The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
THE ORDER OF" HANDS Upp
sENSh TONS THAT ACCOMPANY !.
HOLDUP IN THE VEST.

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Of n Roon,ful to Believe Tint R,yo,,..
Ii Pointed Straight mt Him-why Had ~,
are Passive Under tho Circum.,apc..
III you will take my word for little experi.no.
i had recently perhaps l can make clear Ia Va,
how II Is possible for three bad men 10 hold nm
room full Of fairly brave men and get away s,,.,-
with their money" said a merchant from the St,,.
Of Washington who was a guest at the Lotto.
Club one night last week. Il was in such a bold.
up not long ago, and have ceased jeetins A,
fellows who have been through similar expc,,.
cpccs. was one OF seventy men who were hell
UP in big gambling hall, and as an not a reg.
ular patron Of such places kept quiet abou, 4,
at home. The gambling house is one Of the b. .,
known in the West and on the night Of the hold.
UP II was filled with a representative crowd A
search would have disclosed the fact undoub,edlv
that many Of the men present were armed No
trouble In recent years has occurred In this place
and there was no reason 10 anticipate any "A
was nearly midnight when the door opened And
three men, masked. and each holding two 70
reviewers entered the room.
Hands up quick, shouted the forcmos 81 man
i was sitting at q faro table when ! heard this
command and as looked up / found a reyoivc,
notes With The other seventy odd men later iouinrd
that each ono had the same experience Thers
were only six revolvers, and yet each man in The
pointed at his head ali the time The crowd wa,
simply parelyzcd with fright For two or three
TO rsech his hip pocket
men. covering him with bis revolver ' Hand
up now. quick We mean business
Every man in that room did hold his hands
up There was no hesitation then II wns nv
was not until was able 10 take my hands down
There we stood, each man with his hands stretched
high above his head, held up, in q room on busy
II was a pretty sure thing, however. that no ons
would mako the outcry. The three masked
men had eyes for every move, and their rovoivefs
who has not been through such an experience
70 sugEes, that 4 several men had only made
honestly say that the barrel OF the revolver into
which looked seemed TO re to be as large as
end Of he bullet and Was s%uy e' sfa sf' The u,
the man who held ths revolver nigh, get nervous
tod appease him. All this had taken perhaps q
minute and half when tho spokesman shouted
Lime up aeoins, tina, wall With your backs,
me and the man who takes bis hands down viii
81 .s shot Quick now gentlemen. 4 you please
@ i lined N up sS drse.d to 10, O, school
yoi T., ,hs5 my friend here vi" ss,s
Two dssd shot. behind you Keep quiet e and II I;
you One OF tic throo went right straight down
the row, taking each mons watch and money
under So 900 There was over 500 600 in tho
safe which the robbers overlooked When We
had been cleaned out the spokesman said:
Now gentlemen. We arc sorry TO Inconvenience
your furtner, but NO shall have TO request you 10
stand Just as you are for Ave minutes more DOM
cut the time short or you will get hurt
The side door opened at this instant and We
heard the order Hands up, Chink- or you are
dead man. Il was one Of our Chinese servants
He promptly dropped his tray smashing ali tbs
glasses and throw up his bar We heard no
other sound for hvo minues Each :man
counted the seconds 70 make sure that he shouldn't
prietor was the frst man TO move. As soon ne
he felt that II was safe he turned and found tho
robbers gone. He picked up heavy chair and
threw ! through the window: II carried n,
general attention In the street below The p;o.
prietor stuck his head out OF the window and
profanely shouted such details OF the hold-up
as might put tho people In the street the track
fellows walked out quietly. TOOK on ,Seir mas.
and disappeared without leaving any clue W.
all piled out OF the place TO aid the search. When
we found out that chase was hopeless mos, q
us came back 10 the gambling room TO talk il
Chink standing In the ruins Of bis elasses with
his hands still above his head The proprie,Tr
told him 20 take his hands down. The Chins
wouldn't do 4 and two men who pulled his arms
70 his side had all they could do 10 hold him.
He bad looked In the big barrel Of one OF those
small rcvolvors and he hadn't forgotten II
NOW this was an actual experience and some
Of your New fork papers had accounts OF IL II
were mixed UP in an affair OF that sort again, I
that crowd act As Il did