The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-03

Almost under the eye or the police the
Onyx Bank saloon, at 80 West Second
South street, was held Up at S:45 last
evening by three masked bandits. the
proprietor. bartender ard patrons OF the
place robbed of their money and diamonds
at the point of a revolver and the safe
and cash register looted by the daring
/ nighWaymen.
| over 81. 100 in loot was secured by the
robbers in a well-planned hold-up that
was conducted with reckless abandon that
was truly remarkable. After the robbery
was completed the bandits seem to have
made good their escape and despite the
efforts of the police are still at large.
/ From James McTernay, the proprietor
of the place the robbers took $40 in mon
I ey and a $3.50 diamond pin; from James
MAR, 500 diamond ring and SIS in cash;
| from James J. Burke, ~ III cash ana
! from Thomas Needham, the bartender,
S2J in cash In the cash register the men
I. found $40 in cash and in the safe, which
was left unlocked, $500 in. currency and
silver
/ Work Was Thorough.
The hold-up was the work Of but a few
minutes. but so rapidly and SO accurate
" did the trio operate that their search
for valuables was thorough and not an
article of value was overlooked. No
watches were taken, though all four OF
the men held up wore them. The robbers
/ evidently concluded that because Of the
ease with which a watch may be tdenti-
fled that il was unsafe plumber. One OF
Mairs watch, but when told by the vic
tim that ii was given him by his mother
when he became q years old and that II
was q keepsake with which he was 10th
to part, the bandit at once returned it.
| The robbers entered the saloon just be-
fore 9 o'clock last evening through the
rear entrance. Mr.. McTernay was play
ing cards in the rear room OF the saloon
with James ]. Burke. a stOckbrOker- and
James MAR. an employe of a dry goods
store. The three hOld-up men with drawn
TevOlvers came into the room where the
three others were playing cards and sud
denly commanded
Throw up your hands
Burke and MAR Obeyed with aiacrty
but McTernay thought the affair a joke
and said:
What's the matter with you fellows
Are you drunk or what?'
The other two victims of the hOld-up,
by this time thoroughly scared, shouted
TO McTernay to throw up his hands One
of the bandits, the smallest Of the trio
a little fellow with piercing black eyes
leaned over McTernay aud held his six
shooter close to the saloonman's face and
= said:
up with your hands or I'll blow of
your head"
Secure the Loot
McTernay threw UP his hands and the
other two robbers went to the front Of the
= saloon. The tall man, who wore a white
= handkerchief as a mask. went to the en-
= trance of the saloon and guarded tht
doorway against any interruption The
man next in stature, who had a blacl
handkerchief over the lower portion o
L his face covered Thomas Needham, tn,
. bartender with his revolver.
= The little fellow who had charge Of tn
e three men in the rear room then com
e manded them to march out of the room
o to the rear of the barroom, where he lineS
them up against the wall on the east sid
of the saloon. MAR In the middle, will
% -
y north side. The bandit searched BUrk
e first with his sharp black eye
{ which peeTed over his red nasl
= Z fixed intently on the other two. He tool
l about SD from Burke and then went T.
t McTernay. He snatched a $50 diamond
n pin from the saloon keepers tie. the
e went through his pockets and took $40 il
V cash. McTeTnay attempted to remOnstrat
) | when his pin was being taken, but wa
silenced by threat from the rObber.
After searching the other two the di
Z minutive highwayman turned his attention
! to MAR, ordering him to take off the rim
he WORE which was a beautiful diamond
valued at 500 MAR removed the rim
Is while the robber took mis- wallet whic
contained about SIS in cash. As the victir
& handed his ring to the thief he told hin
that the watch that he'd just been stole
from him was present to him by hi
= mother on his 2lst birthday and that n
: had always hoped to keep 1t all his life
e At that the robber handed back til
u watch.
In the meantime the medium sized ma
was IOoting the cash register and the safe
g With his revolver and one eye on the bar
;, tender the bandit took $40 from the cas-
: register. then backed to the safe. whic
1 had been unlocked. and took $500 mor'
e leaving behind the checks in the drawe
= On his way out he searched the barter
- der and added SIS TO the loot
n After they had finally completed the
hoId-up they marched their victims bac
again to the rear room and then backe
e out the door with their guns still on I'll
/ men.
Policeman a Few Feet Away.
II As soon as the victims of the DARN
hold-up had assured themselves that thel
was no possibility of the immediate r.
turn of the highwaymen, they rushed OIL
n to look for the police. Patrolman Da
eil Grundig. on whose beat the robbery OK
- Cured, was found but a short distanC
=. / west Of the saloon, having passed II
II place while the hoId-up was in progres
III ! unaware that three desperate crimina
lie wera operating within a few feet of hin
" The officer ran to the rear OF the So
h loon, but was evidently too late to local
- the hiChwaymen. Renforcements 500
y arrived from headquarters and the entil
III vicinity was secured but with no result
e The dragnet was thrown out by Chit
Sheets and late last night the chief sai