The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-15
Hold-up That travelling Men
Are Discussing.
OCCURRED AT MITCHELL, SD.
aidnight Diners Relieved Of Their
Surplus Cash; Two Bandits Sud-
denly Invade Restaurant.
rom MONDAYS Daily.

rom Mondays Daily.
Travelling men all along the line are
discussing the sensational holdup which
occurred in SCOTS restaurant, Mitchell,
S D., on Thursday night. The unlock
editor affair was pulled off at ll:30
o'clock. The story goes that at the hour
mentioned big fellow entered the res
taurant and shouted "Simon says
thumbs up" Instantly number of
thumbs shot into the air. The stranger
wore handkerchief across his face and
wearing a soft green shirt and necktie
of the same color and dark clothing. He
was accompanied by pal who was of
smaller build and wore a duck coat.
Both men carried vicious looking revol-
vers. A number of travelling men were
in the restaurant. Among the party
were Harry Mosby, Lewis Cohn, Wal
ter Broadbent, Ora Wells, Harry Slade
Tom Navin, Paul Scott and Pinkney
koeller. All complied with the demand
TO throw up their hands as they hur
ing a half finished goose. "About facet
yelled the highwayman, ''and put your
hands up against the wall, and the first
one of We to move will get a bullet
through his carcass, See!" And he pro-
seeded to have them keep in position
while his pal went through the pockets
of the surprised banqueters.
Tom Maven made a quick sneak out
the back door followed by Paul Scott
Just as the hold up men turned their at
tention to the gentleman from Jerusa-
lem who was trying to hide his money
in his shoe. Noven rushed into his of
flee in the next building and found his
old rusty revolver without cartridges
which he proceeded to put in his pocket
70 be ready for the thieves when they
came out on the street after fleeing the
guests. Scott in the meantime scram-
bled up stairs and told his wife that
two robbers were holding up his cash
register, safe and guests downstairs and
he wanted his revolver Mrs. Scott
locked the door and invited him to re-
main in the room until she had donned
her clothes when she said, "we will 60
down stairs and die together" and Paul
agreed that was the proper thing to do
Scott then rushed out the back door
and around on Main street where he
yelled for the police or any citizen who
was willing to join in battle with the
robbers, who came out on the street
about this time, revolvers in hand and
started toward the Milwaukee depot.
When they reached the south side of
Stairs photograph gallery they turned
west and Scott fired couple of shots in
their direction. The robbers returned
the salute by firing in the aid over the
Widmann hotel. In about two minutes
the night police sauntered up Main
street from near the depot and inquired
what all the disturbance was about, and
when Scott tried to tell him he turned
his flash lantern on Scott who said
"shut up that lantern or the robbers viii
see where we are and shoot u.s." The
lantern was at once closed and the
crowd gathered in the restaurant and
began to take inventory of stock of all
valuables left. Mosby was $95 short
in cash, but saved his diamond ring by
hiding it in his shoe at the suggestion
of Cohn. Scott lost 1914 from his safe
and cash register, Cohn lost $27, Broad
bent So, Wells So, Slade so cents and
his watch, and Loeller $50.
The hold-up artists are supposed to
have left town on an early morning
train bound for Sioux Falls.