The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23
.FOOTPADS ARE
KEEPING It Up
A Japanese Shoemaker
Nearly Beaten to
Death.
ROBBED OF HIS WATCH
Lively Experience of Charles
Kendrick, Cashier in a Cor.
ner Grocery.
HE COMES OFF VICTORIOUS.
Two of the Many Cases Which the
Police Want to Keep to Them
selves.
HE COMES OFF VICTORIOUS.

Burglars and footpads are taking the
fullest advantage of the idiotic policy Of
the Supervisors in shutting off the street
lights to do as large business as possible
The police are doing their utmost to
keep the reports to themselves, but occa-
sionally few leak out, and two holdups
are among the number.
Handi Naojiro, employed in the Japa-
nese shoestore of c. Sekeni at 22S Ellis
street, after stopping work on Saturday
night went to barber-shop on Sacra-
mento street. lie left there shortly after
II o'clock to go to his room at 22S Ellis
street. He walked along Stockton street,
and between California and Pine he no.
ticed two men following closely behind
him. He paid no attention to them, but
when he reached Bush street they were
close behind him, and he was knocked
down by blow on the head from some
heavy instrument.
After knocking him down they kicked
him on the head until he became uncon-
scious. When he regained consciousness,
in about fifteen minutes, he found that his
silver watch and chain and bunch OF
keys had been stolen. His head was cut
weak from the loss of blood he managed TO
walk home. A physician was called in
who attended to his wounds, and last
night he was on a fair way to recovery.
He could give no description of the two
footpads.
Charles Kendrick, cashier in a grocery
at California and Fillmore streets yester-
day related his remarkable experience
with footpad on Sunday night.
q n lad fria nd
after taking her home, he went to the
corner OF Masonic avenue and Page street
to wait for car to go home. 1t was not
so very dark, as the moon was shedding
her soft light and the electric lights at the
chutes were not far distant.
kendrick heard stealthv footsteps be-
hind him. He was not thinking OF foot
pads and paid no attention to the foot
steps. Soon man, wearing an overcoat
with the collar turned up and black
Derby hat pulled well down over his eyes,
stood in front OF him. The man had bis
hands in his overcoat pockets, and after
glancing up and down the street, pulled q
gun out of the pocket of his overcoat and
pointing it at Kendrick, quietly remarked
'Shell out, young fellow"
Kendrick was startled for moment and
blurted out, "Please don't harm me. u
Then, instead of Smelling out, he regained
his courage and took advantage of an un-
guarded movement of the footpad to
snatch the revolver out of his hand and
knock him down. When he got the foot
pad down he kicked him on the head and
body till he yelled for mercy, and strug-
Cling to his feet disappeared in the dark
ness.
Kendrick retained possession of the re-
volyer as a memento of his victory over
the footpad. 1t is a rusty old thing and
gave signs of being we'll oiled. When
asked why he did not fire at the footpad
when he saw him running away he said
he was afraid of missing him and he
might have returned with a knife. He
sa i'd the footpad looked like dope tiend
and he thought he might know him again