Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-12
is HELD UP AND
ROBBED BY PAIR
HlGHWAYMEN STEAL WATCH
AND CASH
MANY HOMES ARE ENTERED BY
BURGLARS
Reports of Thefts Made to Police, but
Officers Are Unable to Secure
Clews to Identity of
Robbers

While returning home at 1:S0 O'CLOCK
yesterday morning, Vance X. turner
of 2553 Hoover street was held up
by two men and robbed of a golo
watch valued at $50, and IS in change.
THE bolduD occurred on Sixteenth
between Grand and Hill streets. AS
turner turned into Sixteenth street ne
saw a man coming toward nm. Inc
street is dark at this point, SO ne ue-
termined to give the man VIDE perth'
He had Just reached the entrance 10
the sixteenth street school ana was
about to cross the road to avoid the
suspicious looking man approaching
Pin, when a revolver was pressed u
his head and he was ordered 10 lhio"
up his hands.
The second man had been concealed
in the shadoy. of the gateway. Seeing
resistance was useless Turner threw up
his hands while the two thieves went
through his pockets. They then fed
down the street in the direction Oh
Grand.
Turner, who is about % years old,
went home and said nothing about MS
experience till later in the day, when
he decided to notify the police at the
University station.
He was unable to furnish the de-
tectives with much of a description
of his assailants, as it was very dark
at the time of the holdup. He was
not even sure they were not masked.
Tells of Robbery
Speaking about the affair he said:
81 was not particularly frightened.
That sort of thing is getting to be
quite a common occurrence in this Sec
ton of the city. | have known OF
several cases that have never been re-
ported to the police. A year and
half ago | was held up in precisely
the same manner at Washington ana
Grand avenues. Two years ago bur
glar entered our house and took $40
and a. watch. Some two months later
have never recovered any of this lost
a horse was stolen from our barn. we
property, and l do not expect to see
my watch again.
"Sixteenth street between Grand and
Hill is a bad spot late at night. There
is light at Grand and another at
Hill. but the intervening space is pitch
dark"
In the same district a number of
burglaries were reported at the Uni
versity police station.
The home of J. H. Pogue, S45 East
Twenty eighth street, was entered. A
diamond brooch, a purse containing 81,
stick pins and other jewelry were
taken.
The residence of John Knopf, lib
West Twenty eighth street was en-
tered through a rear window which
had been "jimmied." Two diamond
rings, a watch, a turquoise ring and
numerous other articles of value were
removed.
Home Entered
The home of Willard Light, 900 East
Twenty fourth street, was broken into
through a rear door. Ten dollars,
gold ring, a ruby ring and other ar
ticles are missed.
On Sunday night burglars forced a
rear WINDOW in the residence of VIII
liam Young 512 East Twenty second
street, and got away with a bracelet.
a revolver four rings and flash light.
Somebody who knows a lot about
safe combinations got 1888 from the
Fullerton saloon, 1909 East Main
street, early Sunday morning. Will
liam Betsworth, the night bartender.
is quite positive he closed the safe
doors before he went home, but when
G. G. Snyder the proprietor went to
the safe in the morning he found the
door swung open. The back door of
the saloon was also open. Besides
the money taken, two checks for small
amounts are missing.