The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-01-24
BOLD BAND Of ROBBERS.
They Hold Up Saloon and Steal
a Valuable Team of Horses.
NEW WAY TO STOP GAMBLING.
The Robbers Realize Nearly Seven Hundred
Dollars Ia Cash and Get Safely Away
They Were Not Masked and
Joked With Their Victims.

For the first time in its history bust
ness house of North Yakima has been
made the subject OF a hold-up, other
than such as are sanctioned by law. 1t
occurred about | O'Clock Wednesday
morning when three young men en-
tered the side door of Frank Shardlow's
saloon and, after presenting guns to the
employees, gathered in yearly 500 in
money, a couple of revolvers and made
good their escape.
The conditions were most favorable
for the commission of the daring deed
The streets were practically deserted
and the monotonous tread OF the police
man, as he moves from one saloon to
the other, was conspicuous for its alb
sence. The FOUNDERS We're busily en-
gagged in rubber-necking the various
games of chance and high play in Tur-
ner's had attracted most Of them
Shardlow was almost deserted except
for Henry Hempfer, the night bartender
and Chas Mabry and George Pyburn,
who were looking after the tables in the
rear room. J. d. Mcdaniel and Ed
Parker, the two other attendants, were
taking advantage of the lull and off
visiting. Mr.. Hempfer was sitting by
the stove in the middle room reading
paper when the door opened. He looked
up only to be confronted by revolver
and heard the command uttered with
an oath, 'Throw up your hands" He
was little slow about it but the man
date was made more emphatic and he
complied. The other robbers then en-
tered the card room and soon had Ma
bry and Pyburn hypnotized and lined
up in the middle of the room with
their hands pointing heavenward. There
Hempfer was made to join them and
while guarded by two men the third
made the rounds of the tables and
gathered in the coin, or bank rolls as
they are termed in sporting parlance
While this was going on one Of the rob-
bers jocularly remarked This is the
only way we can beat your game,
while the other sympathetically said
"Don't like to treat you like this, boys,
but we must The tables cleared, the
one who acted as cashier, visited the
safe and cash register where he secured
about 500, and incidentally pocketed
couple OF revolvers.
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made away with s673 This work fin
ished they admonished the three en-
ployes of the house not to move for ten
minutes and backing out OF the same
door they entered took to their heels
down Front street.
The alarm was soon given. Within
twenty minutes the sheriff was on the
scene and he was advised to send posses
to all Of the bridges leading out Of the
valley. There were plenty of men who
had congregated by this time but it was
impossible to find arms for them and as
a result only few were available. There
were no new developments until morn
Ayers fine black team had been taken
from its barn, hitched to his wagon and
driven off. Then the two crimes were
linked. The cunning of the thieves was
shown when they spread covering OF
manure over the floor and bridge enter
ing the barn to deaden the noise OF their
movements.
1t is supposed that the robbers are a
part of gang of five, who beat their
way up from Toppenish on freight,
Monday morning, and when the con
ductor attempted to put them off pulled
their guns on him. Three men who an
swer to the description of the robbers
were hanging about Thos Lund's saloon
Tuesday night and it is supposed they
intended to hold up that place but
changed their minds on account of the
number of people present. They then
went to Turner's and within five minutes
after leaving there the robbery at Shard-
lows had been completed.