St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
HELD TIP AVID ROBBED.
Even His Revolver was Taken Fs6a
II. g. Hall.


Even His Revolver was Taken Fso4ii
D. g. Hall.
j. q. Hall, youth Of twenty, efl-
pleyed as B. mechanic at the Weed Hsrs
vestef works.. is perhaps the only Amer
lean in st. Paul who believes that Lord
Salisbury's bright red soldiers would
annihilate the army of Uncle Sam 1t
was at a late hour Christmas night that
Mr.. Hall abandoned his faith In the
invincibility of justice and Harveyized
plate, and this after a little interna-
tional dispute of his own. "Thriee
armed is he who hath his quarrel just"
Besides, Mr.. Hall had bulldog re-
vo1ver. But, despite this four-fold
psnoply, the young man lost his faith
in poetry, his bulldog revolver and his
fourteen silver dollars.
At 1890 p. m. Wednesday young Mr..
Hall started, as he alleges, from the
harvester works to walk two miles
/, through the glorious moonlight and the
slippery snow. He was on his way to
the poor house. Yet the thought filled
him with glee. He was, in fact, about
to make a, call, not on his sweetheart,
who might have been surprised, but on
a male friend employed at the poor
house, and whose generous friendship
was not regulated by the clock. Pass
ing safely through half a mile of moon
light, Mr.. Hall saw a shadow by the
roadside. He trembled. 1t was surely
some one giving an imitation of a man.
Mr.. Hall determined the fact and re-
treated rapidly. He suspended this
mastery movement at his point of orig
inal departure, and borrowed a bull
dog revolver of the night watchman at
the harvester works. Then he advanced
once more upon the poorhouse--a desti-
nation, truly, to quail the bravest spirit.
Again in sight Of the successful imper-
senator, Mr.. Hall fired two abrupt and
smoky shots from his battery by way
Of an intimidating demonstration. Then
the impersonator drew nigh. He was
tall, heayy-set man about forty years
old. He exhibited the dark complexion,
the full dark beard, the flashing eye, Of
a genuine Armenian exterminator. He
wore blue REFER jacket, black trousers
and blue peaked cap. The Oriental
ruffian replied to Mr.. Halls demonstra-
ton by rushing upon the latter. AS
Mr. Hall fell back in good order his
foot slipped and he fell, with the Turk
ish stranger at his throat. The for
eigner had drawn a revolver, but he
did not discharge it.
In the struggle which ensued Mr..
Halls own revolver was evidently fired,
the bullet passing through the 1eshy
part of Mr.. Halls left forearm. The
stranger appropriated Mr. Halls revoI-
yer and the contents Of Mr.. Halls purse,
which amounted to $14. Then Mr. Hall
was allowed to rise, and at the stran-
gers side to stroll TRANQUILITY in the
moonlight across an additional mile of
idyIlic snow. The realistic brigand NUT
tered, as brigands will, something
about taking the neXtAtrafn north on
the ST. Paul s. Duluth railroad, ordered
his companion to halt for fifteen min
utes, and disappeared in the direction
Of Gladstone station. Mr.. Hall contin-
ued his pilgrimage to the poorhouse,
feeling the increased propriety Of the
journey. He came to st. Paul late yes
terday afternoon, and sought official
sympathy at the central police station.
yond the city limits, and only the state
authorities can urfavel this mystery in
the moonlight.