The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-07
H0LDUP VISITS
OGDEN SPORTS
Three Men Lined Up In Elite
Club Rooms.
FELLOW MADE A GOOD HAUL
WORK OF THE MIsCREANT COOL
AND DELIBERATE.
FELLOW MADE A GOOD HAUL
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NIAfA-aNb -NNfs N|l4E OF Lle neLNleaE
/ holdups I'm the annals of tho
Junction City occurred tonight at
II o'clock. when a single robber lined
three men up against the wall in the
Elite club rooms and scooped I'm about
s., 600 in vaIuables. About 81 900 u the
amount is i'm checks. certificates Of de-
posit and other papers. upon $hich
payment VIII be stopped. but the rob
Der got away with cash TO the amount
Of about $500 and gold watch Of the
value Of $500
The Elite CLUB rooms are located
over the Onyx cafe. on Washington
avenue, I'm the very center Of the bust
ness district The prOprietOrs are IT. j.. F.
kUrtz and Louis Savile. Saviue was
in the room at the time. and also two
Of his dealers, j. IT. Jones and B. Al.
Bingham. There was no play going ON
at the time. but there was p lot or
money stacked on the table iu antiri-
patton of playing after the show ONE
of the three men was reading and the
other two were playing q game of
seven-up.
Robber Wore Rubbers.
The robber walked up the stalks and
entered at the back OF the rOOm,S lie
evidently wore rubbers as the men ~
not hear him approach till they heard'
him tell them to throw up their hands
Looking around. they saw a big re-
volver leveled i'm their direction. ana
behind it man wearing a black ma elk
a SLOUGH hat and checked ovcralls.
Saville and Jones put up their hands.
but Bingham. believing that the Fellow
was joking. said. ooh cut DC out and
quit your fO0liug" The robbe- adj
vanced the pistol TO within an inch OF
Bingham's nose and advised him I'm
expressive but unprintabIe language To-
put up his hands or have his brains
blown out.
Bingham's hands reached up toward
the ceiling.
Got Everything in Sight.
Coolly and methodicauy the masked
visitor arranged his prisoners against
the north WALL telling them TO put their
. hands up and keep them up He then
visited each table. scooping i'm the plies
Of money from the faro. roulette and
crap tables without overlooking or
dropping so much as one piece. I'm this
way he got between $500 and 500 Ha
then came to SavilIe, playfuIly poked
MS pistol against the DrODrietOr's spine
and told him he might put one hand
down long enough TO get his KEYS and
+.
+ did as he was told ana the robber took
/ the bunch. immediately selected the
right one and opened the safe. He then
. took out some money that was stored
there, the amount being about $50. AMI
/ 9. gold watch valued at $500 He also
/ took several checks. notes and certff-
/ Gates Of deposit All the papers which
/ he did rot want were dumped out on
/ the floor. He then returned to the men
/ and asked them if they had any money.
! Saville told him that he had a couple
i of dollars. but omitted to tell him OF
[ a. wallet which was in his pocket con-
/ tanning about $50. Obeying the orders
| of the man behind the gun. SaviIle
/ tossed the s. on the roulette table Each
of the men wore a valuable watch and
] one or two diamonds OF C0nsiderab BILE
value. but the rObber made no attempt
/ 10 get these. His work throughout was
+ cool and deliberate and showed famil-
iarity with the place.
Made Final Bluff.
/ His work done. he stepped to the door
and informed the three gentlemen that
/ the first one TO look around would he
plugged with a lump of lead" lie
stood at the door some little time
I as if anxious to carry out this threat
then slipped nOiselessly away with his
plumber.
The police were notified Immediately
and began looking for the robber. tt is
believed that the man had one or two
confederates, and that as he slipped out
Of the room he snatched Off his mask
and slipped into a long OvercOat. He
was described as a man Of about five
feet six inches in height and weighing
about l55 pounds. For two or three
/ days a man considerably taller has been
hanging around the place and just be-
fore the robbery this man inquired
downstairs if both the proprietOrs were
In the gambling room. He is suspected