Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
BURGLAR HOLDS
UP CONDUCTOR
SURPRISED WHILE ROBBlNG A
TRUNK, HE PRESENTS GUN
Two MuzzIes stare at Railroad Man,
and He Surrenders His Cash,
Shuts His Mouth and Allows
the Criminal to Escape
Pasadena Agency,
n North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907. Home 212A

PASADENA, April 13-At the points
of two revolvers, looming in the half
lights of the room in Hotel Mitchell,
which he was rifling, an unknown man
held up and robbed Conductor V. G.
Conner. The crime was perpetrated
after Conner had suddenly come upon
the man rifing the trunk of his
(Comer's) roommate. Quick as flash
the man turned on his discoverer and
covered him with two huge pieces of
ordnance, made just as large as man
could comfortably carry in his pockets.
Conner swears they were about 80-bore,
but since that is impossible they were
probably 3S or 45-caliber.
The man had robbed every room In
the third floor, and in some he had
taken minor articles, but had been, as
a whole, quite unsuccessful. He entered
Comer's room and was going through
the trunk when Conner opened the door
and looked In. The man grabbed two
articles which were lying on the trunk
in front of him and turned around.
"C' ne in here" he Kissed. Conner
obeyed without a word. At command
Conner surrendered his cash and then
backed away from the single muzzle
which multiplied to two when the cash
had been delivered.
Conner was informed that should he
call for help his highwayman would re-
turn and blow out his brains. Conner
obeyed and let the bad man lock him in
the room. He waited a moment, ana
then stuck his head out of a window
and yelled to a messenger boy to search
for a policeman. The case was re-
ported to the police, and the depart
ment sent five men to investigate.
officer Longley arrived on the scene
two minutes after the highwayman had
made his disappearance by calmly
walking through the lobby of the hotel
and out of the building and then start
ing on run down the street. He ran
past the Dayton street fire house and
was seen by one of the firemen, who
thought nothing Of 1t. He then ran
around the Mitchell and to the rear of
the Charter Oak. There he encoun-
tered a high board fence and was
turned through the alley to Central
court, ran down to Green, thence to
Fair Oaks and took the car for Los
Angeles.
officer Longley was attracted by the
cries of the imprisoned man and ran
upstairs to where the prisoner directed
him the thief and holdup man had
gone. He previously summoned a num-
ber of firemen to guard the house and
prevent escape. He found the bird had
flown, and after wasting so much time
in search of the man he found all pur-
suit useless.
The highwayman secured severa'
articles from his burglary work and
$4.75 from Conductor Conner. He is
described as man of 25 years, dark
hair, smooth shaven, heavy set, dark
complexion, of medium height and
dressed in a dark blue or black suit
He also bore the marks of a siege oi
dissipation and his eyes were red ap-
parently from loss of sleep. All at
tempts to capture the man are unavail-
ing.
Conner is a Pacific Electric conductor
and occupies room IL in the Hotel
Mitchell together with w. r. Morrow, a
fellow conductor whose trunk 1t was
that the robber was pilfering.