Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-11-25
HOLD-UP AT GLOBE.
A Chinese Made to Open His
 Safe for Masked Men.
They Gag him and Treat him Other wise Unpleasantly- Close Call
 for one Robber.

The boldest robbery ever heard of
 here, says the Globe Silver Belt,
 was committed on Broad street, in the
 center of the business part of the town,
 at S:l5 o'clock p. m. on Thursday.
 Sam Kee, Chinese merchant, is the
 victim. Two masked men entered his
 store. pulled down the curtains of the
 front windows and door, and with
 revolvers, compelled the terrified Chin
 aman to open his safe, from which
 they extracted everything of value,
 comprising over S400 in money, several small silver bars, gold watch and
 other iewelry. After securing the swsg, the burglars tied Sam's hands
 together, bound towel over his mouth, and compelled him to lie down on hls bed.
 They made their exit, as they had entered, through the front door, and parted, one going north, the other south, on Broad street Sam did not lose many moments in following them and ran south on Broad street, balloing unintellgibly, but in a manner to alarm every one on the street. Mir. k. II. Cook was overtaken by one of the burglars near the corner of Mesquite street, and not knowing the cause of alarm, quIckened bis pace, keeping abreast of the robber. who turned his pistol toward him and said "hold on partner" MT. Cook, taking in the situation, drew away to the corner of the Old Dominion store, and the bur glar turned the corner and ran west on Mesquite street.
 In the meantime a man had been seen to enter the rear of Franklin & Herron's butcher shop, and being ap- prised of it, Sheriff Thompson, Depu- ty Creswell and w. B. Garland en- tered the building and found Tom De loch in bed. He disclaimed any knowl- ledge of the robbery, and held candle while Mir. Creswell made a search of the room, officers Thompson and Gar land stationing themselves at the back door.
 In the bed MT. Creswell found two pistols, and S1.65 in silver scattered on the floor, which Deloch claimed fell out of his truosers pocket. The officer next turned his attention to can half l full of dirty water, and was about to |
 
 the gentleman holding the candle, | a call of nature, made his exit through | and Mr. Creswell left in the stygian darkness. Deloch made the same ex- cuse to MT. Garland and was permitted | to pass on into the yard. The fact that | he was so scantily clad, only a suit of | under clothes and without shoes or | probably disarmed the off, | cers of any suspicion that he would | attemOt to escape.
 Sheriff Thompson had gone to the | rear door of an adjoining building, | where he suspected one of the robbers | might have secreted himself.
 Creswell groped his way out of the | room and while he was questioning Deloch disappeared. Thomp- son and Creswell started in pursuit, and Garland went after horses When | approaching the cabin of Thcs. North, the sheriff saw Deloch leaving it, and fred two shots at him, but without | effect. .Deloch had secured a pair of | shoes, overalls and a Winchester, and | his flight up the canyon which turns to the left at Hugh Coma 1ans residence, on the road leading | into the Miami valley. The officers searched the canyon and followed the 'oad for some distance further but got | 10 trace of Deloch. Later Sheriff | Thompson and Jim Parks started on equipped for thorough search.
 Yesterday morning the Winchester, which Deloch took from North's cabin, vas picked up about 100 yards up the ,anyon. In the can in the butcher hop which MT. Creswell was about to when Deioch took French cave, was found, subsequently,, a ,igar box containing part of the stolen gold watch. some jewelry If small value, eleven Mexican dollars, slS.45 in fractional silver, three small )ars of silver, and q lot of papers.
 The chances of recovering the re- nainder of the stolen money, about 400, appear slim. The loss is a heavy me to Sam Kee, but he is thankful it vas no greater. He bought checks to he amount of 5400 from F. F. Kellner t O., the day of the robbery, thereby educing the cash in hIs safe that much.