The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
A DUBLIN GULCH HOLD-UP
A saloon Was Levied On for a
Small Amount.
THEY MADE THEIR ESCAPE
The Affair Occurred at Four O'Clock in
the Morning-The Highwaymen
Wore Masks and Carried
Big Guns

Another saloon hold-up was reported
to the police yesterday morning to have
occurred in Dublin gulch at an early
hour in which the robbers were said to
have secured small amount of booty
and made good their escape.
According to the report made to Chief
Mulholland the scene of the hold-up
was the saloon of which James Ryan
is proprietor and which is located Just
about opposite to the Parrot gate in
Dublin gulch. The hold-up occurred
about o'clock, just after the miners
from the hill had gone home after the
morning change of shift. The bartend-
er, VINO gave his name to Chief Null
holland as Clip Spence, and a man
named John Dick were in the saloon at
the time. Dick had been asleep in a
chair and after the miners, who us
ually drop in for a drink on the way
home, had all gone, Spence got lone
some and walked out from behind the
bar to where Dick was asleep and woke
him up to talk to hin, AS he did so,
the front door of the saloon opened and
two men walked in. One wore a black
handkerchief over the lower part of his
face for mask and the other a white
one. The man in front poked a big gun
in the door ahead Of him and COM
manded Spence and Dick to throw UP
their hands. Being in front of the bar,
away from his gun, Spence said there
was nothing for him to do but comply
and while the man with the gun kept
them covered the other went behind the
bar to rife the till.
On going home the night before Pro-
prietor Ryan had taken all the days
receipts but a little change and all that
renamed in the money drawer was
TINS change and what the miners had
spent as they dropped in on their
way from work. 1t all amounted to
S10.25, and as the robber pocketed it he
grumbled out something about pretty
poor picking and then turned his atten-
ton to Spence and Dick Going through
their pockets, he relieved each of
cheap silver watch, all the valuables
they had, and the two then backed out
the door and disappeared.
When the inmates of the saloon
thought it safe to venture out they
went into the street and yelled for the
ponce. Officers Conlan and Foley re-
sponded and were told of the hold-up,
but no one in the shape of a highway
man was to be found
Later in the morning Spence and
Dick appeared at police headuuarters
and reported to Chief Mulholland, All
they could say as to the appearance of
the h1ghWaymen was that one appeared
TO be not more than 20 years old and
the other not more than 25 One was
D foot Z or 8 inches tall and the other
somewhat shorter. Each Wore dark
clothes and oneia brown hat and the
other a black one
The description of the men had been
given to the roundsmen prior to the
visit of Spence and Dick to headauar-
tiers and while they were there a man
giving the name of Henry La Joie, who
answered somewhat the description of
one OF the hold-ups, was brought in as
a suspect. Spence and Dick were taken
to see him, but they said he was not
one of the hold-ups and he was booked
for being Secretary"
After investigating the case. Chief
Mulholland was inclined to question
the genuineness Of the hold-up.