The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

up cries for help When he began to
shout the third man pounced upon him.
| Reaching into an inside pocket OF his
| coat. the thug produced what after
ward proved to be length OF iron
| fishplate used in railroad construction.
This was wrapped in newspaper, and
blow from 1T on the head sent the Jew
| eler to the floor again. His core OF
| elemental gameness was true to the
last, however. and he was on his feet
| in a trice and graphing with the as
sailant.
| Then began really desperate strug-
gle. Biting and kicking. the jeweler
clung to the thug armed with the fish,
| plate, who began to strike him again
and again on the head The thug tried
| to release himself from the jewelers.
grasp, but the latter clung to him with
the determination born of desperation
and could not be shaken off. Finally
1 the thug managed to get within foot
| or two of the door, when Behrend, with
final effort to master him. pitched
headlong through the glass of the front
window, carrying his man with him.
! The noise of the shattered light OF
/ glass attracted the attention of Police
men Conlan, Welsch and Lambert. who
were hurrying from the corner of Ellis
and Steiner streets in response to an
alarm they had received from James
4 Conlan of 1920 Steiner street Conlan
i is brother of Policeman ConIan. and
was passing the store Of Behrend when
he saw the three men attacking the
4 jeweIer He made at once for assist
1 ance and was returning to the store
/ with them when the noise of the
I breaking window made all four break
i into run for the place.
RoBBER is OVERCOME.
Il William Brown. engineer at the Mint,
%3.~xa
II scene and was trying to assist Beh-
H rend. Policeman Lambert was beside
/ him in a moment and, drawing his re-
volver. poked ii into the thugs face
! Drop that weapon at once or I'll
/ shoot" he called out.
The thug weakened in the presence
j of the five arrivals and ConIan had a
pair of handouts slapped around his
wrists in a moment. Lambert stfu
| kept the man covered, while the other
patrolmen went to Behrend's assist
ance.
The jewelers. face was covered with
blood and he could hardly talk. He
was hurried into an ambulance and
sent to the Mount Zion Hospital. where
it was found that he had thirteen sep
arate cuts and lacerations on his head
and face. besides numerous bruises, and
contusions about the arms and body.
Lambert and Con1an. with Patrolman
4 Purcell, who subsequently arrived,
1 then started to take the handeuffed
man down Steiner street toward Turk.
/ They had not gone a half block when
/ a great crowd collected and surround
/ ed them. There were cries of lynch
i Ing which were regarded as the con-
i ventional threats of angry gather
1 ing until a man appeared with a rope
1 with a significant moose around one
L end.
1 The man caught up the rope. and
4 tried to lasso the thug with it, crying
Il in the meantime to others in the. crowd
to grasp the free end
Il LYNCHING is IMMINENT.
i "A lamppost for his" he shouted, az
1 he slung the moose. The police instant
/ ly saw that they had very serious
i matter on their hands and would have
to act quickly. Drawing their revolvers
they put the handcuffed prisoner in the
center of them and covered the crowd
from three sides.
The first one that tries to come any
nearer will be shot without further
warming" shouted Lambert, menacing
the crowd with his revolver.
The move worked decisively. The.
crowd began to edge away, the man.
with The rope disappeared and the po-'
lice were finally able to get the man
into the car barns of the United Rail-
roads at the corner of Turk street.
From there the prisoner was taken
to tho police headquarters in a patrol
wagon He continued to play the ruse
of being slightly drunk and would an