The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
HOLD-UP IN FISH'S SALOON.
sToRT OF THE ROBBERY As TOLD
M THE VICTIM.

Three Nen WINE Came In while ne was Alone
in the Place, After Buying Beer ana Cigars,
Attacked Him, stole His $500 Diamond
stud ana His watch. ana Looted the TIL.
The police Of the MacdouRal street station are
satisfied now that the story of being held up and
robbed In his own saloon on Monday night, told
by Wolf r, Fish, keeper OF tho IAN Nations
Fair" at Grand and Thompson streets, 10 true,
They have found out who one Of the three mon
who attacked Fish is, and eight detectives are
now after him. Three of them know tho man
personally, and Acting Captain Farrell told Q
Sun reporter yesterday that It was only q mai.
ter of time when he would have tho man and
his comrades in the attack on Fish behind the
bars.
As announced In THE SUN yesterday the neigh
borhood OF Fish's saloon was startled about IN
o'clock Monday night by Fish rushing out into
the street and discharging n pistol four times In
the air. When Policemen Walker. White. and
Mulcahy Of the Macdougal street station ran up
to find out what was the matter he said ho had
been attacked In his saloon by three men, who
robbed him of his 5000 diamond stud, his watch
and chain, and about $40. Ills story was so in
coherent that 1t was doubted at first. but as the
police investigation continued it was seen thai
there was something in It.
Yesterday Fish was cooler than when he raised
the alarm the night before, and he told u SUE
reporter tho full story OF the assault and robbery.
His story is as follows: While he was sitting
alone in his store q few minutes after IL o'clock
two men came in, sat down at a table, and or.
dered two glasses of beer. The bartender had
gone home a short time before and some men
who had been playing pinochlo at one OF the
tables all the evening had just left. 1t was
Fish's custom to stay in the place until l o'clock
and then close up, and he was counting the days
receipts when the two strangers came in. The
men were fairly well dressed. no says, one Of
them being short and stout, with q dark mus
tache, and the other slim and of medium height
with q clean-shaven face. Both had straw hats,
which they wore low on their foreheads SO THAI
Fish could scarcely make out their faces.
The third man came in while the two others
were drinking their beer. He was toll and slim,
with a blond mustache, and wore a derby. He
didn't appear to know the other men. but walked
up to the counter and drank n glass OF beer
there by himself. He then walked out to the
Street SHGs eh@ M sSES' he s1 stood I fSero fS OF sRs aI %alk ss1
The man in the doorway watched him for a
moment ish IL the t other f I've men 9eanTThile calling
over to, the table and was just about 10
put 1t down in front of the men when one
ssrd sasm and s9Pr %Pt6h S SH' f ges'S Ssna hl struck & 5 a:
several blows on the side Of the head. The man
at the door had meanwhile slipped around DO
saloon keeper, pinioned his hands to his side. The
third man hauled a large handkerchief OCT OF HE
pocket and placed it over fish's mouth, The at
had happened until he felt one Of the men tug.
cling at his shirt front, and knew that they were
after his 5000 diamond stud. Then. he says, he
struggled as hard as he could. but found himself
unable to resist his assoilants. They pushed him
over to n corner of the room, and. showing him
in q closet, left him there.
Fish doesn't know how long he was in the
closet, but says 1t couldn't have been moro than
fifteen minutes. When he recovered his senses
he felt very dizzy, he says, but managed to
make his way 10 the bar, where he saw that the
contents OF the cash register, about S4S, was
gone, His. diamond stud was also missing. and
the whole front Of his shirt was torn. His watch
and chain, valued at 800. and S25 in bills
which he had in his pocket, were also gone.
grabbed his revolver. and rushed into the
street, yelling for help and oischarging the
weapon in the air.
Fish admitted yesterday that he thought he
knew one of the men who attacked him. but, act
ing under Instructions from the police, be do.
clined TO say anything about the man. He did
say, however, that IL was one of the men who
sat at the table. The man Is said to be we'll
known in the neiG hborhood, and his picture is in
the Rogue5' Gallery.
Fish's name was engraved on the watch which
was stolen. Attached to the ring Of the watch
was a three-dollar gold piece dated 1859.