Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-13
when they arrived the man was no
where the be seen.
Police Notified

where the be seen.
Police Notified
Miss Barron and her companion
Miss Boring, went at once to the Pos
cal Telegraph office, where the police
were notified by telephone of the as
sault and robbery. According to their
story, in about fifteen minutes Night
Officer e. C. Ward responded leisure
Iy. and after spending more or less
time getting a description of the man
and details OF the assault, he started
out presumably to look for the foot
pad. Officer Ward is said to have
acted very deliberate, seemingly
displaying no great desire to take the
trail of the assaulter while it was hot
As result the man made good his
escape, at least for the time being.
Unless he has left the city he is likely
IN hiding some place. So bold was
his work that it is believed in some
quarters that he is not local char
acter, but some transient who stop
ped off in the city with the intention
of making good haul and then
getting out again. Aside from this
the police have no clue.
Money in Drafts
The money secured by the footpad
or at least most of it was in two
drafts. One Of these was for $25 and |
drawn on New York bank, and the
other for s35, drawn on the same
bank. Between five and ten dollars
were in bills and small change.
In detailing her narrowing exper-
ience to an Optic representative to-
day, Miss Barron stated that she feels
the loss of the watch more keenIy
than anything else, as it was a solid
gold timepiece, worth $50, and had
been given her by relative as a Gift,
She explained that when she left La
Pension hotel Saturday evening for a
walk, she took her handbag, contain
ing her money and watch, with her.
believing this would be safer than
to leave 1t in her room at the hotel. i
On Saturday afternoon she had in
tended depositing the money, but
when she went to the bank it was
closed
The banks of the city and on the
West side were notified today to
stop payment on the drafts, and it is !
certain that should the thief be so
gnorant as to attempt to forge the
Endorsement on the same for the {
purpose of cashing them, he would be
aught red-handed. However, If he ]
5 an old hand at the game, as the
olice are inclined to believe, then he
Tould make no attempt to cash the
RATS here, but would take them
ome place else. r
ParaIyzed With Fear il
Il was literally paralyzed with fear f
1hen the man grabbed me-" said S
Iiss Barron, "and could not scream. G
was my first experience of this ii
ind, and just after it was over | il
nickly recovered from the shock for
ne time being. However, when I r
'turned to my room at the hotel the fl
'action set in and I had one nervous .,
I'LL after another the whole night W
ng. In fact, I never put in such a h,
ght Of mental agony" y,
Miss Barron was unable to give a q,
Try good description of her assail-
1t, other than that he was either a ~
exican or a white man It is very
Irk at the Bradley corner and there
re was almost impossible for her to
tch a very close glimpse of the fo
an who grabbed her. Miss Boring w
scribes the man as of short build an
d stocky with smooth face. Both wo- nm
en- are positive that he was not a tv
gro =,
Miss Barron had entirely recovered IN,
IN the shock today and was her -
II again. Miss Boring, who is in =
ned to be extremely nervous. is
Il suffering from the shock to a
IRE or less extent.
Recalls Similar outrages
Saturday nights attack recalls sim
fCanfEnIad a. 90. - )