The record-union., 1896-09-19
ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY
JeVeler WachhOrSt Is Again a Sufferer
From Il.
His Window Smashed and a Trav
Of Diamonds Taken Out
of It.

OF IL.
Another daring robbery created great
| excitement on ] street, between Third
| and Fourth, last evening at 7:15
O'Clock, the sufferer being the we'll
known jeweler, H. Wachhorst. and the
| manner of the robbery being almost
identical with that from which he suf-
Tered about two years ago.
Augustus Gerlach, who has been en-
ployed in the store for many years, and
Mr.. Wachhorst were the only ones in
the place at the time and We're startled
py the crash of glass in the large plate
| GRASS front window where the display
OF diamonds and other fine jewelry was
made. Looking toward the window
| Gerlach saw a man with his hat pulled
| Gown over his face, who had smashed
the window with a cobblestone nearly
as large as ones head, and who quickly
reached with his hand through the
| opening thuS made, grabbed a tray full
| or diamond rings and started on a run
up toward Fourth street with it.
1t was quickly done. but Gerlach
VINO had been through the same ex-
perience before. ran quickly to the front
|
| fleeing robber
| w. j. Hogan, who keeps a restaurant
a rev doors above, heard the crash of
GRASS ana the alarm and ran out on
| the sidewalk just as the thief came
running by. He says that he struck
at him and missed him and that a man
VINO was standing talking to a woman
by telegraph pole on the outside Of
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1ell, dropping the tray of rings as he
did so. The man then kicked him in
| the back two or three times when the
robber jumped to his feet and ran like
| a deer diagonally across to the oppo-
| site corner of Fourth street. where he
ran into the arms Of two men and was
| captured and taken to the Police Sta
| ton by them.
When he arrived at the station he
gave his name as Frank Holden, but
refused to talk. When searched, abso-
lutely nothing was found in his pockets
but a couple of business cards He is
rather short and thick set, with dark
| complexion and black mustache, and
! showed himself to be a sprinter Of no
mean ability.
! Hogan stated that after Holden
|
the stranger who tripped him up and
| kicked him to take care of the tray
of jewels and he must have obeyed or
ders for when Hogan returned, a min
ute or two after, he and the woman
| had disappeared and SO had the tray
He could not describe the man.
| Mr.. Wachhorst, when seen by a
Record Union reporter, stated that
|
rings, worth nearly $4,000 Of these.
nine that flew out of the tray when the
robber fell were recovered and the loss
will reach S1,S00 to $4,000
HANGING AROUND.
! Charles Phillips, who is in the employ
of w. P. Coleman, says that three sus-
picious looking men hung around the
office all the afternoon, frequently look
| ing in at the window, when he was
alone. Becoming uneasy and fearing
| from their actions that they might at
| tempt a raid, he placed his revolver
where he could get at it readily, and
when Mr. BOIL, who is also in the office.
came in, he spoke to him about it. Mr..
BOIL remained in the office and the men
soon after went away. Mr.. Phillips
| went down to the city prison last night
and said that he was almost positive
| that the prisoner was one of the men he
had noticed.
| TRIPPED HIM UP,
E. F. Foran, printer, and one of the
men who captured Holden, says he was
| standing on the corner of Fourth street
and heard the crash of glass. He saw
! a man put his hand into-the window and
| take out something and run with it, He
| saw him fall when he met Hogan and
saw the other man kick him and the
| fellow jumped up and ran like a deer
| toward the corner on which he was
standing. He tried to intercept him. but
| the fellow lodged and he tripped him up
and fell on him. Another man grasped
him also, and they held him fast AS
no officer appeared Immediately and the
crowd was thickening, he thought it
would be best to take him down to the
police station and they did SO, holding
| tight on to him all the way in order that
he might not escape. The fellow abused
them all the way, but when brought
into the presence of Chief of Police Drew
he shut up like a clam.
LILLARD'S STORY.
John w. Lillard, a barber employed at
Lefried's place on Fourth street, had a
story to tell. 1t was he who stopped the
robber in his mad flight after he es-
| caped from Mr.. Hogan. Lillard heard
the crash of the glass when the window
| was broken and afterwards some one
| cried stop him. Stop the thief" He
| started to run up Fourth street to ],
but Just before he reached the corner the
robber collided with him and both fell
| to the sidewalk where e. f. Foran took
a hand and captured the robber.
| WHAT PENNISH SAW.
| City Trustee Timothy ]. Pennish was
| at first a disinterested spectator of the
| robbery later on an interested spec
tator, still later he attempted the cap
ture Of the thief by impeding his pro-
gress, and last of all gave chase and
cried, stop him! Stop him!" at the top
most pitch of his stentorian voice.
| Mr. Pennish was standing on street
! near Fourth, awaiting the arrival of
| others of the City Fathers in order to
ratify the contract for the S-street sew
age pumping plant over the veto of
| Mayor Hubbard. He was gazing intent
| ly down the street, mentally moralizing
On the vicissitudes of public servant,
| when he saw man stop in front of
| Wachhorst's show window, stand mo-
| ment and then raise his hand and de-
liver several short, sharp blows.
| Then Mr.. Pennish, who was slowly
coming back to the fact that something