The record-union., 1893-02-01
MOST DARING ROBBERY.
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth Of
Diamonds Stolen.
SHOW WINDOW DEMOLISHED.
How Two DesperadOeS Plundered
Wachh0rSt'S JeWelry Store,
And MAKE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE.
Max Ginsberg Shot at for Crying "NoF
Theft Evidently The Work Of
Professional Thieves.

With the exception, perhaps, of the
theft of tray of diamonds from Klune Il
Floberg's store, about year ago, in
broad daylight, the boldest robbery that
has occurred here in the last quarter of a
century, was committed last evening.
1t leaves Herman Wachhorst, the pio-
neer jewelry dealer, whose store is at 3l5
street, from $1,000 to $4,000 poorer than
he was at o'clock in the evening.
At about 6:45 p. NJ. Newton b. Wach-
horst, the clerk in the store, was alone
the proprietor being up stairs at his sup
per-when suddenly there was loud
crash, and the clerk saw the plate glass
of the window in which the finer goods
and diamonds were displayed crushed in
by brick which fell in the rear part of
the show case.
He was about to start from behind the
counter, when man appeared in the
doorway, about yard from him, and
COVERED HIM WITH A PISTOL,
At the same time warning him to step
back or he would be killed.
While this was taking place Wach-
horst saw another man reach through the
broken window and take therefrom two
and pins in the show window, and
instantly the man with the pistol with
drew and both dashed off I'D toward
Fourth street.
Wachhorst dare not leave the window
exposed to follow the men, so he stood by
and called for help.
THE CRASH
of the breaking class was heard block
away, and many persons ran out of doors
to see what was the trouble. The even
ing was quite raw and cold, and there
were but few persons on the street at the
time.
Max Ginsberg, who keeps fruit-stand
across the street from Wachhorst's store,
saw the men making off. He ran out
into the street, calling, "Stop thiefr' But
he did not call often, for one of the
thieves turned and
TOOK A SHOT AT HIM,
The bullet whizzing over Ginsberg's
head and flattening against the brick
front of his store.
Frank Daroux and others were in
Cohn's cigar store, on the same side of
the street and near the corner of Fourth
street, and they also ran out, but when
the fleeing robbers showed a disposition
TO shoot they all got within doors again.
Officer Maley, being off duty, was in a
barber shop on Fourth street, between
and X, when the robbery occurred He
heard the shot fired at Ginsberg and
fastened to j street as quickly as possible,
only to learn that the robbers had run
toward l street and disappeared in the
alleV leading tn Fifth straat
LOST IN THE DARKNESS.
Maley ran into the alley, but the fugi-
tives had too good start, and it being
quite dark be did not get sight of them.
In the meantime quite crowd had
gathered about Wachhorst's store, where
Special officer Greer had been keeping
guard over the broken window. 1t was
found that the brick had been thrown
with such force that it shattered the front
glass and passing across the show-window
also broke a heavy mirror in the rear,
beside doing much damage to the delicate
jewelry displayed in the window.
Wachhorst found that two trays of his
finest diamond rings and pins had been
taken, the value of which he estimated at
FROM $1,000 TO $4,000,
But he believed the loss would be found
to amount to the latter figure. Among
the stolen goods was one ring, the value
of which alone was $1,000.
No one appears to be able to give an
accurate description of the men. Mr..
Wachhorst, the clerk, says that one was
about feet 10 or IL inches in hight, and
wore light sack coat and brown derby
hot md i,at 70 nf tXrn u
inches shorter and wore dark clothing.
Both men, he says, wore long black
boards. which were no doubt false ones,
One person who was near Fourth street
when the men turned the corner toward
I says they both wore dark clothing and
were well dressed.
AT LEAST ONE IS INJURED.
Considerable blood was found in the
show-window and on the sidewalk, indi-
eating that the one who grabbed the dia-
monds cut his hands severely in the act
of reaching for them.
Special Officer Greer found 44-caliber
cartridge on the sidewalk, which one of
the men had dropped, and on the other
side of the street he also found the bullet
which had come SO near making corpse
WHERE DID THEY GO?
Chief of Police Rodgers promptly tele-
graphed in all directions such descrip-
tons of the men as appeared to be the
most reliable, but as no one got good
view of them it is quite likely they will
be safe enough for the present.
About half hour after the robbery a
man informed Chief Rodgers that he met
two men on the Yolo bridge few min
utes before o'clock, who were making
toward Washington in great haste, and
one OF the railroad yardmen reported
that about that time he saw two men rum
ming through the railroad yard toward
the Yolo bridge.
These reports indicate that the men
emerged from the alley on Fifth street
and followed the track around TO Sixth
street, thence striking across the railroad