The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-10

One lone rohber, WHO leveled his re-
volver at the faces of six men within the
space of a few seconds about IL o'clock
last night, robbed the saloon of Durkin
& Elmer. a few doors east of the
Board of Trade building. He succeeded
in obtaining $35 from Tom Durlzfn. the
man who wore the white apron and
served the drinks, and successfully es-
capped before the officers arrived.
The bold crook made a double plav
in which four men who were PLAYING
cards. as well as the barkeeDer, were
involved. Bill Be5s, Mr.. Beers and
Elijah Marshall were absorbed in a
poker game in the rear apartment,
when the desperate entered and took a
hand in the game. He lost during TWO
deals, and then became enraged and
said thew were stacking the cards Or
him. officer Janney was passing at the
time, and Durkin was about to call to
kim TO come in and GUST the intruder,
II order mat d rCEv might ne averted.
He failed TO do so, and the man about
that time went out, but soon after ne
returned
Y WANT THAT DRAWER"
When ne dsd 50 he brought his gun
10 bear against the face of DU~kia.
and said ! wanC that drawer Dur
Kin was reaching al the time, but he
pronDtly obeyed, but while handing the
till to the OUTLAW ATTEMPTED 10 save
sc,ne Of the money by throwing i, in
the ice box. Tae hsghvayman detected
the ruse, however, and by command
wnitl ne reinforced by placing the re-
volver still c.oser to the barkeeper's
face. the robOer made him extricate
the dollars from the ice.
AS soon as he had obtained the
money the man with the gun started
moving backward to where the four
men were playing cards. In the mean
time Best had observed the robbery
and started for the door. which he
succeeded in closing just as the out
laws gun was being brought down on
him. Best ran for the nearest tele-
phone and meanwhile Marshall rushed
to small apartment in the front part
of the saloon, and hastily informed Jim
Hamilton, who had been called in on
business, that the saloon had been
held I'D.
THE UBIQUITOUS PISTOL
A second later the ubiquitous pistol
was at HamiltOn's breast, and in stem
tcrian accents ne was commanded to
give UP all his superfiuous belongings.
Hamilton argued eloquently that he
had nothing in his possession, and the
robber disappeared through the front
door and started westward. Then
Best's telephone message to the station
had done its work and Officers Sheets
and Raleigh arrived. The highwayman
had faded away speedily, and up to an
early hour this morning had eluded all
the sleuths who were sent on his trail.
DURKIN THOUGHT IT CLEVER.
TT was about the cleverese and
smoothest robbery ! ever heard of"
said Dmkin last night. THE man had
me coveted and got the SS5 inside of
three seconds"
Durkin claims that this is not the
first invasion his saloon has suffered by
any means. A few days ago several
thugs with penitentiary expressions,
entered the saloon and had it not been
for the timely entrance of a squad of
customers, Durkin believes the saloon
would have been ransacked and rob-
bed
A good description of the robber of
last night was obtained. and as he has
very prominent and ineftaceable distin-
gushing marks the chances of his be-
ing apprehended are good if he remains
in this vicinity.
He is described as a young man,
about feet IL inches tall, weight. $50
to 1870 pounds, wearing a light brown
suit and a Scotch cap. tatooed flags on
his wrist and two tatooed rings on two
Of his fingers.
Dunkin observed on the arm of the
outlaw some marks which may aid in
him. One was a representa-
lion of a female face, apparently that
IF Queen Victoria, with an American
md English flag on either side. Below
he word Peace" was impressed in
fancy lettering.