The evening world., 1908-03-23
GANG HOLDS Up
ANOTHER SALOON
ON THE WEST SIDE
This Time O'Brien'S Place,
Near Forty-seventh Street
Station, Is Visited.

wild West hold-ups OF inoffensive bar
tenders are becoming popular with a
certain class OF persons in New York
whose chief aim in life is to get whis
key without paying for It,
In less than week after six thirsty
thugs had robbed the TIL. sampled the
stock and shot up the mirrors OF
Thomas Murray's saloon. just two
blocks from the West Forty seventh
street police station. the place kept by
NJ. ]. O'Brien. about three blocks from
the station. on Eleventh avenue, was
entered to-day by three men. who
spilled most of the liquor they didn't
drink. shot at the bartender and broke
up furniture.
OEr-en's saloon is at No. 642 Elev-
enth avenue and Pat" Reed the dis
penser, was bus!er than usual accom-
swinging doors flew oren with such
violence that the glass in one OF them
was smashed. In walked three men.
a short fat one and two big ones.
roughly dressed. and with felt hats
pulled down over their eyes.
Hey. you. look what YOU did TO that
door" yelled Reed pausing with a glass
OF beer in his hand. You got TO pay
for that glass-settng so eav,'
Drove Out the Crowd.
Pay for Your grandmother" shout
ed the short. stout man. Throw up
yer hands and all youss guys git-and
git au,ck!" He pulled a big pistol
and began waving IT.
The GLASS Of beer Reed had held had
dropped and broken on the floor by this
time. Before he had tine TO reach
for the revolver under the bar the
other men had him covered
The crowd OF customers took the
stout mans advice TO git took It on
the run. 80 as to speak. and In a sec
ond or two the saloon was empty. save
for the three robbers AMI the bartend-
er with his hands and his selt-control
up in tho air. He showed a slight ton
ds1cy TO argue
shut yer trap" commanded the
leader OF the trio. and for emphasis he
aimed about six inches above Reeds S up
standing hair and sent bullet crashing
can eagle done in colored soap lather on
the mirror.
Get busy. boys" he said. which was
his invitation TO his comrades to drink
at Mr. O'Brien's expense, and they did
One would take turns at keeping the
bart ender covered while the other two
drank. Invariably after they had sam
pied the contents of half dozen or so
OF the bottles they would sweep de-
oanters, glasses and all onto the floor.
They broke c4aairs and other furniture
but. strangely enough. according TO
Reed. didn't disturb the cash register.
Police Called at Last.
Having drunk apparently all they
could hold the three men left before
any OF the customers whom tloE had
run out gave the alarm TO the iUIice;
When tne matter was reported at the
West Forty-seventh Street station Po-
licemaR Reagan in plain clothes,
started out to look for the thugs. Stro!-
ling along Eleventh avenue near Forty
seventh he noticed three men watching
him and when he started over TO them
two took flight, but he caught the one
remaining.
He answered Reeds description, and
was, or pretended TO be, very drunk.
He gave his name as Bart Cronin,
and said he lived at No. 6O2 West Forty
eighth street, the police at the West
Forty-seventr street station believe he
is one Of the men who participated in
the holdup at MMrray's saloon last
Wednesday.