The San Francisco call., 1907-02-28
Robs Five Men in
Saloon and Runs
as Bullets Fly

OAKLAND, Feb. 27.-Little was
gained by the desperate who last night
held up and robbed five men in the Al
bany saloon at 1852 Broadway, for
early this morning the money and val
uables secuted by the robber were re-
covered by the police. The money was
discovered in the pockets of a coat
which was found in a shed in the rear
OF the store of the Oakland Fruit Sup
ply Company. Walter Meyers, who
was, arrested as a suspect in the case,
was captured in the shed by the police
shortly after the holdup.
The coat was found concealed in a
garbage barrel by Hans Paulson, a
rancher, who, on finding more than
$4Ge in the pockets of the garment.
turned it over to the police. Paulson
regularly gathers the refuse from the
store of the Fruit Supply Company at
so San Pablo avenue and his honesty
in giving up the money was appre-
ciated by Neil Carey, the proprietor of
the Albany saloon and the other vic
tins in the holdup.
A pair of trousers was found by the
police in the shed and a comparison
of the two garments proves that they
formed single suit This, discovery,
the police declare, points strongly to
the guilt of Meyers, who was found
hidden in the she'd IN the pockets
of the coat were found a purse con-
tanning $3.50. two SO bills, $3.50 in
silver and 800 I'm gold. wrapped in a
scrap of paper There were also found
two watches, one OF which has since
been identified by Nell Carey as one
which was in the till of the cash regis
ter at the time of the robbery. The
owner of the second watch has not
yet been found.
Shortly after the holdup the two re-
volvers used by the robber were found
in the vacant lot in the rear of the
Albany block by Detective r. W. Con-
ners of the Denver Police Department,
and were turned over by him to the
police. A brown slouch hat worn by
the robber was found later and subse-
Quent search by the police resulted in
the finding of the red bandana hand
kerchief which had masked his fea-
lures.
On making a. seacrch of the shed
in which Meyers was captured this
morning Sergeant of Police Cox and
Patrolman Scanlan discovered 81
cahber revolver near the place where
the coat was found. 1t is believed that
this weapon was also thrown away by
lie rob5er after he sought shelter in
the shed. A peculiar circumstance of
the case is that until the coat con-
tanning the money was found by Paul
son nanss of the other articles was dis
covered by the police, despite the fact
that the suspected robber was found
hiding in the>shed
The police learned that the robber.
after escaping the bullets sent after
him by William Stewart, the bartender
in the saloon. ran from the rear of the
saloon across Broadway and Tele-
graph avenue TO Sixteenth street.
where he turned in the direction of
San Pablo avenue The fugitive was
seen in his flight by c. J. Twomey. a
tailor at 1247 Broadway, and when the
police arrived, Twomey was able to set
them on the track of the fleeing rob
Der. 1t was while searching the block
between San Pablo and Telegraph ave-
nues. on Sixteenth street, that the po-
lice discovered Meyers covering in the
shed at the fear of the fruit store
Meyers has persistently refused to