Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-15
ROBBERS HOLD UP
PHARMACY IN CITY
Drug Store on South Grand Ave-
nue. Entered, and Shot
Fired at Proprietor
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tion and captured Graham, who was
hiding in a barn near the drug store.
Graham is a one-legged youth, is
years old. He was covered with dust
and his clothing was disarranged. He
appeared greatly frightened and re-
fused to make a statement when taken
into custody. Later, it is alleged, he
said he was escorting Mrs. Adeline
Kelly of 1858 Temple street to the
home of a friend a short distance from
the drug store.
According to the story Graham is
said to have told the police, he was
walking near the drug store when the
woman asked him to enter the place
and purchase a small bottle of peroX-
ide of hydrogen. Just as he entered,
he is alleged to have stated, the rob-
bers rushed out of the store. This
frightened him and he turned and ran.
He said he was running when a man
with revolver pursued him and or
dered him to halt. Instead of stop
ping Graham ran into the barn, close
to the entrance of the alley in the
rear of the drug store, and hid behind
a door, expecting his pursuer to give
up the chase.
Kruel gave the officers a partial de-
scrption of the robbers. He said that
one of the men is five feet, four inches
in height and appeared to be about 21
years old. The other man appeared to
be older and about five feet eight
inches in height. Both robbers Wore
dark clothes and slouch hats. The re-
volver, which was held by the larger
man, was small and of blued steel. The
bullet which crashed through a num-
ber of bottles and lodged in a box,
was found. 1t was fired from 80
caliber weapon.
ROBBERS DEMAND MONEY
''I was in the prescription room when
I heard a noise in front of the store"
said Kruell in telling his story to the
detectives. I was alone at the time,
having sent my clerk on an errand. l
entered the front room and found two
men standing near the cash register.
The short man walked close to the
counter and commanded me to open
the money drawer. l was so surprised
that l made no move until the second
man drew a revolver, held it over the
shoulder of the short man and ordered
me to hand over the money. He
threatened to shoot if I did not act
quickly.
II still believed that the threat was
a bluff and that the man had no in
tention of shooting. An angry gleam
in his eyes caused me to change my
mind, and I dropped down behind the
counter and began to yell for help.
I crawled as fast as possible around
to the end counter my intention being
to get behind the counter on the op-
posite side of the room and make
dash for the door.
Just as I was in front of the cur
tains that hide the entrance to the rear
room the man fired. The bullet passed
over my head and I heard a crash of
glass in the back room.
"The bell on the register rang and l
heard the sound of money rolling on
the floor. AS l raised up from my hid
ing place I saw the men run out the
front door.
"I am not positive, but I believe
there was a third man who was stand
ing guard on the outside in readiness
to give the others warning in the event
anyone attempted to enter the place"
Kruell found all the money which
had been spilled on the floor, and after
counting it and comparing the amount
with the figures on the cash register
he discovered that only 81 was taken.
A short time before the robbery there
was more than $50 in the money
drawer Kruell took a $50 gold piece
from the drawer just before he went
into the rear room, leaving about $35
in the register.
Detectives from the central station
and from the University district are
searching the city for a young man
who is supposed to be one of the rob-
bers. The suspect is said to be vic
tim of the drug habit and to have re-
Gently been discharged from the peni-
tentiary.
Late last night no trace of the man
had been found.
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