The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-10

know you're collector, and we want
your money, or your friends are going
to funeral in short order"
Up to this time sno weapons had
been displayed. Bennengo gained
courage from this fact, and suddenly
| put his fists into rapid action. The
highwaymen fought back, and we're
beSting him when he shouted for help.
man in the middle of the block ran
toward the group, and the r0bbers
beat retreat. One Of them took on
ly a few steps, though. when he
| wheeled about aadidrew revolver.
Turning on the now terrified collector
he pressed the weapon against his left
breast, and with an oath said:
You're kn6cker and I'm going to
blow hole through your heart"
With the words he pulled the trig-
ger OF his weapon, and as the echo of
the pistol report died away he disap-
peared In the wake Of his companions.
Bennengo threw up his hands and
fell senseless to the sidewalk. A
policeman and citizen ran up, and i,
picking up the man, carried him nto
the saloon Of Adam Dern bach across
the street. No signs Of life could be
discovered, and physician was sum-
moned. When he arrived he opened
Bennengo'S clothes and the bullet
dropped out. The ball had passed
through a wallet and bunch of bills.
deadening its force. 1t had struck
just over the heart, making wound
hardly half an inch deep, but the
shock had made the man unconscious.
He was taken to his home, where he
rapidly regained his strength. X
about the time Of Bennengo's ex.
perience James Hiegi, 527 Albany ave-
nue.. was undergoing somewhat sim
liar treatment. Two men halted him
at Thirteenth street and Albany ave-
nue., knocked him down and beat and
kicked him numerically. They Sc
cured several dollars in change and a
watch and left him unconscious in
| the street.
Michael Kula, GIG North Sangamon
street, went home Sunday night, with
out any hat or watch. A footpad had
the watch. Another footpad had the
hat. A third footpad, George Honey,
reposes in the West Chicago avenue
police station. He was brought there
| by Louis Konkowskey, 149 Cornell
street. and John kaja, 319 North San
canon street, who distinguished
| themselves by putting the highway
| men to rOut, and after a long chase
and fierce fight in capturing Honey.
The three robbers we're in the act
| of ssaulting Kula when Konkowskey
and kaja came along. The bandits
had secured the watch and hat, and
were proceeding to despoil kula Of his
| clothing. The rescuers sprang to the
aid of kula and there was terrific
struggle. The robbers fought for a
few moments and then ran, pursued
by the three other men. Two of the
tughs escaped, taking with them
their booty. The third was not so
| fortunate. -
John Krause, l5s Hudson avenue, a
cook at the Chicago Athletic Cub,
started for his home at o'clock Sun
day morning. AT Franklin and Hill
streets he was accosted by three men,
who asked him 1for money. KrauSe
refused, and one of the footpads
pressed a revolver, to his head, while
his companions searched the victim
| pockets and relieved him Of $40.
Two highWaymen were made rich
| at the expense lot II. +. BriSSOn of 1885
| Cottage Grove avenue Sunday night.
BriSson was passing Twenty
| street and Indiana avenue when the
| footpads confronted him with re-
volvers and relieved him of $1S6.
A similar record can be found in al
most every daily paper. Here is an
| account of robbery in Minneapolis
Harvey S. Porter was brought before
| Judge BeldOn on charge Of robbery
in the first degree, and entered plea
| Of guilty to the charge of robbery in
| the second degree. This was done by
the permission Of the county attor-
| ney, who thought, in view of all the
facts, it was only just. The court was
asked to pass sentence on the lad, but
before doing so County Attorney
Peterson made statement He said
| that after several holdups had occur
red in North Minneapolis. Officer
Smith had suspected young Porter,
and had been sent up there to investi-
gate, with the result that Porter
himself had been held up and found
with a revolver that would not shoot,
and was not loaded, in his possession.
Officer Smith told the court Of Port
er's arrest, and said that the latter
| gave as a reason for carrying an I'M
loaded gun that if there was any
trouble he wanted to ''get the worst
Of it himself" The most Porter ever
| got from any one person was less than
| 81. Other testimonials to Porter's
character were given by George E.
| Beardslcy, his former emil dyer, and
| by Mrs. King, at whose house he
| roomed.
Speaking for himself, Porter said:
| 'Ive done wrong; | know it. I'm sor-
ry for it. l did everything l could
get to do. 1t wasn't enough. l
| couldn't let Mrs. King do any more for
me than she did The only thing lie it
for me to do was to beg, and l
| couldn't do that"
You preferred to go with a gun, -
said the court, rather than to beg?'
YES, sir; did.
"When did you get the notion of
going out and holding up people?"
II had to have money at once. l
never read any vile stories and 1
didn't get it from these. l never
put my hands On them; they always
handed it out to me-"
'Why didn't you write to your
| father:'
"pve always made my own living
since | was IA and was ashamed to-.
l bought the revolvers l had of a
| pawn-broker on Washington avenue
| and paid % cents and 50 cents for
them. They were both broken and l
thought that if anything happened it
would be my fault and l would be the
only one 10 get hurt"
This was pretty decent sort of a
boy. He would rather be killed him
self than kill any one else. He would
not beg and SO lie risked his life to get