Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-08
BAN DTS
ROB TEN
Line Victims Along
Saloon Wall
One RObber Covers All
with Revolver
Three 5rakemen Of Salt Lake Railroad
Held Up Later Presumably by
Same Trio of High
waymen

Three bold bandits held I'm the sait
Lake saloon on First street, near the
salt Lake station, last night about
$3.50 and secured an aggregate sum
of nearly 5000 from the cash reg
ister, the bartender and nine men who
were in the saloon.
The robbers entered the saloon with
two drawn Colt revolvers held with
direct aim at the heads of the nearest
men.
Hold up your hands, damn YOU. and
be quick about It'll We mean businessr"
the tallest of the trio shouted as he
stood on guard at the door.
Every man in the saloon was lined
up against the wall and obedientlv
held his arms high. while a second
robber, covered them steadily with two
guns. The bartender, also holding. his
arms above his head, was ordered to
open the cash register In this was
round 500 in cash. The robbers then
turned their attention to a safe stand
ing in the little office at the front of
the room behind the counter and com
manded the bartender, who they
thought was the proprietor, to unlock
1t. The bartender, H. M. Arlow. plead
ed that he knew no more about the
combination than they did, and after
attempting to intimidate him with
threats against his life, they finally
gave up the effort. The safe contained
nearly $400 of the weeks receipts From
the bartender the robbers secured about
$22 and a gold watch.
Rob Patrons
One of the men in the saloon was
robbed of $39 and a watch, and others
lost sums ranging between $5 and $25.
One man who stood in the rear of the
| saloon beside some boxes threw his
valuables and money behind the cases
before the robbers reached him and
| he thus escaped any loss.
| After securing all the men pos
| sessed the robbers backed toward the
| front door, every one of them leveling
his gun toward the bartender and
the crowd. AT the door they said
warningly: Now don't any of you
geezers get too damned curious and fol-
low us, or we'll kill you like dogs. We
mean business" With that they
slammed the door behind them and
ran toward the Salt Lake station train
yards. according to Motorman r. p.
Fraser of car No. 254, whose car passed
the saloon as the bandits fled. None of
the men in the saloon attempted to
follow the robbers. as all were SO
badly frightened that they had not re-
covered from the shock for several
hours after. and told as many stories
of the affair in a hysterical manner as
there were men.
Hold Up Brakeman
Shortly after the trio had left the
saloon Night Watchman Murray of the
Salt Lake train yards reported to the
Central police station that three brake
men had been held up and robbed by
three men answering the description of
the saloon bandits. One of the brake
men gave the name of Salzburg, and
all three went out on the San Pedro
train. so that no particulars could be
obtained from them. Reports were also
received from men in the Santa Fe
yards, close by, that they had been
accosted by three men, who attempted
to hold them up.
Night Watchman Murray stated that
he had seen the three men who robbed
the saloon shortly before 9:3O under
the viaduct near the Salt Lake depot.
He chased them. he says. and they
took refuge in an old hay barn on
Meyers street near First Following
them, he flashed his lantern upon them,
and says they wore red bandana hand
kerchiefs across their faces and had
on leather automobile caps. drawn over
their eyes. When they saw him they
pulled their guns. but ran without fir
ing. He chased, he says, but was
evaded behind a fence and he lost
track of them in the darkness. Their
course of fight led in the direction of
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