The San Francisco call., 1898-12-22
Held Up a Citizen on
 BroderiCk Street.
BOTH ARE VERY YOUNG MEN
SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED AT ONE
 OF THEM.
Said to Be the Robbers Who Have Been Operating Recently in the Western
 Addition.

Through the efforts of Policemen Her ring and Stanton the two footpads who have been operating in the Western Ad- dition for several weeks past are locked up in the City Prison. Their names are Charles Reagan, aged 2S years, and Fred Hall, aged 19 years.
 Shortly after o'clock last night Jo- seph AIurd5ck, who lives at 2O32 Golden Gate avenue, while oh his way home was stood up by the two young men at the point of a pistol and robbed of a silver watch and a package of tobacco. The robbery occurred within few feet of his home. After relieving Murdock of his timepiece and tobacco the desperate rob- bers threatened to kill him if he made an outcry, and leisurely walked along Golden Gate avenue.
 A short time afterward Policeman Stan ton saw the men acting suspic1ously on Broadway, between Fillmore and Web ster streets. As he had been notified Of the hold-up. and suspecting that they were the culprits, he decided to search them. Hall had revolver in his hip pocket. and as the officer discovered 1t he broke away from him and ran down the street Stanton clung to Reagan, ana, taking out his revolver, called upon Hall to stop The latter. in his anxiety to es- cape arrest, dropped hls d haI' Do,,i+s wbo
 Policemen McNamara and DaVltS, Wno were in citizens clothes, seeing the loot pad dashing madly along the street, or dered him to halt. As ne coLtlis4eu7 sto7 run, tIo ming Davits drew his pistol and hred two shots at him. but failed to bring nm down. At Green and Octavia streets Hall encountered Policeman Herring. ouspecI- ing that he had committed some crime Herring started toward him, intending to unestion him The desperate robber reached for his revolver, and as he dld so the policeman quickly drew his weapon and ordered him to throw up his hands Seeing that the officer had him covered Hall reluctantly opeyed: y.od hin, and at
 Herring promptly bi1 f SGize@ bis revoIYer vt anu
 In answer to the officers questions Hail said he was on his way home when he was attacked by two men, one or WhoIn thrust a revolver in his face after threat ening to riddle him with bullets II ne made an outcry. According to his story they then searched his pockets, taking a silver watch ana snlall dIn9uIe Oa nOliceman snapped his handcuffS on him and took him to the North End station.
 Stanton and his prisoner had preceded them, and as the officer positively ldent- fled Hall as the man who had broke away from him the sergeant in charge ordered them taken to the office of the Ch1ef or Police. In answer to the questlons or tne head of the department Hall said he was a waiter, but had not worked for several months. His accomplice In crime boast fully declared that he didn't have to
 After considerable questioning he finally admitted that he had arrived from Chi cago about three weeks ago. He said that he and Hall lived together in lodging house on Mission street, between Fifth and Sixth, the number of which he did not know. In his pockets were found a number of skeleton keys.
 Subsequently Murdock, who was held up by the desperate men, visited police headquarters. for the purpose of identify ing them. After carefully, scrutinizing them he said that they looked like the men, but as he was so excited at the time he was not willing to swear that tobacco which was taken from Murdock was found in Halls pocket. They were charged with robbery, and it is expected that several additional charges will be recorded against them to-day.