Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-06
ROBBERS At LAS VEGAS
Two Masked Men Make a Successful
Haul From Roulette Wheel.
HOLD UP YOUR HANDS,"
From Las Vegas Record, Feb. 4.

From Las Vegas Record, Feb. 4.
Last night about II o'clock, there oc-
CURED one of the boldest hold.ups and
robberies eve perpetrated In this city.
At the above hour two masked men
with drawn revolvers walked into the
bar room of Haywood & Co.'S whole
sale liquor house, just across the
bridge, and coolly demanded the five
men present in the room to throw up
their hands" and then proceeded to
rifle the safe and roulette table of all
the money in sight, after which they
walked calmly out of the side door and
disappeared in the darkness, leaving
those who were present in the room
at the time, Supplied with the GOODNESS
and d~eliberateness OF the crime.
They entered the room through the
side door of the bar and gambling
rooms, which are situated in the rear
OF the building, and before any one
could realize what they were up to,
had everyone present covered with
two revolvers and proceeded to carry
into execution what was evidently a
well planned robbery. The bar is I'll
by the Haywood company, while the
gambling privilege is owned by Harper
& Coe, who are losers to the extent
Of about $3.50 by the daring hold-up.
Ed. French, who was the bartender
oil duty, describes the affair in the fol-
lowing
Story Of the Crime.
Mr.. French, in relating the facts in
the case, said: 1T was about IL
O'Clock and I was sitting on a stool at
the end of the bar reading, when some
one in the gambling room rang the
bell for drinks, and l got up and took
their orders and had just served them
and had returned to the bar, when the
door opened and two men entered to-
gether, one Of whom pointed his re-
volver owe my head, at considerable
OF an elevation and addressed all pres
ent, with the command throw up your
hands, repeating the command two or
three times. | thought 1t was some
one trying to fool us, so | sat still, but
happening to look into the other room
l saw that Mr.. Coe and Mr.. Blakely
both had their hands elevated, while l
heard Blakely ask il they wanted them
to line up and the man with the gun
said he wanted everyone to line up
with their face to the wall, and then
noticing me standing there he said:
Get around there and line up and |
told him not to be in such a hurry, that
I didn't see anyone buying anything,
and he replied: I don't want to hurt
anyone He then Pept us covered
while his companion went to the rou'
lette table, where he took all of the
silver on the table and put it in his
pocket, and then walked around be.
hind it, opened the money drawer and
took what was there. He then pro.
ceeded to the safe, which was unlock.
ed, opened it and took all the money
but left a gold watch and a diamond
ring. When he had secured the money
from the safe, the man with the CUR
said: Come on; that's enough and
they both turned around and deliber
ately walked out of the door, paying nc
attention to anyone in the room, anC
disappeared in the darkness"
Mr.. French says that the one who
did the talking had a good clear voice
and spoke very distinctly, without any
signs of foreign accent, was about
feet 6 inches in height, would weigh
about $50 or 100 pounds, and had darl
eyes. He wore a soft black hat and 8
1ducking coat, dark in color, buttoneC
at the top, while his face was covered
from his eyes down with a mask o
what appeared to be a piece of dirt.
cheese cloth. His companion neve,
spoke a word during the whole time
and wore a dark, soft hat, a light col
ored corduroy coat, and a mask of tn,
same material as the other. He wa.
not as tail as the one who did the
talking, but would weigh about the
same.
The guns which they carried, Mr.
French thinks, were of a Remington
or Smith & Wesson make, with blue
barrels and appeared to be new. They
were of a A or As caliber.
As Told by Another.
Miles Sweeney, a stone mason, who
was present during the excitement
tells the following version of the affair
He says: About 10:45 two men en-
tered at the side door with revolver
in their hands. and one of them com
manded us to throw up your hands,
which all present done without delay
When we had all elevated our hands L
a satisfactory altitude, one of the mel
slipped his gun in his pocket and walk
ed over to the roulette table and tool
the money out of the drawer and OF
the table and then went over to tn
safe and took what money was there
slipping it all into the pockets of hi
coat, and never saying a word durin.
the whole affair, but while he was 81
curing the money l heard the nan VIII