The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04
MORE GARROTING.
A Stranger is Sand agged at Fourth
and [ Streets.
He Had Only Been in Town Twenty
Minutes-No Clue to the
FootpadS.

1t would be natural to suppose. since
the assault and robbery of Robert Allen
by footpads, that the garroting epidemic
would subside for few months at least.
But not so.
Last night at o'clock a young man
named Edgar Goldsmith, whose home is
in Cincinnati, was sand-bagged and
robbed Of $6S at Fourth and L streets.
IT WAS QUICK WORK.
Goldsmith had only been in the city
twenty minutes when he was garroted.
he arrived from San Francisco on the
$40 train, rode up to the Western Hotel,
where he left his baggage, and then
started for the residence of Samuel Law
enson, at Fourth and NJ streets. He
walked down Third street to l., and
down the latter street to Fourth. Upon
reaching the corner, he was suddenly
seized by some one and dealt heavy
blow upon the back of the neck, which
rendered him insenSible.
When the young man regained con-
seriousness he was being assisted to his
feet by two citizens, who had found
him lying in the street, and who,
thinking he was intoxicated, wanted
to get him out of the way of pass
ing teams. When they learned the
true state of affairs, however, they took
Goldsmith to the corner of Third and
l. streets, where they found Police Off
GERS Shellars and Mclaughlin, to whom
they reported the matter.
Goldsmith, upon searching his pockets,
discovered that he had been robbed Of
his purse containing S6S in greenbacks.
NO CLUE TO THE RoBBERs.
officer Simmons, who arrived while
Goldsmith was telling what had hap
pened, took the young man back to the
hotel, while Shellars and Mclaughlin in
vestigated the matter. They could find
no trace of the foOtpads whatever, nor
could they even find anybody who had
seen scuflle of any sort at the corner
mentioned.
The robber or robbers must have been
watching the police officers, and waited
for an opportunity to do their work, for,
during the quarter of an hour before adm
after the assault, Officers Shellars, Sim
mons, Gibson and Maley passed that
very corner at different times.
EsGoldSmith was not dangerously in
jured. The weapon used upon him left
no bruise or cut, but his neck was ter
ribly swollen from the effect of the blow,
showing conclusively that it was done
with a sand-bag.
GoLDSMITH'S STORY.
Goldsmith was seen at the hotel by a
RECORD UNION reporter about an hour af-
ter the robbery.
81 arrived at San Francisco four days
ago from CINCINNATI he said. MY
folks live there. / came out here for my
health, as have been sickly during the
past year. AS soon as L got my bag
gage attended TO at the hotel
l started to find Mr.. Lavenson's
house. Mrs. Lavenson and my mother
are intimate friends, and l intend stop
ping here with them for while. / went
TO cigar store next door to the hotel be-
fore starting out and got my directions
how TO find the house. / have not the
least idea who struck me-in fact, 1 saw
nobody near me at the time, and could
not say positively whether / was as
saulted by man, woman or child. 1t
was done very quickly. Of course,
/ was not expecting anything of the
kind, and did not notice whether anybody
was near me or not. / knew nothing
after l was struck, and when came to
two gentlemen were helping me. l don't
see how anybody could have known that
i had any money, unless they followed
me here from San Francisco. They did
not touch my watch nor anything else
belonging to me-taking only my purse
and money"
Goldsmith was perfectly sober-in fact,
he said he never touched liquor-so it
cannot be said that he wandered off and
lost his money.