Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-26
Masked Men aSeize Race Track
Receipts.
SHOT CUsF0DAhs OF TIE POUCH
Daring H0'd-tp in the Suburbs of
San francisco.
ABOUT sa,oop WAS TAKEN

SAN FRANCISCO, December 26.-Four
ms sked men armed with rifles he'd up a
Mission street electric car from Ingleside at
s o'clock last night and robbed two EN-
ployes of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club of
$1,000.
Reuben N. Cla.k who carried the pouch
containing the money, was shot in tine leg.
John Bronner. another employe Of the
locked club. and Policeman John Josephs.
also received bullet wounds. neither of
which Is serious. Clarks wound will prob
ably cause the amputation of his leg.
The robbery occurred in a lonely place
eight miles from the city. Ingles!de track
is situated in an isolated place on the ocean
beach. and afforded excellent opportunity
for the preparation of the crime. The car
had just started when four men. heavily
masked and each armed with Winchester,
jumped on the rear platform. Clark had
the pouch in his lap, and was at once APP
preached by the tallest Of the four robbers.
With an oath the highwayman demanded
the money. A shot was fired at the same
time to stop the car.
Clark arose from the seat. but before he
could advance step, was shot in the leg.
Bronner grabbed the pouch and ran from
the car, closely followed by the robbers.
once outside he was about to throw the
pouch under the car when Winchester was
Iii Ill Ills lace ana one OF line TODDSrS
called 10 him to drop the sack.
BrOnner Resisted.
Bronner demurred, and one of the other
robbers shot him in the arm which held the
pouch. At the same moment another robber
struck him with the butt of a revolver AS
the bullet crashed through Bronner's arm
he dropped the pouch. The robber who first
approached Clark picked up the pouch and
started to run.
Two shots were instantly fired by Clark
ard Bronner neither of which took effect.
To protect himself, the robber grabbed a
woman named Mrs. Peck, and, holding her
as shield, he retreated in the darkness.
AS the mali disappeared. Clark and Bronner
fired again, and a dozen shots were return
ed by the robbers. Policeman John Josephs
heard the firing and ran to the scene in time
to receive bullet in the leg.
Nearly Fifty Shots.
Although the robbery did not occupy over
five minutes. nearly fifty shots We're fired.
No attempt was made to modest the passen-
gers, who were too terrified to move
Ingleside track was opened on Thanks
giving day. and on account of it's remote To-
cation precautions had been taken to pre-
vent the robbery Of its employees. Besides
dividing the receipts of the day and send
ing them to this city by different routes it
was customary thing to change the routes
Inc robbers naQ good source OF
information. as not only did they ascertain
the route by which Clark and Bronner was
to travel. but they selected 6. day when the
receipts were larger than usual.
As the men were heavily masked the DO
lice nave no clue to the perpetrators of the
crime.
Reward offered.
Secretary Leak of the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club has offered rews I'd of $1,000
for the arrest and { conviction of any of the
parties engaged Ia the hold-up. This
amount. he says. he himself Will be re-
sponsible for, and there is strong proba-
bility that when the directors of the Jockey
club meet the reward viii be considerably
increased.
The robbery was carefully planned and
deliberately executed. The manner of at
tack and the avenue of escape had all
been well considered. From their invosti-
cation, the police concluded that the rifles
had been taken in wagon to the scene
of the hold-up, and that the wagon had
been left in convenient place, in order
to convey the men from the scene No one
in the neighborhooi saw any one with a ri
f1e during the day or evening" Tor were
four or five men seen in one vehicle on any
of the roads near the track. 1t is believed
the rifles We're taken close to the scene of
the robbery, and that the men who used
them were careful not to be seen in the
company of one another until the time
came for action.