The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
FOUR DARING FOOTPADs,
John S. Macintosh, the Saloon
Keeper, Tells of His
Experience.
HE WAS GAGGED AND ROBBED.
The Police Have Secured a Revolver,
Cane, Mask and Piece OF
Another Mask.

The hold-up of John s. Macintosh in his
| saloon, corner of McAllister and Leaven-
worth streets, about half-past 1 o'clock
yesterday morning was a cool and most
daring piece of work. The saloon is close
to the City Hall and people are passing it
at all hours of the night. There is also
| saloon on the opposite corner. which was
| open at the time of the robbery.
From subsequent developments it is evil
dent that the four masked footpads were
acquainted with the saloon-keeper's
| methods and the interior of the saloon.
| They were seen by young man standing
| against the fence on Leavenworth street,
above the saloon, few minutes before the
| robbery and he thinks he could identity at
| least one of them. They were not at that
| time masked.
Macintosh had counted his cash receipts
| for. the day and had put $70-$55 in gold
and SIS i'll silver-in his pocket. He left
about 81 change in the till.
~ was in the act of placing some cigar
ette-boxes on the shelves in the window
looking into McAllister street," said Mac
| Intosh yesterday, "when l heard some one
| slip in by the rear door, opening out to
| Leavenworth street. Thinking it was
customer l continued fixing the boxes,
when [ was startled by voice from behind
me saying, Throw up your hands,
81 looked round and saw short man,
| wearing long mask, with a revolver in
| his hand pointed at me. l glanced to my
| left and standing at the corner of the coun-
| ter was another masked man with re-
| volver pointed at me. This mans mask
| was torn and he covered the torn part with
| his left hand, but could see that he was
freckled and had light mustache. AT the
| center OF the counter on the outside was a
third masked man. with revolver in his
| hand.
"The two men outside the counter were
about the same sizes feet7 or inches.
| The short man behind the counter was, I
should judge, about feet or 5 inches.
while the two taller men kept their re-
volvers pointed at me the short man, be-
fore had chance to yell, showed a wet
piecs OF cloth into my mouth to gag me.
| Then he went through my pockets and
took the $70 besides my keys and police
whistle. He pulled out my watch and
said, It's only silver and one of the
others said that they did not want it as it
was not gold one. The short man then
| took the change out of the till. All this
| time the man standing at the center of the
counter kept his eyes fixed on the rear
door,
'They dragged me into the room lead
| ing from the bar and tied me by the wrists
| wall. They used one of the bar towels.
| Then with another towel they tied my
neck and double-gagged my mouth.
1.-The fourth man, who was also masked,
| stood outside the front door as lookout.
| Four of my friends came along McAllister
street and when he saw them coming tow
ard my saloon he ran inside and held on to
/ the front door. They tried the door and
| as it did not yield they thought L had
| locked it. The robber ran to the back
room and gave the alarm. One of them
| said to me that if | attempted to stir or
1 M hroiy
| out, and they all ran out OF the rear door
| onto Leavenworth street.
"My four friends tried the front door
again and when they entered and did not
see me behind the bar they came into the
rear room and soon had me released from
my uncomfortable position. I ran out of
\ the rear door and saw the four footpads
| about block ahead of me, running north
| as fast as they could. l ran after them,
| yelling police as loud as [ could and
when reached Golden. Gate avenue I saw
| them turning round the corner of Turk
street toward Market.
81 gave up the chase and went to the
| Central police station and reported the
| robbery. The whole thing was done in
| two or three minutes"
| Policeman Smith, who accompanied Mac
lntosh back to the saloon, found a revolver
on small table in the rear room which
one of the footpads had left in his hurry to
get away. 1t is small pin-6re weapon of
| little use.
| When daylight broke yesterday morning
Macintosh found one of the masks and a
cane on the sidewalk on the opposite side
| of Leavenworth street, where they had
been thrown by one of the footpads. The
mask is made out of the black lining of
| coat. The under part of another mask
was found in the doorway of the house on
| Leavenworth street Immediately above the
| saloon. These articles Macintosh handed
| to the police. He thinks he would be able
| to identify the shortest of the footpads and
| the one whose mask was torn. The police
are working on the case, but no arrests
have as yet been made.
Some idea may be formed of the cost of