The herald., 1896-12-28
Make q Record for Number and
BOIdneSs
IN THE STREETS OR STORES
Citizens Are Held Up, Robbed, Beaten
and Shot
Crimes at Other Places-Reports CT
Damages Resulting From Fire-A
Fatal Fire at San Francisco.
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 27.-Rob
| bers and footpads made record in Kan
! sas City last night and all day reports
| have been coming in of outlawrs
throughout the city.
E. Reichter was held up by two mar
in his grocery at S1S West Twelftt
street and robbed of the contents of his
cash drawer. Two robbers entered Han
sens grocery at 500 Holly street. They
held up the clerk and robbed the till CT
SIS.
Henry Thomson, a youth from Man.
kato, Mimi, was stood up by two men on
Fifth street and robbed of all his money
When he resisted he was shot in the lef.
leg. He is in the city hospital
A. Chadwick, an insurance agent, had
a desperate battle with three highway
men on Fourteenth street, but was rob-
bed and terribly beaten.
Blackburn Washington was knocked
senseless in his own door yard on Cen
trail street and robbed.
George b. Stoner. a printer, was held
up on Campbell street, but had nothing
worth taking.
Several burglaries and attempted burg
laries were also reported. The police
arrested four suspects during the night
and today arrested three local thugs,
whom they claim to have identified as
the perpetrators of three of last night :
hold-ups.
UNUSUAL SUCCESS.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 27.-John
Hurth. wealthy Montana miner. on a
trip around the world was robbed of
$500 in German money, a collection of
rare coins, deeds to mining property in
Butte, Mont, and a gold nugget worth
$500, by several coloreh women on the
levee today. For three hours Hurth was
on the verge of insanity, but the police
succeeded in restoring the lost valuables
and his mental equilibrium, and locked
up the thieves as well.
Hurth recently visited his family in
Germany. and after tour through the
South African mining country always
carried his valuableS in leather belt.
and was returning to Butte. This morn
ing. while making tour of the levee dis
trict he was decoyed' into Z basement
and quickly relieved of his pouch and its
contents. Hurth furnished a descrip-
ton of his assailants and the police did
the rest. The old German wept for joy
on recovering his treasure.
GAVE HIMSELF UP.
ATCHISON, Kan, Dec. 27.-E. H.
Graham, wealthy FARMER living near
Cummings, ten miles west of here. this
morning shot and killed Jake Hopkins,
one of his farm hands. Graham met
Hopkins on the principal street of Cum
mings, cried out to him to defend him.
self, and then shot him dead. Hopkins
was not armed. Graham accuses Hop
kins Of having stolen S125 from him, but
| their neighbors will not believe it, and
F! assert that Hopkins was to have married
! the farmers daughter within month
and against Grahams will, and that this
undoubtedly led to the shooting. A
crowd of farmers gathered at Cummings
threatening to handle the murderer
roughly, but Graham fastened on to-
ward Atchison. and, meeting the sheriff
gave himself up.
A FATAL DRUNK.
WHEELING W. Va, Dec. 27.-Dur-
| ing a drunken quarrel among a crowd
of miners last night at Hinton. w. Va,
| John Long was instantly killed and his
brother was killed a few minutes later
both the victims of James Moore's re-
! volver shots. Moore was also shot In
| the head by Richard Legg while the
latter was dying from his own wounds