The morning call., 1894-03-05
A FOOTPAD SHOT.
Highwaymen Again in
the Mission.
John Robinson Held Up by Two
Men-He Thinks He Wounded
One of Them at Least.

During the recent footpad scare resi-.
dents in the Mission congratulated them
selves upon their immunity from making
the acquaintance of the men with the
mask and the cleaning pistol.
About the beginning of the scare two
strangers from the East held up two OIL
three milkmen and robbed them of a few
dollars. They were promptly arrested
and are now serving long sentences in the
State prison. About month afterward a
married lady was sccosted by TWO men on
the corner of Hoff avenue and Sixteenth
street. while on her Way 20 her mothers
house. about Ii o'clock at night, and was
relieved of her purse. They treated her
with the utmost courtesy and considera.
tion-so much so that she did not think OF
screaming or doing anything to prevent
them from robbiDg her or to attract the
attention of other people passing on Six
teen tn street. This was the first instance
of woman being robbed. and it reused
such howl of Indignation that foOtDads
ever afterward gave the Mission wide
berth.
This pleasant state of matters has now,
however, been rudely broken, and resi-
dents of the Mission will have to keep a
sharp lookout aud carry their pistols in
their pockets till Sergeant Burke and his
vigilant staff have two desperadoes, who
have again resumed operations, under lock
and key.
About half-past o'clock yesterday
morning John Robinson, a partner and
bartender of John Windrow, saloon
keeper, corner Of Mission and Twenty
sixth streets, left the saloon for his home
on Powell avenue.
When on Mission street, between Army
and Twenty-eighth streets. he was stopped
by two men with the peremptory order
Throw up your hands," Strange to say,
the order was unaccompanied by a gleam-
ing pistol presented at his head.
Robinson was staggered for an instant
by the boldness of the command, and in
nocently asked. "What for?"
Throw up your hands, you" was
the only answer. and the men advanced
menacinely upon him.
Robinson saw that they meant business,
so he quickly pulled out his pistol and
fred TWO shots in rapid succession at the
foremost robber. He thinks the shots. or
one OF them. took effect. as the robber
yelled, Don't shoot again; Pm shot,"
They seemed TO recognize that they had
met with Tartar, as they wheeled around
and ran through vacant lot in the direc-
ton of Valencia street.
Robinson did not follow them, but stood
where he was, and was joined in about
five minutes by Policeman King, who had
Deen attracted TO the spot by hearing the
two shots. They searched the whole
neighborhood carefully. but failed to get
any trace OF the robbers. King afterward
went TO ST. luke's Hospital and the CITY
and County Hospital. thinking that the
robber, if wounded. might have gone to
either place to have his wounds attended
to. but no such patient had been ad-
mitted.
The description of the men as furnishe d
by Robinson is as follows: The me who
ordered him to throw up his hands was
about feet 10 inches in height, slim
build and wore light overcoat. The 9th
er one was 5 feet or z inches in height
and wore dark suit of clothes. He could
not say positively whether they were
young men, middle-aged men or old men.
Robinson is a well-known politician in
the Mission, and at the election In 1890 ran
Tor the Senate in the Twenty Sena-
torial District, but was defeated. Some of
his friends were 'josbing" him yesterday
by saying that his poiit cal opponents bad
put up JOB to scare him. but he Is salts
hed that the two men meant to rob him.