The morning call., 1892-07-27
FOOTPADS At WORK.
Mission Residents Stood Up and
Robbed Of Valuables.
Bold Operations Of Two Robbers-The Market
Street Cut Made Their Favorite
Field of Work.

The operations Of two bold and decide dly
murderously inclined footpads have dis
turbed the peace of the residents of the
Mission and adjacent districts within the
past two weeks.
The robbers are evidently experts In their
pefarous vocation. and not night has
passed since they began their work that
they have not made their presence known
to some be!ated wayfartr who seemed TO be
the likely possessor Of money and jewelry.
Their operations have been talked OF
among the Mission people and the police Oh
both the Southern and the Seventeenth
street stations have been on the lookout Tor
them. They have been very cunning. how
ever, and each night they made their ap-
pearance in a new quarter.
One of their boldest pieces Of work was
done on last Sunday night and their victims
were David w. Frazer and his brotner-ln-
law, James Morgan. The two men are en-
ployed by Henry G. Pfaeffee, who keeps
butcher-sh0p at 1887 Market street.
They reside at 1S47 Market street ana on
the night mentioned were returning from
downtown.
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
The hour was about IL 80 A. NJ. At that
hour the street Is unprotected by the police
as the watches are being changed.
Frazer and Morgan were in the middle OF
the block on Market street. between Eleventh
and Potter. and conversing while walking
without taking particular notice of their
surroundings.
Suddenly two men sprang out of one of
the dOorways OF the row OF buildings on the
block, ana presenting revolvers at their
heads ordered them to throw up their
hands. 1t is needless to say that they did
80 and very hurriedly, too. as the foOtpads
advanced on them and fairly pushed the
| revOverS in their faces.
When Morgan aud Frazer had uplifted
/ their arms, ono OF the men proceeded TO go
through their pockets while the other kept
/ them covered with the revolver.
The robbers were rs businesslike as
/ Claude Duval ever was In his palmest days,
! and in very short order the two butchers
we're relieved of whatever they possessed
/ in the way of vauables.
From Morgan was obtained 81 30 In
money and a gold watch and chain, while
| from Frazer was secured 81 GO, all the
/ money he had.
THE ROBBERS DEPART
! Having secured their booty the two rob-
bers betoOk themselves off In the direction
/ of Eleventh street, while Morgan and
| Frazer hastened In the opposite direction
until they met Officer Withers, to whom
| they told their adventures.
| They described the two men as being
rather tall, nearly SIX feet. They wore long
OveTcoats, and as tar as the butchers could
] Il
The officer went with the two men all
| around the neishbOrhood. but no trace of
/ the footpads could be found anywhere. He
/ then reported the affair at the police s.r-
/ tiOn, and since then an extIa watch das
/ been kept by the pol'c-
Ii is thcssus tnat the two men who
'stooa up' aud robbed +. Oliver on Twenty
second street On Monday morning. as re-
| ported in yesterdays CALLs are The ssme
two men.
Bal aae5hsr Phase oi ,hsir work vas rs
! yeaied last aEeBilg
They on several occasions last week
a. tlacted nc MarketstTpe cat as a fsld sor
Operation Within the past few Years
/ Eureks i saiey Jas become popufols dis
iTicL anu large nun Der Of reside Is there
who miss ths last Castro-street ear sgik out
( through the cut 10 their homes.
THE FoorPADs' RESORT
! II lsa rather dark aud drearv be-
tween Toe rocky waIs 50 the ept es.5 II ls
( u.s. tlas place footpad would seleeg foT his
WORK Lt = here that Si1ney Bell the
murderer Of Samuel Jacobsen, made some
F % bis raids.
Last week iwo belatcd rssidenisoF Eureka
! N1.iey were stood a' sad relieved Of
/ tlelr money, 10 50ta cases the haul only
/ consis ed * SOME small change. other
easeE teP3 been reported from the same dis
lFicf. but no names have been given or
| the parties Who have beca sn0DDed So fer
/ as the yatl0ns descriptions given The police
/ sTe concerned they al agree Ia the size ana
| general makeup Of tina two men, although
+ iasy 20 not always wear the same style OF
1 ctctleS. II IS tlcugut hat the black mus
taches which adorn their faces ate false
/ since thesF operations have been made
/ kn0w1. Mission reeidents are careful to
! make an eE0eavor tn catch their last car
/ snd avoid walking home.