The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12

the family, and then began to ascend the
| steps.
| When they reached the top they quickly
drew masks down over their faces, whipped
| revolvers from their pockets, and covering
| him. threa tened him with death If he made
| any outcry or resistance.
| JAPANESE SHOWS FIGHT.
| But the Japanese was not to be disposed
| of SO easily. He offered fight and tackled
one Of the men. In the scuffie that followed
| he was not a match for even one of them
| and was soon overcome.
The men took short cords from their
| pockets and first tied his hands together be-
| hind his back: then they bound his feet to-
gether, and finally one stuffed h i id
| DIR. ged him to a closet Few feet away and
| locked him in.
For an hour he lay there. Then came the
| return of Mr.. Mills and the discovery Of
the robbery.
| When taken from the closet it was found
| that Shikakau had been dealt a terrific blow
over the left temple. and from the nature
| of the wound it is thought one of the men
| must have struck him with revolver.
| from the cords that had been wrapped about
| them so tightly. His ankles had been
| somewhat protected by the legs of his
trousers. ,,
The day following the robbery Mr.. Mills
made a full report to Acting Chief of Police
| Martin. who told him to say nothing TO any
| one about it. in the hope that the DARING
| robbers would try to dispose of their booty
| In this city. He made the following state
| ment, however:
STOLE ALL JEWEIRY. ~
| THE robbers took every piece of jeweiry
| In the house. among thefr plumber being
diamond brooch. several valuable rings and
number o of Of Pins be it vs s all th TSTh
| every drawer in the place until they found
| where it was kept. in the bureau OF one OF
| the bedrooms When 1 reached home |
1 turned tODsy-turNN, then
| heard some one making noise inside the
closet When 1 opened the door saw my
| japanese servant. and he soon toio me
lit was a pretty heavy loss, but ] am
thankful that the robbers did not think
deWelry. They might have taken some sill
| verware or some bric-a-brac. The police
| hope to find the men from the descriptions
| given by the japanese, who says they were
both large and that one appeared TO be very
shikakau told his story of what happened
| when the robbers entered MS employer :
house. He said:
| ROBBERS WORE MASKS.
Two men rang the doorbell about 8
o'clock in the evening and asked If any one
was at home. told them that was alone
and they went away. Then. some time
later-I think it was about hair past II.
they came back. When opened the door
they came upstairs. and, pulling Gown
masks over their faces. drew out Tevolvers
| and told me they would kill me II I moved
Then they caught me, I fought as hard
! as could. but they took ropes from thelI
| pockets and tied my hands and feet, after
which they threw me into the closet.
don't know any more about 1t; except that
while I was locked up | heard them going
| through the house. Later Mr.. Mills came
home and / kicked on the door to let hin
| know where / was
1.-The robbers were both big men. ana one
black masks down over their faces: Sc
could not see them very well. Both OF then
| had on dark clothes.