The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-17
Burly Negro and a Masked
White Man Surprise Bar
tender in COzy Saloon, and
Secure Cash From Register.
POCKETS OF VICTIM ARE
EMPTlED OF CONTENTS
Half an Hour Before Saloon
Robbery, a Man Is BrutaIIy
Beaten in East Third South
Street and VaIUabIeS Taken,
POLICE MAKE VAIN SEARCH
"WO hold-ups within an hour. both
bearing the marks of having been

"WO hold-ups within an hour. both
bearing the marks of having been
committed by the same highway
man, were reported to the police early
this morning. BILLY" Davis, bartender
at the Cozy bar, on Second South and
Sixth West streets, turning at the cllck
OF gun hammer, looked into the eyes OF
a giant black man, who CTOuched at the
end of the bar. His companion, WniIe
man masked with a red handkerchief
stood in the entrance with leYeled gun
Davis Iuuged for his own gun at Ihe
rear of the. bar, but was second TOO
late.
The negro secured it first, and Davis
was struck i'm the mouth for his trouble
1t was half an hour after closing time,
and Davis was counting the daS It
ceipts as the highwaymen entered. w ME
the negro threatened with his revolver, the
white man went hurriedly through the
cash register, securing something IN the
neighbOrhoOd of 800 AS an afterthOught,
the negro went through Davis ; pOchels'
securing SD The men separated on leaN-
ing the saloon. and ran into the hlo
Grande freight yards IN opposite ulIec-
tions. The police arrived Tfteen minutes
later and made thorough search OF the
premises but without avail. The bar
tender described the negro as a giant IN
stature, while his companion was much
smaller.
Exact Amount Unknown.
Davis was unable. to estimate the exact
amount secured from tie cash register
by the robbers. He had just finished
closing up the saloon, and was ABOUT 70
count the cash, part of which was piled
on the bar in front of him, making
small mountain of nickels and dimes. As
the white man advanced, on the order
of the negro. TO loot the cash register
he carelessly swept the small change into
his hat. Then vaulting over the par ne
proceeded to rifle the various compart-
ments of the register. some of which con-
tanned bills of large denomination AS
they left each rObber tucked a pint OF
whiskey into his pocket
The negro appeared TO De the leaueI'
ordering his companion about IN uolll-
neeTing manner.
Half an hour before the saloon h0ld-up-
L. NJ. Larsen, living at No. Z5u SouIR
Sixth East street. walked into the police
station in a dazed condition and told OF
having been assaulted from the rear ana
robbed of $50 at the corner OF Third East
and Third South streets by negro ana
a white man. Larsen was struck without
warning and rendered unconscious, but
revived in time to catch glimpse OF ms
assafIauts as they crossed under the
street lamp running north on Ihlrd East
street Both were masked and carried
their guns as they ran. Larsen, with con-
siderable difficulty, found his way 10 the
police station. The blow on his head was
inflicted with a blunt instrument, sup
posed to have been sandbag. lie also
received a cash over the eye by striking
the pavement as he fell.
The police are confident that the high
Wavmen who assaulted Larsen robbed
the saloon. The big negro Is thought to
be the leader of a gang which has been
operating in Salt Lake for several weeks
William Powers, who was badly beaten
when he attempted to hold up a japanese
rOoming house on West Second South
street Saturday night. is suspected Of be
ing one OF the gang. Powers s COM
panion. who escaped when the Japs over
powered the former, was said to be
negro of giant proportions.