The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-08
ANOTHER BOLD HOLD-UP
Two Men Make a Big Haul at
Gregson Springs.
THEY ROBBED A SALOON
Made Three Men Put Up Their Hands
and Rode Away Thirteen Hun
dred Dollars Richer-There
Is No Clue.

Highwaymen held up the saloon
o as the B., A. & p at Gregson
Springs last night about 11:15 and Sc
cured 81. 100 in cash and got away
unmolested
The saloon is run by j. NJ. Schiffman,
who vas in bed in a room in the rear
of the saloon at the time. His bartend-
er. Charles Oberg. was on duty, and
Andy Granson and two men named Os-
carson and Kelly sat at a table drink
ing and chatting. Suddenly two men
appeared in the doorway. Each wore
a mask and carried a s~ix-shooter. One
gave a command to every man in the
house to put up his hands. There was
nothing else to do, for the ~highwaymen
had the drop, and hands went up. The
robbers appeared to be familiar with
the place. for the leader asked where
the proprietor was. The bartender said
he was not In, but the spokesman
walked back to his room and found him
in bed. The robber gave him a poke
in the ribs and told him to get up,
Mr.. Schiffman opened his eyes to look
down the muzzle of an ugly looking
gun. 1t did not take long for him to
get up. He was marched out to the
barroom and all hands were then re-
quired to stand in a line with their
faces to the wall
Just about this time John Martin
came in. When told to hold up his
hands he demurred, but a gun showed
in his face changed his mind. He, too,
was required to stand in line with his
face TO the wall. While one of the rob-
bers kept the row of victims covered
the n who had peer acting as spokes-
man went behind the bar and emptied
the cash register. Next he visited the
safe and found the door unlocked, u
the money drawer was locked and
he came back and marched Proprietor
Schiffman around to unlock it.. Schiff-
man had a thought of getting his gun
and tried to get behind the bar after il
on the preteXt hat his keys were there,
but the robber told him he would count
five while he opened the drawer, and he
hesitated no longer. After unlocking
the drawer he was again required to
stand in line.
The safe and cash register relieved
of their contents, the robber turned his
attention to the men in the room and
went through the pockets of all of them.
All told, the robber got between 81, 100
and 81 200 in cash and a number of
checks. From the safe and cash reg
lister 5000 was secured. OF the money
in the safe, 5000 belonged to Andy
Granson, who had put it there for safe
keeping. Three checks for small
amounts were also taken from the safe.
They were made by the B., A. & p.
railroad and were in favor of James
Kelly, Charles Merwick and Pat Brad
ley.
From Bartender Oberg the robbers
took $500 in money and a deposit check
on Clark Bros. bank of this city for
y1nn Tho a f11nIYntg fnI., f~A.. 81 -
ers in the saloon were small.
When the robbers were satisfied they
had all the money in the place they
out to the door, where one KEEP
the three men covered till the other
brought up a couple of horses that had
been hitched a few feet away and,
mounting, they rode rapidly away.
About half an hour before the hold
up he W men were seen to ride past
the Springs, going in the direction Of
saloon, but no notice was taken of
them, and it is doubtful If anyone who
them could identify them. After
the holdup they rode back past the
Springs as fast as their horses could
They took the o leading toward
A few minutes later the men |
from the saloon arrived at the Springs
and informed Proprietor Con
Hayes of the holdup. The latter at
once 10 the sherif's office
here. giving as good a description as
he could of the highwaymen. The po-
were notified by the sheriff's office
all the available officers were sent
out in the hope of capturing the rob-
bers.
The highwaymen were described as
of medium size and dressed in dark
,lothes. They wore handkerchiefs over
heir faces for masks, which complete
hid their features, and no better de-
scription could therefore be obtained.