Weekly journal-miner., 1909-07-14
From Tuesdays Daily) Hold up. Your hands!''

ioent upon playing him practical -Foke. ,...-
 The command was gwen about o'clock, Sunday morning, in the new saloon recently, opened up by Chian- >.aretti and Joe Yaldrini and besides -he robher. there were only. three vothers in. the. bnilding.. The other TWO were Albert Haussner and Jos Fsph Trappman.
 When Cbiantaretti; looked up at the visitor, who had entered through 1ehe rear door, he gazed squarely into the muzzle of a big Colt 's revolver, but he still believed the masked man before him. was only endeavoring to play a joke upon him, and refused 70 comply with the demand to hold ,1p his hands. So did the the two >sthers. Then the hOId-uP walked up 10 Haussner, who was standing be- side the bar with Trappman, and made a second command for all three of them to raise their hsnds.h Hauss- -aer refused. No sooner, than he did 70, the hOld-uP struck him a blow with his revolver over the right side e1f his head Then things began to look serious, and the bartender knew at was not play. Haussner saved Himself from, falling by grabbing the
 
 oar. The robbeF. then turned to Frsppman, few feet away, and commanded him to. hold up his hands quickly or he would get the same treatment Trappmah told him he was too intoxicate dto let go his isaold on the: bar, and the robber seem 'sd to believe him, fer he commanded isim tO hold his hands on the bar un- r1 he got through with his 1gork. Erappman did SC. i-By this time the bartender had his hands up, but the ErObber commanded Ihim to hold them higher, which he did, He then com l9slled Chiantsrettit to back up against 2-he front window of the saloon.
 <EI've got to go behind the bar fse explained, and behind the bar he went, stopping in. front of the cash register, which Ae.. Fifled with one Aand, while covering the three men sIlth his, revolEer held in the other. Ske then backed out of the building, leaving by thei~same door by which 8e had entered. .:r,g. ,r.. D.
 The man secured $S5 in cash, three silver watches belonging to some min >srs, who had sent them to Chian- Saretti to be repaired; and one gold zing- A gold nugget and a pair of earrings he let drop as he started to BsaHe the place, and they were reeov- @sred- .... ...n...s..
 Officers were notified immediately, md the first to arrive. on the scene 7ras Policeman MeMahOn. He was -sson -ieiHed. <: by Policeman Johnson, Deputy Sheriff Cook and other of tioers. To them and others Chian- Earetti described the. man who did 1he hOld-up as being slim, rather tall, e rith no ceat, hat nor vest, gearing gray eolOred pants and a. mask over ms face He is evidently an Ameri- @san, says Ghiantaretti, because of 8is perfect accent.
 Although several men have been detained for investigation since the isobbery, none has been identified as he right one, and beyond the facts already enumerated, the officers are without q clue. .....
 A Bold Deed.
 The hOld-up- is perhaps without parallel in the history of Prescott for it's bOldness, and Chiantaretti, 1ne of the proprietors of the saloon, and the man who was held up, gives a graphic account of it. The sa- loon was opened but 8 short while ago, and the rObber must have known every detail of the house and its ar engagement, according to the bar ! tenders belief. This leads to the i conclusion that the nan is either | resident of Prescott or has spent several days here investigating the situation.
 "We three were standing at the oar talking and preparing to take our last drink for the night, before closed up the saloon about mid night" said Chiantaretti, to a Jour nal-Miner reporter, "when I heard some one enter the back door. I paid no attention whatever to him ! until he came through the card room and walking up to the bar command sd us to hold up our hands. Then l