The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-02
Would be Robbers Were Soon
Staring into Gun Barrel.
Reported Safe Blowers at Thompson
Stock Yards Last Night
Early.
OTHER CITY HALL NOTES

Two men supposed to have been
bent on robbery found themselves dis
sgreeably surprised last night about
~ O'Clock near Second and Court.
Mr.. Dave Stone had been in q restau-
rant and started home when he noticed
that two strangers acted suspiciously.
Finally they twisted and turned
about corners until they overlook him
again. and one of them coming up from
behind said "Hold up"
Mr.. Stone thought they were trying
to rob him, and promptly "held up, "
but when he did ne had . gun in his
hand, and the two men, one of whom
was almost boy, were glad to get
away. Mr.. Stone followed them until
he saw them enter saloon and report
ed the affair to the police.
The men gave the names W. II.
Booth and Charles whitehouse at the
city hall and one was suspected recent
ly Of setting fire to saloon, but no
discriminating evidence could be found
against him.
Booth was given hours to leave the
city, promising to do so at once and
the other man was fined g. and costs.
The reason an attempted robbery
charge could not have been made to
stick is that they displayed no weap-
ons.
In oil probability they were drink
ing and were attempting to "mooch"
Mr.. Stone for . drink.
City Jailer Tom Evitts had no diff
Guilty getting breakfast for the prison
ers today. His cook left him yester-
day and he stated to the council last
night that unless he found one this
morning the prisoners would get no
breakfast and the council ordered 9th
er arrangements made for feeding the
prisoners II no cook was found. One
was secured. however. and the male
factors in the city prison did not have
to go hungry. Jailer Evitts has been
having trouble getting along on what
he is paid. Despite the fact that the
charter says that the lowest that con
be paid the city jailer is $500 yess
the Paducah general council fixed his
salary at $3.50 . year, claiming that
the charter is wrong and the Paducah
officeholders are right, and City Jailez
Evitts now has . suit pending in orr
cult court to decide which 10 right, the
charter or the general council.
Jake Mayfield, Waterman at the
Thompson stock yards. near Thir-
teenth and Caldwell, reported to Gap
tain Joe Woods, of the police depart
ment last night that about $3.50
O'Clock while making his rounds he
heard a noise in the Office and upon in
vestigation found that two men had
entered and succeeded In opening the
outside doors Of the big iron safe by
working the combination, and were
using q hammer but with no success,
on the thinner steel doors inside.
The men, according to his story, re-
treated into a back room, and when he
ran in after them they both darted
past him and escaped, He did not get
q good look at them, but thinks one
was white and the other a negro.
The men were probably tramps, and
left the axe with, which they attempt
ed to break the iron doors.
Mr.. Ii. G.. Harmeling the tailor,
has heard nothing further from
Charles Day, the deaf and dumb ar
tist he intercepted at the train Satur-
dsy night and compelled to return a
new $35 suit of clothes he had paid for
with a worthless check. The man
wrote when released that he would
send the money and get the clothes as