Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-26
HELD UP, SHOT
BY BANDITS in
HEART OF CITY
FUR MEN LINED UP, ONE
M0RTALLY WOUNDED
OEsPERA0oEs OPERATE rURINc
EARLY EVENING HOURS
VICTIMS struggle with One OF Their
AssaIIants, Who Promptly Fires.
Both Highwaymen
Escape


ups and robberies that has been
committed in Los Angeles since
'ne carnival of crime opened six months
ago. Ihomas Ryles, musician of 145
south Bunker Hill avenue, was fatally
wounded and w. A. Carney, /. ] Kis-
kadden and K. b Smith were robbed IN,
| Two men The crime was conmitted III
most within calling distance Of the cen
eidi ponce station at O'Clock last
| escape --''O0 'iielr
The bandits got $1917 in money. a
| geld watch, and probably the life Of
| one OF their victims
| me roDDerles occurred at Second
| street and Bunker Hill avenue aIn1oet
| on top of the hill which overlooks tbe
Ileart OF the city, and at an hour when
fo1.tt, foTH anu women were passing back and
| Iortn from their work and on their 1yav
| TO places of amusement
me nrSt victim of the holduD men
| WAS Was w. "A. Carney of 143 South Bunker
| t1lll avenue, a bookkeeper empIoyed nv
onc ooucherh california Fruit Growers
| association. He left his house on pm
| ker Hill avenue and walked toWar5
| second street, intending to go dowr
! town to the theater AS he left tbc
steps leading from his front door ward
tWo men, who had been lounging about
| immediately across the street Followed
| him. AT the corner Of second stree+
| oolh men advanced rapidly and con-
! Ironted Carney. One, the taller of tbn
| tWo' showed pistol into Carney's face
ana commanded him to throw IN his
nanoS. He complied with the order.
| and the second and shorter Of the two
started to search him.
Second Victim Stopped
AT this moment Thomas Ryles
walked down the street and turned
the corner as the second holdun man
was renewing Carney Of his valuables.
| In an instant the man jumped in front
| OF him and, leveling a revolver, or
dered him to throw up his hands.
Ryles backed up against a fence at the
inner side of the walk and obeyed the
command
Before the robbers had time to reach
their victims, L. ]. Kiskadden, de-
livery boy for a department store,
| came up the hill and ran into the
party He was promptly confronted
| by the second holdup man, who had
| lodged behind a tree and, with a re-
VoIVer at his head, was lined up along
side of Carney and Ryles, his hands in
the air.
Kiskadden was followed almost i'm
mediately by E. B. Smith, solicitor,
and as he came on the group he
stepped to one side and attempted to
pass by stepping into the gutter. The
short man behind the tree intercepted
a pistol, to join the other three in the
line along the fence.
Then, while the tall man held the
quartet under cover of his revolver the
| short man searched them and took
| from Carney a valuable gold watch.
From Kiskadden they took L cents.
! The boy, while the robber was search
| ing Carney, drew bag containing $50.
| collected for his firm from his pocket
and dropped it over the fence.
E. 3. Smith lost $19 and watch
and Pyles was found to have nothing
| of value in his pockets.
Robber, Tackled, Shoots
AS soon as the searching was COM
pleted the taller of the two men, who
had all the property taken from the
Victims ran west on Second street,
warning the men he had robbed to
stand where they were. A minute
later the short man turned and started
east on Second street, ordering the four
men to stand where they were. AS he
took the first step down the hill Smith
grabbed him round the neck and cried
to his fellow victims to help. Ryles
| jumped to the front and seized the
robber by the arm, and the other two
crowded in. Together they threw the
robber to the ground, but as they did
so he raised his revolver, and pressing
into Ryles' stomach fired. The bullet
plowed its way through his body, anl
with a, cry of pain and a gasp he fell
back.
Struggling with the robber, the three
men wrenched his revolver from him
and one of the men cried: 'Shoot him.
Shoot him! He has killed this man,
$50 telephone the police" cried an
other of the trio, and two men let go
of the bandit at once while one start
ed down the street toward Hotel Min
newaski, from which point the police
were informed of the holdup.
Meantime the bandit on the ground
had struggled to his feet, and Gaping
the grasp of his captors ran down the
street toward Grand avenue, where he
turned and went south.
By the time the police received the
alarm both men had disappeared. and
while two score officers were on the
spot in less than five minutes no trace
of them was found.
Ryles, the wounded man, was picked
up and placed in an automobile and
hurried to the Sisters hospital. where =
an operation was performed by DR..
Charles DOlley. The bullet penetrated
his abdomen and punctured the viscera, 4
and the wound is believed to be fatal
The taller of the two holdup men is
described by his victims as about 5
feet inches tall, 165 pounds weiynt,
smooth shaven and dressed in a dark
suit of clothes.
-
feet inches in height, with broad
shoulders and of muscular build,
dressed IN a dark suit, brown over
coat and soft brown hat The hat was
i st in the struggle and was left on the
ground His hair is said to be sandy
colored. He also was smooth shaven.
More Victims Found
An hour after the holdup of these
men T. j. Holden of 761 East Ninth
street, was held up at Ninth street and
Maple avenue and robbed of 81 a pipe
and tobacco. The robbery was COM
mitted by one man.
At about the same time two men
held up L. Gabelson Of 1853 Ruth ave-
nue., at Seventh and Alameda streets,
but got nothing. Both men were
young anG unmasked, and in a gem
eral way answered the description of
the men who committed the robbery at
Second and Bunker Hill avenue.