The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

ROBBERS ARE BUSY
AND DODGE POLICE
Three Sailors Arrested for Rob-
berry With Violence and Are
Identified by Victim
Woman Accused of Dragging
Visitor and Thirteen Other
Crimes Are Reported

Fifteen robberies have been reported
in this city since Thursday morning.
This number includes the operations
of footpads pickpockets and burglars.
Three men have been arrested and
identified by one victim. who was badly
beaten, and a woman has been charged
with drugging and robbing visitor al
resort An account of the crimes
follows
About 10 o'clock Thursday night
three sailors broke into the room of
Gottfried Bieninyer. 919 Steuart street.
and demanded his money. They
knocked him down, stuffed handker-
chief into his mouth and took SO cents
from his pockets Charles Carlson,
Axel Lindstrom and Hugo Wall were
arrested by Policemen Conner and
Hayden and identified by Bieninyer at
the harbor hospital, where he had been
taken.
Fred Feliz, IL Twenty ninth avenue,
Sunset district. was dragged into a
doorway at $50 Jackson street, Thurs
day night, by a thug who held a re-
volver to his head and took ST from
his pockets.
Albert Larsen, SAC Church street,
Waterman for the Pacific rolling mills.
Seventeenth and Mississippi streets. was
held up by two masked men early
Thursday morning while going his
rounds, one with revolver, and had
81 taken from him.
8. Ogato, Japanese dish washer at
TAB Market street was attacked by
four boys at Geary and Stockton streets
late Thursday night. A hat and walters
coat and apron and So were taken from
him.
James Reagan, 55S Fifth avenue, was
drinking on Thursday, and while in
George Fishers saloon, 1925 Fulton
street. with Ada Martin, woman he
met there, was drugged and robbed of
$40.
Joseph E Evans, Malta apartment
house, Fourteenth and Market streets.
told Policemen Cameron and Clark that
Rose Rafael had robbed him of $55 in
resort In Pacific street, and they ar
rested the woman on a charge of grand
larceny.
nULAh sLLODhS NOhhIN
Mrs. Edna Downs. Raleigh hotel
annex, 1926 Post street, heard noise at
| the telephone shortly after midnight
yesterday morning and saw man
rifiing the cash box. She grabbed hold
of him and shouted for help. Miss
Mary Mcdonald, one OF the dodgers,
ran to her assistance, but the burglar
escaped, having secured about 81.
| Burglars broke into the residence of
n.
Jose avenue Thursday morning by fore
ing open a rear window and $500 and a
nickel watch were stolen.
/ The store of Francisco 30, 297 Ma
sonic avenue, was entered Thursday
night and a wagonioad of olive oil,
tomatoes and potatoes stolen.
The room occupied by L. Seymour and
| J. II. Johnson in the Casa Iona lodg-
| ing house, Clio Fillmore street, was en-
tered early yesterday morning and
s3o.25 taken from their pockets.
THIEF FOUND IN ROOM
| Philip Lewis, ss7 Golden Gate ave.
nue., was awakened early yesterday
morning by burglar who fed, ia king
with him a gold watch. hat, and purse
] containing 81.
An apartment house at 1914 Pine
street was entered Thursday afternoon
and jewelry and other articles stolen
from the room OF Mrs. F. Higashi
| a servant.
While Fred Lehman, driver for Lyon
| & Raas, wine merchants, 430 Bryant
street. was in a restaurant at Mission
and Steuart streets Thursday, thieves
drove off with his team. The wagon
cont tanned Is cases of wine and whisky
valued at $40. The wagon was found
later at Sixteenth and De Haro streets
empty.
Martin Drobaz. Star hotel, Ellis
street, while at the Empire theater
Thursday night was relieved of his
overcoat and umbrella
i thief sneaked into the office OF
Charles Stewart, 1871 Mission street
Thursday, and stole an overcoat, UNI.
brella and 81.
Caught by Police
In the arrest of Thomas Hutton and
William Kelly yesterday by Detective.
Conlan and Mackey, the San Fran,
cisco police believe they have two o,
the five men who participated in tn,
robbery of the Stockton postoffice anS
the shooting of a policeman a weel
ago. Kelly and Hutton were taker
} into custody at an early hour yester.
day morning as they entered a small
shack In which they had lived for sew,
eral weeks in Harriet street neal
Sixth Chief of Police Brarie of Stock
ton was notified of the capture ant
he will come to San Francisco toda,
to scrutinize the two men who are a
the city prison as suspects.
Already the San Francisco detectives
have captured one of tho FIVE men VIII,
. figured in the robbery and shooting ii
Stockton. Fred Thompson. known a.
Dutch notorious yeggman. was ar
rested here last Monday after he hat
. applied for medical treatment at thu
harbor hospital.
i Detectives Conlan and Macke,
learned from Thompson that he ha,
} lived In a small shack in Harriet
street. The detectives visited tn
place and learned that two others live,
with Thompson, and they remained ii
hiding in the shack until Kelly an,
! Hutton returned