The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-05
HELD PRISONER
BY BURGLARS
TwO San Francisco Criminals
Sought Refuge in Sick Mans
Room.
KEPT WATCH FOR An HOUR.
zhey Had Attempted to Blow
Open a Safe in a Nearby Sa-
loon and Were Being Fol
lowed by Officers.
KEPT WATCH FOR An HOUR.
REPUBLIc SPECIAL.

San Francisco. April Frustrated in AZ
sttempt to blow the safe in a saloon con
Quoted by William q. Schroeder. at No. -
Mission street. desperate burglars f-sd =
shot with murde-cus intent At Special Po-
nceman Maloney. who discovered them al
their work. and then with audacity rushed
hto the room Ct q man living a few doors
Below, rudely awakened him from his sleep,
and under threat Of death. compelled him -
give them refuge Cor more than fou- hours.
1t was about 5 O'Clock in the m0rnins
that Special Policeman MaIoncy. in his
Found OF the places that he is employed 20
watch. stopped in front OF the Mission
street saloon. The front door he foInd
locked, and then. as was customary. he
went around to the rear entrance on Mary
street.
There he found that the lock had been
forcer. but before he had time to investi-
gate or summon help a man sprang over
the fence. and without warning fired a
revolver point blank toward the officer.
Al the time II was raining and the police
man was incumbered with a heavy coat.
Startled by the attack made on his life he
was 50 disconnected that before he cou:d
reach his revolver. the man who fred the
shot and another who was his companion
disappeared in the darkness.
Aaloney at once, realizing the desperate
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70 cope. blew his whistle. and In ? short
time there were several regular policemen
on the scene. The houses adjoining the sa-
loon are reached by a number Of ~staiTways.
n II was up one OF these that the dis
turbed burglars ran to successful escape
Had they not sought refuge SO close by
they might have been captured. but their
very holiness has for the time being Sc
cured for them immunity from arrest.
CAPTURED A ROOM.
Three entrances below where the attempt
was made to blow open the saloon cafe at
No. 1884, Mission street Is a fat that is &C.
cupied by William G. Lindop, Il sign painter
He and his family use the entire upper
moor. with the exception of one small hall
room that is rented to ". i. Broughton. a
tailor. Into this room, so Broughton says,
two men came. and before he had fairly
awakened, presented revolvers at his head
IND under threat OF instant death com
manded him TO make no outcry.
Broughton. who has been in ill health FOR
some time. says that he was too badly
frightened to call for help. and that the
bearing OF the men who came into his room
was SO determined that he could do nothing
but comply with their commands.
According to HIS story. the burglars found
q safe harbor in his room until S-Sl o'clock
In the morning. one OF them all the time
sitting on his bed and continually threaten
ing him with a loaded revolver.
1T was the most uncomfortable time that
] ever spent in my life" said he in telling
of the experience last night. When the
men came into my room 1t was with such
abruptness that at first I could not realize
what had happened. Before l was fairly
awake the cold muzzle Of q -reyolver was
pressed against my temple and the COM
mand that 1 make no noise needed no re-
petition; l was thoroughly frightened and
."After the men had been in the room a
short time one OF them asked me for a blan-
ket from my bed. and. wrapping himself no
in II. sit down on the floor with his back
against the door. BY that time I realized
that they had been engaged in the commits
sion of some crime, and asked what they
had been doing. Never mind said one of
the men. TT any one should happen TO come
TO this room you are TO say that We are
friends of yours and that we were drinking
together IN a saloon and that we came up
here 10 spend the night with YOU. II you
do not and the police come in here. we have
two reviewers. and the first shot fired will
be at you
WENT TO SLEEP.
For the first hour they were on the
alert. constantly cooking and handling their
revolsers. but when day began to break one
OF them lay down on the foot Of the bed.
and. while his companion kept watch at the
door. actually went to sleep.
Shorty before 3 o'clock they got up, and.
making me cover my head with the bed
clothes, poured water from the basin into
the washbowl and made their toilet.
Prior to this, in the dim light. l got a
glimpse OF the two men, and saw that they
were rather heavy set and that both were
1 fArly well dressed. One Of them had his
4 lace covered with a black mask and the
face from the eyes down.
They talked in such low tones hat it
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their voices again. and they kept their
faces so well covered that / would not know
them II / saw them again.
Just before they left my room one CT
them placed a revolver to my head and
threatened me with instant death IL / left
the room until they had been gone half an
hour. ] promised obedience. and Il must
have been more than that time before /
ventured out of my room and told Mrs.
Lindhop Of the terrible experience that ]
had undergone"
STILL AFRAID OF MEN.
Broughton was in a state of fear that his
unwelcome visitors would wreak vengeance
on him. and the story secured from him
ct night was given reluctantly.
When he did tell It he ts&ed with an air
Of conviction. and the circumstance OF
the flight of the two men as related by the
police tend to confirm the truthfulness OF
HIS strange tale.
He said that prior TO his arrival in San
Francisco. some nine months ago. he was
three years in the Philippines in the service
Clerk He government as qu4''Ar
Serving in this capacity. he says, while
az the front he was twice wounded. and
after returning to this country was for n
time a patient In the General Hospital at
the Preside.
Had It not been for the opportune arrival
Of Ofhcer Maioney, the burglars would have
been successful in their attempt to blow
the saloon safe. 1t had been drilled and
charged with explosives. a compiete kit
ness of the Job. so far as ii went. attested
that the cracksmen were not novicas at the
business. A fuse. all ready to be lighted. had
been inserted. and all of the openings care
In would have its full force.
Detectives Reynolds and Mulcahy have /
been detailed on the case
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