Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-09

Brunnszzi politely declined the gft explaining that
it would be- against the law to- accept &c and That DEE
would have perjurc himself the next pay day ~ DE
did when Bruunazzi went home the following night
he found two tons Of coal 10 his cellar and we were
on the way to the home OF Dicks persistent friend to
tell him to remove the coal when the event of which
] shall speak took place
just before we reached the mans house "a
crowd OF roughs around Hoeseys saloon at Eleventh
and Ellsworth streets. which was the hangout Of one
OF the bands The man was not ct .ome. and we had
taken up position outside TO wait for him 60 return
when we saw two Of the uglie,t of the baud start
toward us, following the other. Dick and both
knew they were coming TO make trouble. During the
four years ] was in Philadelphia I was the means Of
putting 26 these fellows into the ponitentary and
at that time ! had convicted many that threats
had been freely made against my life. Dick was
cool. dependable fellow. however. and felt were
a match for any two OF them.
stand ON the outside Of the sidewalk Dick"
said "aud when they are within ten feet Of ms turn
sharply aud face them until they have passed will
do the same
IF they maka da trouble" soid pick you killa da
front man; klla da back one
'Al right" said T. Here they come
The two roughs were swinging along as If they
meant TO bump into US and start O. tight. one Of
them was the brothcr-u-law Of Lawrence Kcene,
whom / had sent 10 the pcnitcniary Tor counterfeit
ing Dick and had revolvcrs in our side pockets.
our fingers on The triggers could shoot right
through the cloth without drawing our weapons
when tine front came within ten feet Of us we
both turned with military precision aud faced them
suspec. THIS trick was an that savcd our lives
or possibly thcirs-os Lawrence Keene told me after
ward that the two meu had sct out to do me up"
our quick turn however evidently gave them a
scare rs they walked on less menacingly. and when
they retained to Keeseys saloon me rest Of the band
gave them the laugh.
Five mon 81 this kind started the night OF
October IS 1871 TO roast the deaf old farmers feet
Their intended victim proved to be Joseph Potts
who lived near Mount Holly. New Jersey They
reached his house about midnight, got their tools
ont Of the bags and began work. Somebody tried
TO raise the windows with Jimmy but the old
man had placed stick over each sash which
wouldn't bend or break Then Oscar Coogan started
10 bore holes through the front door the lock.
BY boring the holes close together he made opening
through which he could put his hama. lie reach
ing through the hole trying 10 turn the key In the
lock when a charge OF shot tore through the door
that almost took on his right arm.
Potts was not so deaf as they had beliey ed him to
he. He had heard Coogan boring away at the door,
his double barreled shotgun FASTENED from his
bedroom the sitting aud fired in the dark at
the noise A moment later he opened the window
and let 20 with the other barrel this time putting
few shots under the skin OF Austin Keene though not
seriously wounding him The band lied in confusion.
The farmers feet were not roasted. His boarded
wealth II he had any, not moested.
An these facts out in the newspapers the next
afternoon The newspaper accounts, however con
tained nothing 10 show the identity Of those who had
attempted the robbery But before the evening
papers were or the pressin fact early in the
ingI had gone to the Office Of Kennard Jones' Chief
Of Police of Philadelphia and had given him the