Arizona republican., 1909-10-23
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 TWO HOLD UP MEN
They Picked the Wrong Kind of a
 Victim for Their Operations.

By a clever uppercut. dexterously executed. Gus Gorgantos. about 7:30 o'clock last night. foiled the plans of two hold-up men near the corner of Washington and Seventh streets, knocked one of them down and scared the other into flight. The would be robbers were the most scurvy kind of thugs. being not only wicked and criminally inclined. but utterly with out that common politeness that gives victim an opportunity to turn over his wealth without unseemly disorder. Mir. Gorgantos is censured only in that he did not take time to kick in the slats of the prostrate man before reporting the matter to the police His reason for not doing so was that he feared the other fellow might have gun, recover from his fright and come back and use it. and he thought he might better play safe and move along before he really encountered trouble.
 GOrgantos has room on the soutn side of Washington street, between Seventh and Eighth. He was going up town, when a tall and a shorter man met nm ntdT Nlt COl Oi Washington and Seventh streets The big fellow asked him what street it was. and he replied. While his at- tention was thus directed to the big fellow. the little one jumped behind him and grabbed his hands. pulling them behind him. He was so keen to rob him that he tried both to hold him .and do the job himself without letting his partner in on the play He weakened his hold enough so Cor gantos. who is of athletic build. man aged to liberate his right hand and brought it up suddenly with blow that sent the big duffer in front of him sprawling on the ground. The other chap took to his heels with this demonstration of strength, and Cor gantos picked up his new derby that had been knocked off in the scuffle and coptinued his journey up town to report to the city marshal He says that he thinks one thing that frightened the little man was that a lady came by on a bicycle with a lighted headlight. during the scrim- mage. and he doubtless thought 1t was a man who might mix into 1t.
 Marshal Moore returned with Cor gantos to the scene of action. but the big man had recovered from his comatose condition and faded away in the darkness. The ground showed evidence of recent violence. and there is no doubt concerning the facts or the incident Gorgantos says the moonlight enabled him to note that neither man had a mustache or beard except that the big fellow did not look as though he had been shaved for a couple of weeks. He wore a small. soft, black hat He did not notice the clothes. except that they were dark. The little man. he thinks. wore. suit of lighter color. At any rate. it was not black. He did not notice his hat particularly. Both were fairly well dressed. that is. they were not particularly well dressed. but on the contrary they did not look as scrubby as the average hobo
 Gorgantos is employed by the city railway as foreman in the construc- ,ion work. where the line is being extended in the vicinity of the Indian school. He had been home in the evening and changed his clothes, De- ing attired as one who looked to DC in pra sperous circumstances. He had A watch in his outside upper coat pocket attached to a chain fastened in the lapel of his coat. It IS quite likely that is what the little man was reaching for when Gorgantos Ioosened his hold. but in any event the hold-ups got nothing except good scare.