The morning call., 1894-03-16
SIX AGAINST ONE.
A Virginian's Thrilling
Experience.
VISITS THE OCEAN BEACH
And Is Attacked by Six Cow
ardly Robbers.
TWO PLACED HoRs DU COMBAT.
The Others Brutality Beat and Kick
Him and Relieve Him of 500,
All His Money.

While the police are succeeding in their
efforts to keep crooks, pickpockets, bunko-
steerers and sure-thing gamblers away
from the Midwinter Fair grounds. the
Cliff House and Ocean Beach are infested
with them and strangers are constantly
being swindled or robbed.
A most daring robbery about o'clock in
the afternoon occurred recently. The
police have been keeping it quiet, but it
leaked out yesterday.
Ed r. S. Jones, splendid specimen of a
VirgInian, came to the city some weeks
ago from Richmond to take in the Mid
winter Fair and possibly remain here. He
is about 6 feet 2 inches in height. as
straight as an arrow and of athletic build.
Not many days ago he went to the fair to
meet friend who mad asked him for a
loan of $50. He took S16O with him, as
he wanted to have some extra coin in his
pocket after giving his friend the loan.
Through soma misunderstanding he and
his friend failed 10 connect, and after wait
ing for an hour or so he thought he would
take run out 10 the Cliff House.
After listening to lhe organ in the music
ball he strolled down to the beach and
walked lesureIy along for about half a
mile. listening TO the sad sea waves and
MIA was blessed with.
His musings were rudely interrupted by
man who seemed to rise out of The sand
dunes and came toward him.
''Hello" said The stranger. What are
you doing here ?"
Taking a walk" was Jones' laconic
reply.
are you?" questioned the stranger in the
same breath.
The Strangers curiosity and impertin-
ence aroused Jones' ire, and he CURLY
said: you are stranger to me. sir, and
it's none of your business where / come
from or where / am going"
To Jones' surprise the stranger pulled
out revolver and CURLY remarked ::
Throw up your hands, you ---"
Jones did ut throw up his hands. He
smashed the fellow between the eyes with
stiff Highlander and Knocked him
down. The pistol flew out of the robbers
hand and went of, the bullet Visiting
past Jones right ear. Jones made for The
pistol, but during his cOllOQuy with the
robber he had not observed another man
rapidly approaching them with an open
knife In his hand. Jones had sense enough
10 see that the new arrival would be upon
him before he could reach the pistol, He
stopped suddenly. and as the other man
rushed at him with the open knife he
stepped quickly aside and one of his long
legs flew out and his bOot came into yigor-
Gus contact with the second robbers
stomach, knocking the wind clean out Of
him.
But he was not yet out of danger. -Four
other men had risen out of the sand dunes
and hurried to the assistance of their
| fallen comrades Before he could realize
whether they were friends or foes he was
| hit on the back of the head with some
blunt instrument. which staggered and
6aZQ6 i'm hn l.
equilibrium the four were upon him and
soon Lad him pinned to the ground not
outstanding his desperate struggles.
| The two men whom he had laid hors du
combat had by this time regained their
feet, and while the other four held Jones
| firmly down they went through his ckets
and relieved him of the $780, Then they
kirked him most brutally, aud five of them
ran and disappeared among the sandhills.
! One OF the men who had picked up the gun
remained behind and kept firm grip OF
their almost unconscious victim TIL they
had disappeared from view. Then he
loosened his grip and Jones staggered to
his feet
Now" said the robber with the gun.
travel or I'll fill you with bullets"
Jones stood not upon the order of his
| going, but went at once, and had to walk
all the way to The city, as the robbers had
not lett him even 10 cents to pay his fare.
| 'Oo a. poiiVS noduqudIttIs yes
terday to see If he could identify a sus.
pected robber as one of his assailants. but
| tailed. The police think that Billy Nc
Donald, who was arrested some DAYS age
on the charge of personating an officer and
robbing stranger at the beach along with
three. other men, was one of Jones' assaiI-
ants, but Jones failed 10 identify him. He
thought, however, that he might be one OF
the four men who jumped him, two OF
them having pinioned his arms from be.
hind and always kept out of his sight.
Jones stiff hat still bears the impression
of the blow which staggered him whe1
the four men came upon the scene.
de is none the worse for his thrilling ad
venture, but be is aching to get a chance
TO let the cowardly ruffians feel the power
of his muscle.