St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
BILLY TWOMBLY'S SPARKS.
Hs PARTS WITH THEM SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MASKED ROBBERS GOT THEM.
They Catch Him at His Door and
Order Him to Throw Up His
Hands, Enforcing the Order
With Forty-four Caiibers-Fine
Diamond Pin, Watch, Chain,
Money and Checks Taken.

"Well, boys, they got me at last"
said w. S. TwombIy as he bolted into
the central station at 80 o'clock this
morning. whats the matter?" in
quired Lieut.. Bahe.
whats the matter? Why. nothing,
only three big blokes with forty-fours
stuck me up at the door or my house
and robbed me of my diamond stud,
watch and chain aud what money l had
with me-"
Come this way" said Lieut.. Babe,
and the 'Jap" was escorted into priv
ate room and the story retod and taken
down in longhand to be used by the
detective force today in searching for
the robbers.
Twom5ly, who keeps the saloon at 32S
WabaSha street, resides at 66S Wabasha
street, and makes practice of riding
home on the last interurban car, which
leaves the corner of Fifth and Wabasha
streets about o'clock in the morning
By riding around the loop, the car takes
hOIhplJ w oOOl vi lIiO llOuoCs bQoI
evening, after closing his place
OF business, Twombly stood around
the corner of Fourth and Waba-
sha streets until the headlight
of the Interurban car showed at the cor
ner of Seventh and Wabasba streets.
He walked over to the postoffice, took
the Car, and five minutes later jumped off
the car in front of his house. As he ran
up the steps of the house three men
wearing handkerchIefs artistically
draped over their faces stepped around
the corner of the house, and one of them
called out, Throw up your hands,"
AS Twombly related the story at the
station, he did as he was told, and kept
them well up in the air. Two of the
men thrust revolyerS into his face, while
the other one deftly removed 800 dia-
mond pin from his necktie. The stone
having been placed in the fellows
pocket, the victims watch and chain,
valued at $50, were taken off and
slowed away. A search of Twombly's
pockets was then made, and SIS in cash
and three checks amounting to
sG5 were also appropriated. The
fellow who did the searching
attempted to take diamond ring from
one of his hands, but the ring was so
tight that it would not come off. A
pedestrian who was passing stopped to
see what the trouble was, but quickly
walked on when one of the thugs point
cd his revolver at him and remarked
about blowing hole through him. The
highwaymen then started up WabaSha
street toward Central avenue, aud as
Twombly had remembered seeing a
policeman near the corner of Sum-
nit avenue as the car passed he
let out cry for help. The officer
came ON a run, but his speed was some
what checked by the highwaymen cut
ting lose with their reYolvers and firing
several shots at the guardian of the
peace. Tie thieves ran down Central
avenue toward Cedar street, and, al
though number of patrolmen and de-
tectives made search of the streets in
the vicinity, no trace of them was
found.
Twombly says the three men were
big, husky fellows, and the revolvers
they pulled were the largest he ever re-
membered seeing. He has an idea that
the men were acquainted with his time
| Of coming home and laid for him.