The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
GOOD CLEANUP OF CASH
Two Men Held up a Crowd of Fiji
teen in the Plankinton Cafe
Wednesday Night.

teen in the Plankinton Cafe
Wednesday Night.
Mitchell has been pretty free so fal
in the absence of burglaries and pet
ty thieving, but Wednesday night the
record of good behavior was broken
by as neat d job of holdup work as
has teen pulled off in a good many
years. The Plakinnton cafe was the
scene OF the robbery, and the hour
was about II 80 O'Clock.
While a crowd OF fifteen men were
in the dining room, some Of whom
we're partaking Of d repast and 9th
ers were sitting in II place and an
through the door on a run and went
to the center Of the room. Every
eye was turned on the strangers and
in a second two guns were leveled at
the men and they were ordered to
line up against the wall with their
hands pointing h%eavenwa1d, and not
in a %beseeching manner either.
At first the men were a little slow
to act but when the revolvers of the
robbers were brought into close ac-
ton in front of their faces their
movements were considerably %acceler-
ated. Then the men realized they
were up against something that
meant business. While the small
man stood guard over the row of
men the tall robber went through
the pockets Of the row of men.
Harry Mosby, a travelling man lost
$50, but saved his diamond ring by
Slipping it off and putting it in his
shoe. A travelling man by the name
Of Cohen yielded up 1876, Tinkey
Lawler, who lives down on the Yank-
ton reservation and is up here on a
land contest case, turned over S85.
The other men in the line gave up
sums all the way from Is cents to
So. Paul Scott's cash register con-
tanned $40. so and the robber went
into the safe and got $50 more. 1t
is figured that the men made a haul
OF about S275.
When the robbers Lad lined up
their men against the wall Paul
Scott, the proprietor, came into the
dining room from the kitchen and
saw what he thought was a couple
of drunken men raising a disturb
ancr He attempted to eject the
smaller man but the tall fellow gave
Paul a crack over the head that
made him see stars, and he desist-
ed. Scott and Thos. Navin both got
out OF the dining room and went of
doors. Navin got two revolvers aud |
returned to tina scene only to ind
that neither OF the %revovlers would
work. Scott got a gun and went out
into the street waiting for the men
to come, first getting several travel
ing men from the Widmann to come
and help. II. S. Gillespie, who is a
cripple, and is here on land contest
case, showed fight when the holdup
business commenced and the tall rob-
Der attempted to take his gun from
him, and during the alteration the
revolver was discharged, but injuring
no one.
After the robbers had finished
their work, and they were in the cafe
for at least fifteen minutes, the tall
mar went out Of the front door, and
looking up and down the street, he
Started south, followed by his COM
panion. At the conner Ut the Shaun
rock restaurant they turned west and
that was the last seen OF them. One
OF the men, the smaller, wore a duck
hunting COAT and he was seen by
several parties in the early part Of
the evening and Gillespie said that
he gave the fellow the pllce of a sup
per, aud recognized him by his
clothes.
When .!.e robbers emerged from
the hotel tllere was a crowd of 25
men acrus The street, and Paul Scott
stood i'm the middle of the street
with gun IN banr. waiting for the
men to appear. After they came out
and started down the the sidewalk
he took a snot at them, and they re-
turned the fire once or twice and
made tDtir escape.
a short time before the robbery.
occurred Night Watch Pattisun's at
tention IA called to an attempt to
break in a. n. Pehrson's jewelry
store by breaking of a window glass.
The night watch followed the men
and accosted them near the Mil
waukee depot. Guns were drawn im-
mediately when the policeman spoke
to them ana while each we're stand
ing at different n of the little
building near the elevator, the two
men made their escape in the dark
ness. These men were undoubtedly
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