Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
DARING ROBBER
AGAIN APPEARS
SAN FRANCISCO HlGHWAYMAN
MAKES HAUL
SECOND VISIT is PAID TO DRUG
ESTABLISHMENT
Nan Who Killed Schneider and Held
Up Two Places Battles the
Entire Police De-
partment
rAssnciatnd pressl

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. n.-After
being sought by the police department
of the city for a week the unidentified
man who last Saturday night held up
and robbed two drug stores and then
entered a Hammam bath establishment
and without a word shot down and
killed the bookkeeper, William H.
Schneider, tonight walked into the
same place held up by him week
ago and at the point of pistol again
robbed it, obtaining SIPS. The drug
store is located on Market street near
Larkin, and scores of Christmas shop
pers were passing the place at the
time.
An hour later a man believed to be
the robber, called up the drug store
on the telephone and declared that if
there was not more than 500 the next
time he called he would blow the
proprietor's head off.
Robber Is Recognized
Seven persons were in the rear Of
the store when the robber entered and
asked one of the clerks for some head
ache powders. DR. +. H. Gleason, one
of the proprietors of the place, hap
pened TO look up from the prescription
counter and there within a few feet
of him recognized the man who robbed
him last Saturday night. With a whis-
pered, "There he is again." TO clerk,
he ran upstairs in the rear to notify
the police. In the meantime II. e
Noland, the clerk who had waited upon
the robber, turned to hand him the
powders and found himself confronted
with a cleaning revolver.
IT want your cash." demanded the
supposed customer. As he promptly
poured out the contents of the cash
register J. II. Cournen, a co-partner
with Gleason in the store, shouted to
the clerk: Don't give it to him" The
robbers pistol wavered for a moment
and then he hastily grabbed two hand
fuls of the coin, leaving $50 on the
counter, and hurriedly walked out
Cournen and Edward Briggs, real
estate dealer, ran after him and fol-
lowed at q distance for three blocks,
but lost sight of him in an alley near
the ruins of the city hall before they
could attract the attention of po-
liceman.
Robber Telephones Store
About an hour after the daring rob-
berry, which was a repetition of his
performance last Saturday night, and
while scores of police in plain clothes
and in uniform were securing the city
for him, a man whose voice Noland
declares he recognized IS that of the
robber, called up on the telephone and
said: "Tell that id proprietor If he
don't have more than 800 when I call
the next time I'll blow his ID head
off"
The police, who have been working
on the theory that the robberies and
murder of last Saturday night were
the work of q drug fiend," are great
ly exercised and fear that he may COM
nit another murder before morning.
All the drug stores east Of Fillmore
street and the Hammam bath estab-
lishment, in which he killed Schneider
last Saturday night, are being gaurdel
by police and detectives for fear that
he may appear at one of them. The
efforts of the department are concen-
trated upon the capture Of the robber
and murderer.
"Drug Fiend" Confession
Despite the fact that they have m
excellent description of the man, the
most diligent efforts Of the police dur
ing the past week failed TO apprehend
him. Charles Q. Anderson, an eN-
convict, made a sensational confes-
sion early in the week that he was
the man who committed the robberie5
and murder, DuL IL developed ldIeF IuAt
he was a drug fiend" and at the time
at which the crimes We're committed
was with two police detectives for
whom he was trying to locate another
convict.
The police have in their possession
the hat and pistol which the robber lost
last Saturday night when William
Hawkins a salesman, struck him over
the head with an umbrella when the
man attamDtpd to hold him uD immr-
diately following the murder OF
Schneider. This hat Is marked o. L. 4.
and was sold by the Clark-Wisemau
company in Walla Walla.