The evening world., 1894-02-26
HELD THE CROWD UP.
4 Plucky Thief Goes Through Five
Men I'm m SnlOou.

Five men were held up by one man
last night. says the Butte Daily Inter
Mountain. 1t happened about 1890 in
John Crowl's saloon. The hiGhwayman
was masked about the face with a piece
OF black muslin. He secured SIG and a
revolver. Mr.. Crowl, John Pierce, Joseph
and James Broughton and Abe Harris
were having a social game OF cards when
!.e stranger stealthily appeared at the
front door with the command:
Throw your hands up, and II any one
OF you make a move III blow the top OF
your head Off" and he emphasized his
remarks with "A cooked revolver pointed
The hands quickly pointed ~heavenward,
bar; one by one. and empty our
The men fumbled through their pock-
cts and produced knives. keys and n few
dollars In change. Addressing Mr.. Crowl
ne SAID: Take youi. wallet out OF your
inside pocket and place 1t on the bar"
Mr.. Crowl said, he had no wallet. and
then he was told to take his vest Off, but
the robber found nothing,
Let me see your watches7" he next
asked. and don't any OF you make "A
break" The watches were produced, but
they didn't suit the robber, and he gave
them back.
Addressing Abe Harris. he said: Take
your cont or" which request was com
piled with. and while the robber was
searching this Harris put both hands
thoughtlessly In his hind pockets. Take
your hands from there quick, - you.
or IN blow your head on" commanded
the stranger. Now TAX your west
my west what's that?" asked
Harris.
"oh, your waistcoat. he means" said
Pierce.
Harris and he asked hin what his occu-
patton was. 81 am n miner" he said.
and the thief gave him his t~hirty-hve
cents back. saying he didn't want. 1t:
OF James Broughton. I'm a miner, too"
You're a liar" said the thief. Mr..
~Broughton is a g~roceryman.
All this took some time and the men
were getting tired with their hands held
up. Pierce said that he was tired, and
clasping his hands. he rested them on his
head.
Having searched the men to his salts
faction he compelled them to stand
against the wall. He slowly backed up
to the end of the bar. holding the pistol
at Crowl all the time. Going around the
bar, facing the men,, he went to the
money drawer and pulled 1t out from be-
hind with his left hand and cmptied its
contents. about SIS. on the bar. Then he
took out n 4l-calibre pistol. There was
a box of thirty-eight cartridges ther,
and. though they did not fit. he filed the
pistol just the same.
Amt you going to treat. partner?''
asked Pierce. The robber promised to
call around again and treat. Il don't
like to do this, gentlemen" he said, but
| have to-" Then he came from behind
the bar. locked the front door, backed
up the full length OF the saloon. taking
the key with him. and went out the back
door. The key was afterwards found In
the back yard.
THE whole thing lasted about fifteen
minutes, but II seemed like hours" said
Mr.. Crowl. II was awful glad to see
him go. He was evidently new in the
business. because he did not make us
turn our pockets inside out. II he did he
would have got Slj5 ] had In "a purse in
nv pants pocket, and he overlooked So
/ had in 2 clgar-boX behind the bar"
James Broughton also had So in his
pockets. The robber seemed to banker
after the money drawer principally.
There are several other drawers OF the
same kline behind the bar, but the visi.
tor knew where the right one was.
During the evening the men had beer
talking about hold-ups. and James
Broughton expressed a desire to see one
just TO find out how 1t feels. He has
had the experience now and says he is
we'll satisfied. The men are waiting for
the fellow to call around II "set
'em up"