The Portland daily press., 1898-05-06

were many persons waiting about the
piae1orm, while several hacks were stand
ing ABOUT outside. Castuer made out the
forms of the two men through the rain
and mist and fired two shots in the air to
call attention to them. II. NJ. Castner,
the proprietor of the house, heard the
shouts and the shots. He threw I'D the
window of his room and shouted for some
one to stop thieves, but by this time the
men were out of sight around the corner
OF Union station, having ran right past
two or three people and taken the track
towards Turner's island.
The hotel office was by this time in an
uproar. Men were emerging from all
manner of hiding places about the room
and all were shouting advice to one an
o1her and to every one i'll general. This
guests from the upper stories came down
stairs as soon as they could get down, but
the most of them had to walk. Eddie
Anoerson's courage had failed him and
pelng near the roof, he determined to stay
there out of the way of the robbers.
women in all degrees of dishabille, men
IN dressing gowns and slippers,
Waltresses, portsrs, cooks and people from
out on the street filled the office, all talk
ing a. once and very much excited.
otncers keatfng and Wakefield who
were waiting at the station for the arrival
OF the Boston 7rain ran over to the hotel
as soon as the shots were fired and as soon
as they learned of the cause of the excite
ment they hurried back to the station.
boarded shifting engine and ran out to
the know nothing and then walked
back along the track, but could not find
the robbers
In the meantime some one had tele-
phoned Deputy Marshal Hartnett. and he
was soon on the spot and had posse of
men hunting about all the country roads
LOT une men, A camp of hobos who were
supposen 70 be over on Turner's island
was ralded by the police and teams sent
oaSin every direction to head the mon
Charles Adams, whose head was cut by
the Sing shot was patched up, Mr.. Perry
pulled his hat down over his bruised head
ana SAID the injury didn't matter, while
Eddle Andersen came down from the
garreG and looked cheerful once more, but
IL Will be good while before the West
End gets through talking about the 'shold
up.'
F. NJ. Hildreth of Boston Y r.
Walker of Boston. Fred A. Page of Ken
nebunk and others who were present in
th ofnce when the hold up occurred, said
the two men did not appear to be very
large, and the general opirion was that
they were boys. about eightean years old
or so They had on brown masks, with
big holes cut in them for the eyes and
these masks hung down about eight
inches below the chin One of the men
had on slouch hat and the other wore
brown derby. Both men wore blue and
white checkered jumpers and overalls and
flannel shirts without coats.
The men in the hotsl office thought at
6rst that the masked men were railroad
employees playing some joke, but when
they saw the cigar stand boy anG elevator
boy struck with a sling shot they realized
that it was no joke and stuck their hands
up as they were commanded to do.
They were boys" /" said Mr.. Perry who
after the affair was the hero of the hotel
and who was made to tell his story over
md over again. 81 knew they weren't
5hs real article, but what made me mad
was to see them strike those boys. I
reckon either one or the other of them
would have got hurt if / had got IA hold
of them revolvers or no revolvers,'' and
rs Mr. Perry is big enough to handle two
or three robbers together we rather guess
something would have dropped if MIR.
Perry hadn't dropped first.
Bert Huntoon, who is in charge of the
portland Rallroad companv's stables O
short distance from the West End hotel
was held up by these same two men a
short time before the attack was made on
the hotel office. HIS as standing In the
toor OF the car shed when two men came
slong. One of them went past him into
he shed and che other stepped up in
.ront of him and placing his hands firmly
my money!
No. said Hunt00n, II haven't t'' The
men laughed and he and his companion
walked away. Huntoon said the man
who TOOK him by the shoulders he would
know If he saw him again. He describes
him as having on a blue and white
,heckered jumper little mustaohe was
hon fvr0r -frryr> >r>,x- ftxvo
Weighed about $50 pounds
Charles Ashton, who keeps the curiosity
hop opposite the West End on Congress
treet, saw these same men about nine
orty-tlve O'Clock. They were standing
lear the platform and one of them was
lelping the other put the traps of pair
II overails over his shoulders. Ashtoa
should see them again. He thought at
he time that they were railroad men or
,xpress men. He described the man who
aced him as being about eighteen with a
lOuch hat, thin face, medium COM
,lexion, without a coat and with a
voolen shirt and pair of checkered
white and blue overalls.
Walter Castner the hotel clerk says that
afternoon two young men or
Joys came into the hotel to get something
o eat. They didn't seem to be very
hungry and he thinks these were the men
Who tried the hold-up game. He is GER
ain he will know them if he sees them
again.
The police believe that these two men
we're the ones who have been making SO
many holdups about Boston and Lynn
ately. Their method was similar to the
,ne used in Lynn. and if they are caught
lere they may be connected with the
hold-ups.
At three O'Clock this morning the police
lad not made any arrests and apparently
ill trace of the robbers has been lost. 1t
s doubtful If these men are caught, but
+ they are it will go hard with them.