Amador ledger., 1910-02-18
DARING HOLD-Up
AND ROBBERY.
BoroS Saloon on Sutter Hill
Entered by Two Masked
Men.

HNOlAs
The saloon on Sutter hill, known as
the old Botto place, was the scene of
one of the most daring exploits by hold
up men that we have been called upon
to chroncleNfor long time. The time
was last Friday, at the hour of half past
9 p. m. The saloon is kept by D.
Boro and Guiliani Both the proprie
tors were out of the saloon at the time.
Young Boro, a son of the proprietor,
was returning from a visit to sleeping
room on the outside, whittier he had
gone to call one of the miners to his
work. Entering the saloon by side
door he was faced by couple OF masked
men, one of them armed with a double
barreled shotgun. The armedman or
dered Cup with your hands. " He in
stantly responded But the way he COM
piled did not satisfy the bandits, and
the command came, Higher. " He
obeyed, stretching his two hands full
length above his head. He was then or
dered to go to the wall on the west side,
and remain with his face to the wall,
and he deemed it advisable to comply
with this demand also, thereby shutting
the movements OF the robbers from his
view The cash register was then rifled
of its contents in cash, amounting to So.
One Of the intruders them went over to
where Boro was facing the wall and re-
lieved him Of So which he had in his
pocket, also snatchng his gold watch,
breaking the chain in so doing, leaving
portion OF the chain sill hanging to
Boro's clothing. They next went toward
the safe, which was open and remarked,
whats this?" 1t proved to contain
no money or valuables.
After ACCOMPLISHING their purpose to
this extent, the command came from the
leader to Boro:
"Go and face the north wall, retaining
same position" which he did The two
men thereupon backed out of the door
fronting the main road by which they
had entered the premises. and disap-
peared.
Young Boro is unable to give any des-
cription of the men. Each had ban
dana handkerchief covering the face be-
low the eyes, and wore pair OF blue
overalls. Beyond this the boy could
give nothing concerning the appearance
of the unfriendly visitors.
D. Boro had visited Suffer Creek that
day for the purpose of cashing some
checks he had received from the miners.
He returned with $400 in coin, but took
the precaution of placing the coin in his
dwelling house near by, instead of in
the saloon safe. 1t is thought probable
that the hold-up men knew of this coin
being held by Boro, and hence the
criminal attempt to capture it. The slot
machine was not molested. 1t is said
there was $50 hidden away in the
saloon, which the strangers failed to get
next to.
Word was sent to the sheriff's Office
as soon as possible after the men had
left, and also to constable Tuttle of
Sutter Creek Sheriff Gregory and the
constable, with several others were on
the grounds within an hour after the
bandits had left. Every road and trail
was placed under guard, in the hope of
capturing the offenders. But not trace
nor clew was obtained.
The belief is that the perpetrators are
persons we'll acquainted with the premi-
ses. The fact that one was armed with
a shotgun tends to confirm this opinion.
1t is argued that strangers living dis
tant from the scene of operations would
not incur the risk involved in packing a
shotgun. The officers have parties
under surveillance, but nothing definite
has developed so far.