
craftsmen were at work drilling their
way into the big Mosler, Bahman & 60.
sale ina sits Ia his Office, They got In
and they got ont little over $1,000 In
good, clean cash. Mr. Lyons says he re-
manned IN his saloon until O'Clock last
night, when he turned down the gas, save
IN one OF the globes In front OF the bar
counter, locked up the premises and went
home This morning he had occasion 10
10 the safe, and commenced TO unlock
! 1t as usual. The combination lock
DIP NOT WORK AZ USUAL,
ana Mr.. Lyons then saw small, round
mole, perhaps d quarter al an inch N
diameter, just TO the left Of the combiaa.
ton knob, had been drilled into the safe
aud the lock broken, He pulled at Thu
safe door and Il came open easily enough
The Interior had been plupdered. III,
small vault drawer, OF Which he carried
the Key IN his pocket, had been broken
ont and was gone. This drawer contained
$3.50 brlongingto Mr. Armsirong a friend
OF Mr. Lyons, deposited IN the safe last
night Tor safe keeping, and about $500
ntlonHlng 70 Mr.. Lyons himself A mum.
Der OF valuable papers, deeds, insurance
policles, ETC., were MISSING, hut were
found afterwards on the floor Right un.
der the safe, on the d ior, WIRE found
rnE TOOLS
with which the burglars forced their
way into the safe. They were crude, but
practical. A stout drill--.on thu brace
an BIT order--two chisels, slcdge.
hammer and big pair OF tongs, or nip.
pers, such as blscksmlths use. The
wooden handles OF the hammer and chisel
Were badly broken and the tools were
old The front and rear doors OF the
saloon were locked, Entrance was oh.
tanned through rear window Of the
saloon.
'hAVF YOU ANY suspICIoNs2n
the reporter asked Mr.. LYONS II can't
say that | haye,n was the answer, tex.
cept this fact. Two men, strange rs TO
me, but who were In my saloon Tuesday
night, were there until closed up last
night. From conversation | had with
one OF them Tuesday night inferred that
lhey We're urpmmors, but don't know.
Last night they talked ms though they he.
longed 10 the theatrical profession. They
were nlco-looking, gentecl m,n, and had a
good time In my saloon, One OF them
Went out into the back yard during the
evening. ] heard them say something
about wanting TO get OF on the night Mis-
souri, Pacific train. Last night they were
IN company witch young gentleman who
ilves In Waco. don't snow whether TO
suspect them or not.n
CAN PROVE AN AIIBI
TWO OF the party who were IN the
saloon last night were members OF. The
SAINT OF Posen" company. They whiled
away the weary hours there after the
play closed until Mr.. Lyons closed his
house and then departed for Fort Worth
at 1900 a. m, or about fifty minutes after
Mr.. Lyons closed his house. Ii IN said
they can prove they were with their com.
pany az galveston Tuesday night, not
reaching Waco until yesterday, SO they
could certainly prove they were not IN his
saloon two nighta In succession. Mr..
Lyons Is probably mistaken as 10 the
Identity OF the two men Certain IL
Is, however, that his safe was bur.
glarized. There are the evidences and the
tools 10 show. Mr., Lyons says he might
HAVE LOST MORE
money than he did, but Tor the fact TINT
all OF yesterdays sales were IN the
drawer when be closed at night He
started to put this money In the safe, but
as the hack-driver was hurrylng him 70
come on he hurrledly thrust that money
into his pocket and went home. Whoever
did the job seems to have gone at IL delib-
erately and practically, making sure
work.
LATER--This afternoon a telegram was
received from Deputy Sheriff Ross, az
Axtell, eight miles east Of Waco, stating
he had arrested two men there as sus.
picious characters, having about SlIo0
on their persons.
Sheriff Ross arrived with the two prls.
oners Mt 8 p m, and at III $50 tonight
another officer arrived on the train from
Axtell, bringing the money found on the |
prisoners, The men gave their names as 1
James Emerson aud G. II Cameron, both |
Young men and foreigners. They were
recognized as having been hanging around /
the CITY four or i've days past, Emerson
beng fined la the police court a few
lays ago for carrying pistol They saw
that the game was up with them aud |
made clean breast Of the affair. Erner-
son says they spotted the saloon safe
several days ago as II good game They
lung around familiarizlug themselves
With The Interior arrangements They
,ntered the saloon at 1880 O'Clock this /
morning by rear window, accomplished
he burglary 10 half an hour,a and at a IN.
walked out OF town 10 the direction Of
iStell, carrying their plunder, much Of
which was silver dollars, 10 sacks on their
honlders. They walked straight into
rap that was not set for them.
Ibout noon to-day In the woods
ear Axtell they encountered posse OF
Ulcers who left Waco last night 10 make
mother hunt for Harry Ticket, the
Wounded outlaw. The officers halted
'merson and Cameron, searched them
nd tlndlng 80 much money photographed
heir arrest to Waco, and were told III
be- burglary and TO bring the men IN. All
nc money, about eleven hundred dollars,
fas recovered, also several watches and
istols which were probably stolen at
Their times. The men say they have
cen in such scrapes before, and only re- !
ret that they did not get chance 10
pend some Of tho money before they
ere arrested. II they had remained
nletly In Waco II Is donhifni II they
ould have been caught, as their capture I
sar Axfell was purely accidental EN- Z
son says he can open any safe IN the
tuntr,, but he deserves 10 be caught for ]
ling such fool for leaving Waco so !
ION after the robbery.
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