The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-09-14
THEY OVERLOOKED A BET.
Two Masked HIghwaymen Visit a
MarysvIllo Saloon In the
Early Morning.
Fifteen Men Made 20 Hold Up
Their Hands and 30
Searched.
Tho Desisr Hid 5000 In His Hat and This
Escaped About siTo In Monsy
and Other Things Taken.

The Montana Olub saloon, on Main street,
MArynVilis. was visited bV two hiRhwaymon
About three O'Clock yesterday morning. AID
Pfopristor J. q. Peabody and the fourteen
other men who were present al the time arc
on. In tho Sgarssa,s $40 and other things
through the Wait. That tho Tobbera did
NOS sseuTs aoFaswhers In the nslqhboThood
Of 81, 900 il dns to thsir own oversight and
careless method Of operating. Prom the
manner OF the holdup and the description
OF tho moo. II IL thought thsJ ae the sane
people Who took up collections al the Broad
water hotel bar and al the Atlantic lser
hail In Helena not long ago. and aubis-
quontly robbed saloon At Butte and killed
tts pfoprislo'
Everything had been runniDR full blast
at tho Montana Club saloon. and business
wns Stacking up about th'es o'clock yester-
day mofnlng, Tia bar had been doing q
good business and the faro table was we'll
patroniEod. suddenly two men appeared
al the door. Instead Of having hats on
they had pieces Of black cloth thrown OVER
their heads. with places cut for the eyes.
Each he'd revolver lsvslled on the crowd.
Hands up. everybody" came the order.
All hands, hftssn lghirs went 40 al once.
John Irwin. the dealer. was just coming
from the faro table With roll OF notos.
&6OO In ALL which he INTENDED 60 lock up in
tns safe, the game having closed. His
hands went up with the money In one OF
them. Happening TO notice that the high
wAymsn were not dsvoting any special At-
tsntion TO him. and rsmembsrina the
amount OF money be had In one hand. he
/ A A 4 A.. A. /. k.I "a I'D Aaa.l a
| and pushed ths roll OF notes under his hat.
Just then one Of the footpads noticed that
wins hands wsreanot ali the vay up.
keep your hands up," exclaimed the
robbsr who appeared TO be the spoksiman
/ for the hfm.
Irvine hands went straight up. but this
| tina thar were smpty.
Faces 10 the wsll." cAms the nsxt order.
Every body faced about. looked hard at the
wsll aud rested hands on tho paper.
While ono OF the highvAYmsn stood
guard al the door With levollei pistol. the
other. with his gun ats convenient angle.
went through tho crowd that was facing
the wall. Nearly ell had something. aud
this the robbsr, reaching around and into
their pockets. appropriated. John Duffy.
the bafkespsr, had gold watch and this
went the way Of the cash. Another mans
revolver vas taken from his pookst. An
considerably let him retain. Hav-
ing fnished with the crowd. the ae.
tive man OF the pair. under
the protection Of his companion al Oh,
door, went TO The I'll Of the bar and rhked
out all tho cash there. Then he tried the
safe, which was locked. Sticking his gun
uHder Bsrksspsr Dufy's nose he demanded
TO know which OF those present was tho
proprietor. Ths argument was so strong
1 a. hsA 10 palnt on DFnuFial0F Pan
body. The latter was obliged 20 open the
safe. The robbst took on, ths cash drawer.
placed n under his arm and walked toward
his companion. With q parting iujunc ction
10 everybody TO remain indoors. the two
highwaymen lefL
One OF the people in the saloon ran 20
the rear OF the place. seizsd rihl and fred
four shoss aftof the robbers. This caused
| tho whole town 20 turn ont IN pm sutt.
Deputy sheriff Hendricka Of Mar tviile.
started out after the robbers and was
Furnished sssistunos from Helena. The
robbers are supposed TO have taken TO tho
mountains south Of Marysville, and pursuit.
will be difioult. ss ths country 10 rough aud
has plenty OF places that would Afford cou.
ooalmont
After tho robbers had gone an accounting
was made OF the amount OF plundet taken.
The moit careful estimste made 10 appear
that the robbers had secured little over
$40. a gold watch and revolver. The
house Lost most OF the cash. What they
missed was the $500 which Twins foresight
had put under his hat. and ssve al hundred
dollars which was In nuother part OF the
safe from the drawer which they carried
avay. Had thsT made a olean sweep they
would hsve secured aboat s., 600.
The highwaymen had evidently been
posted on the fact that its was pay day al
Marysvillo. They postponed their raid.
however, until snch late hour that ther
missed many victims THAI they might have
found earlier.