Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-08
For An Hour and a Halt He
Works and Keeps Police
Guessing.
WOMAN WITH AK A FEATURE
Mrs. Anna Marrish Chascs Bold Thug
Gus of Barber shOp-liluns
Police with "a Gun.

Iuui enaN nights
-Mishlaiud barber shop at
Seventh South and West Temple
streets stole $50
9.2j-Talaga candy store. Sixth
South aud State streets chased away
before taking anything
s.G5-Bcrt scheller held up az
Fifth South and Fourth East streets.
and robbed of 81 and "a So watch
$500. s. Hudson held up and
robbed of s. near Seventh South and
Third East streets
lo.00-Cun Hodgson and r.. Gottberg
robbed ON Gottbergs front porch. li5
east seventh South.
l0.15-Andrew Lindholm and Andrew
Carlson held up and robbed Of 81 at
First South and First West streets.
IO.30-John strickley held up and
robbed OF 50 az Fifth South and State
streets.
l0.fS-Robert Brown held up and
robbed of tl5 In state street between
sixth and Seventh South streets
lO.45-Attcmpt made 10 pry open win
dow az residence of o. u. Hewlett rs
cast Seventh South. Scared away
Armed with "a big revolver. "a hold-up
man described as being thick set and
short held up six citizens and robbed
barber shop and candy store Thurs
day night and although nearly every
available policeman hunted for the
daring robbcr they failed to capture
him.
After two BARRIERS had been held up
az their shop on Seventh South and
West Temple street, Mrs Anna Mar
IRISH. armed with an AK, chased the rob-
ber for nearly "a block She had no fear
of the fellow and had she caught up
with him no doubt the fellow would
have been caught.
chased to point near the stockade
10y PatrOlman BcyuOn. the rubber
turned on the policeman. pointed gun
al him and escaped Two shots were
fred at him. but ne made good his
escape and so far as known was not
NJ an injured.
Tho r0bber first made his appearance
at Mishlaind's barber shop whore he
held up the proprietor and G.. A. Ram
strom securing $50. Mrs. Marrish,
who lives above the shop. heard the
rohbcr and -oizing an AK. hurried In
pursuit The iobher pointed his re-
volvcr at tho woman. but nothing
dauntod she tried 90 attack him with
the ak The fellow then showed tho
weapon In his pocket and ran down
the street. followed for nearly a block
by the plucky woman.
SNAPPED GUN AT TALAGA.
The hold-up then visited the candy
store OF Frank Talaga, sixth South
and State street The robbcr ordered
Talaga TO throw up his hands but the
storekeeper refused TO do so and armed
himself with broomstick. The hold
zap snapped the gun at Talaga three
times but the cartridges did not eN-
plodc The man then became fright
cucd and ran out Of the store
Ten minutes later Bert Schcller was
held up and robbed at Fifth South and
Fourth East street, losing 81 IN cash
and a watch valued az $50
10 the meantime the police depart
mcnt was I'm state OF decentralization,
for reports Of daring robberies were
coming. Policemen and plain clothes
men were scattered about the city 20
head on the robbcr. but the latter APP
parentlv Indifferent TO the efforts to
auyrahond him. continued the stick
- work
HITS VICTIM OVER HEAD
O. Is Hudson. residing az 275 east
Seventh South was held up near his
homo and robbed of S. Because Hud-
500 had but s. on him the robber
struck his victim ON the head with the
gun First South and First West
street was the next scene NJ robbery
Andrew Liudatrom and Andrew CARL
SON. shecrhcrdrrs ON thnir way To- Ida
ho. haur the victims The rOhhrr
glt So in money and two gold watches.
LIndh0lm had 5000 iu money belt
and Carlson had $3.50 but the robber
did not got the money.
John suoNey. $40 south Fourth East.
wps compelled 90 contribute about S3
and foW minutes later. Robert
Brown was hold no o0 state between
Sixth and Seventh South and robbed
OF SIS.
SCHILLER S EXPERIENCE.
Bert schelicr. one of the victims Of
the lone highWayman, called al police
headquarters today and lcft the NUM-
her OF his watch which was taken by
the robbcr Ar SChcllcr had rather
exciting experience with the rubbeL
one he does not care t0 repeat
~ was near Third East and Fifth
South little after o o'clock said
Mr. Schcllcr 90 The News. "when !
was stopped by tine hold-up. he was
thick set man and Was about tive
l,ct seven inches tall he showed a
revolver against my stomach and told
me to hold mp my hands did $50
al once and hc cautioned me to ha
quiet He went through my pockets
and took my money and watch by IA
few dcr movements. and 10 did not
take him but "a few seconds tU do so.
while we wore standing there. soy-
cral persons passed, but the robher got
close tp me- and auoro Doe would kuI
me f . made thc least cutlery While
the people We're passing the rUbber TO-