The record-union., 1892-11-24
BOLD CRIMES.
Gangs Of Footpads Assault Two Mer
on the Streets.
One They Robbed, But the Other
Cries for Help Saved Uiin-One
Arrest Made.

That the cold weather ana rain have
driven into the city from the brush
camps, the highways and byways, d set
OF desperate villains, is evidenced by the
crimes nightly committed
That the police do not appear to be able
to cope with the satc-crackers and head
crackers is also evident.
1t therefore behooves citizens to be pre-
pared to deal with these desperadoes in
such manner as will tend to impress
upon all of their kind that this COM
munity does not intend to tolerate their
deeds nor even their presence. The best
place to send thenl-asida from the Jail
IS the Niorgue, 1t is not enough to ban
ish them across the river or beyond the
city limits, for then there is nothing to
prevent them from returning and iorag-
Ing upon suffering community.
he bOIuesJ ana most desperate acts
these scOundreIs have lately committed
were the gdrrOlng OF two men and the
bloWIug open OF a safe-ali between Z
o oclock ana daylight yesterday morning.
The nrst victim was an elderly SWeIe
named Nelson Anderson, who was fol-
lowed by tive thugs about hali-past ,
0 clock IN the morning and finally
hnOcked down, beaten and robbed on
Third street, between } and *.
i ne garroters took from him. ne saws,
$i5O in money. Fortunately, before
leaving the " e~Jern Hotel, " here he WAS
stopping, lie had deposited his watch and
some other valuaDles in the safe. Auder-
son came to the city only three days be-
lore, and here Iuet an acquaintance
named Charles Peters, with whom he
wandered about town that night, taking
IN Tie round Of saloons and dives.
They had just emerged rom the Laiay-
cite, on n street. between Third and
Fourth, when Anderson realized that
The gang" We're camping on his trail.
having probably discovered that he had
considerable money about him. He and
his companion started to get away, but
We're overtaken on Third street and
knocked down as above stated What
became of Peters afterward is not known.
Special OlllCer May, whose beat is On j
street, saw two men so around that way
and down to Second, while two others
FASTENED to X and down toward Second.
but the officer did not know OF the rob-
berry having been committed. Indeed.
Anderson did not report the affair to
Chief Rodgers until morning. lie was
badly cut and bruised about the head ANA
lace, where the thugs had beaten him.
QUICK WORK.
The thugs apparently came together
4lAilGNiisI4E elitCA W al "a et- +0ttpllQ ANA
streets, for 1t was only n few minutes
after Anderson was robbed that a mans
cries for help i'll that vicinity brought
several persons to the street, among
them Edward l.. Hewitt, an employe aJ
the Western Hotel.
Ihe latter grabbed his pistol and
FASTENED TO the corner near by, where 4
man was seen houndering in the mud,
whence he sent forth frequent cries for
help.
Hewitt saw three men running Off
down Second street, but they were too far
in the lead for him to overtake them, so
he assisted in getting their victim out Of
the street, where he had been felled bv
several terrible blows on the head and
face.
The man did not give his name, but
said he had been set upon by three or four
men and knocked down. His cries for
help, however, drove them Oft before they
had a chance to rob him.
These men were probably the same
who little later on Went down along the
river and blew open the safe OF the Clunie
Warehouse, or at least working partners
OF those who did the JOB.
''YOEKEY" MONAGHAN ARRESTED.
From the description given by Ander-
son OF some Of the men who assaulted
him, Chief Rodgers and Officer A!aIev
yesterday arrested - orkey'' MONAGHAN.
The hacknan, He was taken before An
derson, who identified him as one of the
men.
Monaghan. however, stoutly procIaims
his Innocence. lie says he heard Ander-
sons cries for help and ran to him and
helped him from the sidewalk to his feet:
that the old man was bewlldered, and
simply rememuers that ne saw him
(MOnaghanl at that time.
However, the latter was locked M and
is in Jail pending further DEVELOPMENTS.
WHY NOT TRY 1T?
When desperate characters were s.rrIn-
ming" the lower END OF the city a year or
so ago, and it was proposed to close the
dives that gave them shelter, some of the
authorities opposed that plan on the
ground that 1t was better to keep the
IoOtpads and thieves about the stoves of
these dens Of vice than to force them on
the street 70 prey upon pedestrians.
1t has been conspicuously demonstrated
that this plan affords no immunity from
the midnight plunderers, wherefore it
would be well to close the dives for the
sake Of experimenting, if nothing else.
If these fellows had no place Of rem
devious indoors they would be forced to
display themselves on the public streets,
where the police could see and arrest
them for vagraucy.
1t should not be said that the CITY is
unable TO deal with the taamps and
idlerS that loaf about tie streets. ANY
community can rid itself of them it tried
II IN CO