Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-04
(From Sundays Daily.)

CFrom Sundays Daily.)
Edwin Miller, young acrobat and
contortionist, eighteen years of age,
giving his place of residence as Fond
du Lac, is ga oder but wiser youth,
all because he became too familiar
with a couple of hobos at the North
western saloon yesterday afternoon
and confided to them the fact that he
was in possession of little bunch of
money. 1t was case of misplaced
confidence and after the experienced it
was necessary Tor the young lad to
to devise was and means of raising
the necessary wherewith which to
reach his destination. 1t was a rather
clever trick played on young Miller by
the hobos. According to the story of
the young lad he was on his way to
Fond du Lac from Richland Center,
where he was one vf the performers
for the free attractions during the
fair there the past week. He was
in Watertown on his way home, in
tending to leave here on the 2 :35
train on the Northwestern road yes
terday afternoon, which was late.
While killing time in the wait for his
train, young Miller drifted over to the
above mentioned place of dispensing
wet goods. A couple of hobos, who
had evidently had an ''eye to bust
ness" entered and engaged in CONVEX
sation with the lad. A friendly"
dispute arose as to the amount of
money each had in their possession.
One of the hobos finally offered to bet
the young acrobat that he did not have
any money. The "Weary Willies"
were evidently from Missouri and had
to be shown and their intended victim
was not slow in showing them. This
was the cue necessary for the bold,
bad hobos to work on.
Shortly after, young Miller was
engaged in walking up and down the
railroad track in an effort to pass
away the time. The hobos evidently
had their eyes peeled end were posted
in the movement or the young lad.
When Miller reached a point near the
handcar house north of the depot to-
wards the Milford road, the lad was
grabbed and hurried back of the little
building and relieved of his little roll
of SIT. The lad put up little fight |
IN AN effort to save his money, where
upon ne was dealt with severely by |
the unruIy hobos, who choked, beat |
and kicked their youthful victim, who
certainly showed evidences of rough |
treatment. The lad was left uncon-
scious for some time. Upon regainlng
consciousness, young Miller gave the
alarm and Chief of Police Block
Robert Woelffer and James Dowd
were soon on the scene and deter
mined effort was made to capture the
offenders. A couple of suspicious
characters were gathered in at the |
corner IF Main and Montgomery |
streats and escorted to the city Jail. |
Young Miller, however, identified
them as not being the perpetrators of
the cowardly crime. Later the prison
ers were released The parties who
robbed young Miller bad evidently
been shadowing him, as Miller de-
clares that the same two fellows
which robbed him were in the depot
at Madison when Miller bought his
ticket and saw him present a SIS 90
bill and get his change.
Mayor Mulberger interested him
self IN the case and made an effort to
secure means for transportation for
the lad to Fond du Lac. Young
Miller, however, stated to Leader
representative last evening that he
had been engaged to work at one of
the local vaudeville theatres here
next week. The hobos guilty of the
robbery have not been apprehended as
yet and the chances are that they
parted company whit Watertown i'm
medIately after the hold up of the
young lad.