The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-21
MASKED ROBBERS
THRIVE IN OGDEN
Four HOlduDs Occur in Single
Eyening.
WOMAN BADLY BEATEN
HIGHWAYMEN ESSAY TO STOP A
MAN IN CAB.
Especial to Tho HeraIdN


n GDEN, oct. 2O.-The Fang sa-
~ loon on Grant avenue near the
/ postoffce. was the scene OF a des-
perate hold-up about 1880 tonight.
Ihere was no one IN the place except
d nike Bello, the bartender.
/ Two men entered from the back door
at the same time two men entered from
the front dOor. Each pair had guns and
were masked with handkerchiefs. They
forced Bell0 TO hold up his hands and
they then relieved him OF his money
and watch. afterward taking him back
and locking him up in a small room.
They then went behind the bar and got
about $40 from the till They left by
the front door and were observed by
OHicer Joe Bott and +. A. Larlxin. The
ofncer followed the men as soon as he
learned from BellO what they had been
up TO, and Mr.. Larkin summoned an
other officer.
4 little while afterward officer Bar
low Wilson. learning that there were
FOUR suspicious characters in rooms 10
and II Of the Ogden house, went up to
the door, accompanied by the clerk. AMI
knocked for admittanCe. The door was
opened and as soon as the men observed
the oincer they put out the light and
Immediately thrust a gun out Of the
door. Wilson fired couple Of shots
ana stood guard in the hall TO prevent
the men from emerging from either
room 10 or H. In the 5ntime. how.
ever, three men ripped the screen FROM
the window and dropped down from the
second story to the top of BealS' butch
er shop, whence they easily leaped to the
ground and made their escape. Omcer
BOT took a shot at them as they ran.
one fellow remained in the room and
was arrested by officer Wilson. The
Fellow gave his name as james RILEY.
He had Sll.l5 in his possession. which
was about one-f0urth of the amount
stolen from the Fang
Woman Beaten Over Head.
About o'clock in the evening Mrs.
hoiio, wife Of barber. was held up and
struck on the head with some blunt in
Strumeut. The woman was on her vay
uptown to meet her husband and when
near the corner of Twcutx-thfrd and
Washington a masked man seized her and
pulled her off the sidewalk behind the
billboard. Re struck her on the head
WIN some blunt instrument making a
oad prulSe- lie was endeavOring to get
a ring OFF her finger when he was FRIGHT
eneu away by the approach of pa ssersbv
Mrs koilo was hysterical aud SD 20 be
carried into neighbours mouse. Dr.
Ford attended her but her Injuries were
not serious except for the nervous shock
4 little later i'm the evening a man
whose name was not given reported taat
ne mao been held up by q couple OF
masked men near tho Peoples restaurant
on Grant avenUe. and relieved OF SOS. be-
sides his watch and Uhain.
About ll:45 o'clock T. c. Morris took
Quincy cab 10 90 home from lodge Near
the intersection of Adams avenue and
Iwenty-siNth street three hold-ups ap-
peared and ordered the driver. Dell Dali
ton. 20 halt The driver slashed his whip
upon his horses. and disregarding the
leveled guns. broke away and drove TO
the police station. where the matter was
reported
amongst the citizens. and there is all
kinds of wild talk of the formation Of a
vigilance committee.