The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-16

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STREET CAR
IS HELD Up
Motorman Haggart Is Shot
Through Hand and Robbed
OF HIS WATCH AND $40
HoId-up Occurred at College
Hill at li;l5 Last Night.
PULLED TROLLEY OFF WIRE
And Shot Motorman When
He Tried TO Adjust It
OF HIS WATCH AND $40
HoId-up Occurred at College
Hill at li'l5 Last Night.
PULLED TROLLEY OFF WIRE
And Shot Motorman When
He Tried to Adjust It

One OF the bOldest rObberieS ever COM
rnitted in this city occurred shortly af-
Ter Il O'Clock last night on College HnI.
Three men stopped q stree. car and held
up and shot Dolph Haggart. the motor
man. INJECTING a very painful wound in
his left ham, They then took his watch
and SO
Haggart. the injured motorman, was
seen by a reporter for the Eagle at the
hospital shortly after the hold-up. and
though suffering greatly from the wound
he told while waiting for the doctor TO
arrive, Of how The robbery was effected.
He left the business part OF the city
little before IL O'Clock on his last trip 10
the Hin and had gone out to the end Of
the line. Returning without any passen-
gers. at Cherry street the trolley came of
the wire. He stopped to put il on. lie
went around to the rear Of the car and
felt for the trolley rope, but could not
find it. While thus engaged he noticed
three men at the side Of the car, but be-
fore he could say anything the largest Of
the three fourished a pistol in his face
and fred, as it seemed, directly in his
face. Ire ball, however. passed through
his left hand. While thus almost blinded
by the shot and the intense pain in his
hand. the three robbers went through
every pocket in his clothing. taking a fine
gold watch and about $40 in change. They
then left.
Haggart secured the trolley rope, which
they had held at the side OF the car. and
as soon as he got the trolley on brought
the car as fast as he could to the city,
where he boarded a West Side car. which
made a special trip to take him to the
hospital
The three men who cimmitted this act
he described with the exception OF the
man who so dastardly shot him. as being
of medium size and an white men. He
saw the men before he came upon them.
bat was thinking nothing Of being held
up. so did not pay paFticular attention to
them. tie remembered. however, about
one of them being a large man. and it
seemed to him that this fellow was in his
shirt sleeves. and he was sure that none
Of them We're wearing overcoats A more
complete description than the above he
could not give last night. as all the time
he was suffering great pain from the
wound in his left hand He said the flash
Of the gun was so quick and the pain so
intense that he could not remember many
Of the details of what transpired and
much about the robbers.
Haggart said he had feared this and
had been expecting it, but was not think
irg Of being robbed last night. when the
robbers pulled the troney rope off So as
to get him to stop the car and decoy him
to the rear. where under cover Of dark
ness they could rob him. He feared last
night that even If the men should be
cs ptured he could not recognize them.
While the wound ia Haggarts hand IS
not dangerousAit was necessary TO ampl-
tate the middle finger Of his left hans.
The ball entered the palm Of the hand
AMI came ont at the opposite side at the
lnuclle Of the middle finger tearlny MP
the bones and making q very ugly
wound
when TIRE victim Of this boii and daring
robbery arrived at the hospital ~ niur
ca hard was dressed. and While va ting
f-r Dr J. r. oldham to arrive Miss Cs-
b)s~e the nurse succeeded ir easing the
t.afa TO some er+ent. aud it was tten in
broken sentences that IIa ggart told Of
the robbery for the Eagle. When Dr Old
ham arrived st was found that t would
rs necessary 70 take out the middle an-
ger. So Or. Mccoy was sene for % assist
and the operation was performed on his
arrival
Haseart has ueen or this IRE about
month and haIf and though as re said
last night. ne had somewhat feared that
something like this would occur some
NIGHT. he haa never tbouaht Il necessary
10 arm himself So be was totally uunre-
pared for the attack
80 one could he found last Hieht who
was In the vicinity Of the place where the
robbery was committed. While there are
several houses near the place. no one
could be found who heard the shot fred
and r any one Ola he probably couid NOT
have known what had harne1ed as The
roha-rs d9 their work quickly and HE
CERT isft and brought his car 81 the city
as soon IS possible.
The police were notified last rieht and
thsv wm look into the robbery thor