The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-13
ROBBERS GOT
A SMALL SUM
When They Held Up w. W..
Stout and His Clerks.
TWO MASKED MEN
Left Over 500 in Another
Cash Drawer.

Two masked men held up three mer
ia w. w. Stouts grocery store, at the
corner of Washington avenue and Sec
ond street. a short time before midnight
Saturday night, and Mr.. Stout was rob-
bed of nearly twenty dollars. The pro-
prietor, Robert Brown and Mr.. Oliver.
making preparations to close up for the
night when the two men entered. They
had handkerchiefs over their faces and
big revolvers in their hands, and com
manded the storekeepe-s to give up their
money. 1t was thought by the victims
at first that their friends were trying to
play a practical joke on them, but those
Tevolvers looked serious. The three men
laughed in the robbers faces and were
having fine time laughing at the joke,
when suddenly it dawned upon them
that this was a business proposition. This
happened when one Of the robbers poked
As gun under Robert Browns nose and
told him to be careful and open the
money drawer.
Robert Brown is the clerk in the meat
department OF the store and had just
taken the cash from the drawer and
given it TO Mr.. Stout. He fumhied the
combination few minutes and the rob-
Der told him to hurry up. He opened the
drawer. There was no money in il.
Then the two robbers put Mr.. Brown
and Mr.. Oliver in corners Of the room
and while one man watched them the
other fellow proceeded TO relieve Mr..
Stout of his surplus cash and also the
proceeds of the sales of meat that were
made after banking hours.
The two men in the corner were very
cbendient to the wishes of the robbers
ana so was Mr. Stout The whole crowd
was pretty badly scared, and well they
Eht be. for those revolvers were big
ones. and Mr.. Brown said he thought
he could crawl into one of them.
After searching Mr.. Stout the robbers
became frightened at something and
aeked ont of the store. Mr.. Brown made
q run for the telephone and the robbers
came back and told him to leave the
telephone alone Then both disappeared.
running around the store into the alley.
Not until the last steps did away did
the three men in the store draw good
breath. There were more than a hun
dred dollars i'm the cash drawer of tEe
grocery department and this was at the
command of the robbers if they had not
been frightened away.
The robbers were rather heavy set fel-
lows. one was nearly six feet tall and
would weigh over 200 pounds. The other
was about five feet. six inches and would
weigh about 40 pounds. Each wore n
red handkerchief over their faces, with
holes cut for the eyes, and caps pulled
down over their ears. None of the -len
in the store could tell their complexion
or the color of their hair
Each man wore i jumper and overalls
over suit of dark clothes and apparent
~ of good quality. They We're white
men and their hands indicated that they
had been laboring men.
The police We're notified Immediately af-
ter the robbery. but have been unable
10 find clue to the robbers. Mr.. Stout
is feeling pretty good that they did not
get into mis- other cash drawer and that
he did not lose much money.
Robert Brown is only a young man
and after the fact that they were being
held up dawned upon him he became
badly frightened. He has been ill for
some time and the shock nearly pros
trated him