The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-17
HELD UP BY TWOBOYS
Youthful Highwaymen Make a
Grocer Stand and Deliver.
BUT He CAPTURES ONE or THEM
Desperate work Of windy vsn Dyke
Aad m Iaknown LA On
koiifa street

Willy Van Drke, aged Is years. son OF
George +. Van Dixie . conductor OF tbs
Consolidated Street Railway Com pany. IN
company with another bow whose identity
IL unknown, held up Alien 3. Colegrose.
the grocer, on Rollin street LAST evening
and roboed him Of sal. Colsgrove ov IN
unexpected movement pat the youthful
highway men {. digit and captured Van
Dyke. who returned the money and ee-
claret the whole affair joke. Both boys
wore black masks.
Coiegrove has q store at 3sS Roilin stree:
and lives al SO orion street Before clos
ing his store last night be pat o sack con-
tanning sci in has rear pocket and picked
out bundle OF kindling wood 70 take
home. A short distance from the store
he sax two persons rapidly approaching
and before he realized what vas
up one of them showed revoi-
yer under bis nose and exclaimed
In real highxayman style: Throw up
your hands" Mr.. Colegrove sax that he
Vas at the mercy OF two masked men. or
~ least he thought them 10 be men. Like
a wise man. he. held up his hands. ono OF
which held the pile Of kindiing. Throw
them up higher" said the fellow with the
gun. and Mr.. Colegrove, who did not
relish the position he had teen compelled
10 assume. replied in not pleasant tone:
We'll. can't put them any higher"
At this point the second highwavman,
who was apparently unarmed. went around
Mr.. Cole grove and took the sack OF money
from his pocket, acting IS II he knew
where Ii was concealed. The idea OF losing
the money. when he had bills TO pay, gave
Mr.. Coiegrove such q sudden start that he
dropped the kindiing and made q wild
strike NJ the gun before his face. The
move vas 20 unexpected that the in
experienced highwaymen lost confidence
in themselves and ran, going in opposite
directions.
Colegroye thought only of the one with
his money. and chased him like a race
horse. Colegrove proved to be the fastest
runner, and overlook the highwayman be-
fore a block and q half had been passed
over. As soon as Coiegroye got his
clutches on the object OF his wrath he
found TO his surprise that he had q mere
boy. The boy, seeing that he was caught,
Immediately gave up the money and tried
to make out that the robbery was intended
only as joke. CoIegrove could
not see It that way, neither could
Officer Pierce, who had arrived on
the scene, figure it out on that line, 50 the
patrol wagon was called, and the youth
was hurried to headquarters. Chief
Willard took him into his private office,
and during the conversation that followed
il was learned that his name was Wildly
Van Dyke, q switch boy on the Consoli-
dated street railway. He is usually called
Wiley. which is incorrect, and lives At the
corner of Howard and Mercer streets. He
had in his possession black cloth mask,
such "a are worn al masquerade parties.
Chief Willard looked at the youthful
face before him for moment and then
said: What were you trying to do. -
The boy iterated his statement that il
was a Joke. but spoiled his tale a moment
later by denying the identity of his COM
radc. What followed the chief will not
give ont. Detective Cudihee and Officer
Peer were Immediately sent out and
it is presumable that the other
hIghwayman IS being tracked. The
chief knows that there has been some
minor theft cases at Colsgroves store, in
which Van Dyke may have had hand.
That the attempt TO rob Co!egrove was
premeditated Is nrmly believed at head
quarters. The prisoner IS rather tall,
smooth faced Lad. with blue eyes. He
looks like one of those boys Who think 1t
smart To do things not exactly IN line
with good conduct.