Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
BARTENDER OF sANTEN SALOON
AND TWO CUSTOMERS ARE
FORCED in COOLING BOX BY
DESPERATE RoReER.
ANOTHER NELSON
IS The VICTIM
MASKED MAN ENTERS BuILDINa
ON SOUTH UNION STREET AND
PUTS THREE CITIZENS To
FLIGHT WHILE He LooTs PLACE

1 Forced into the Ice box at the
menacing point OF revolver In the
hands of masked bandit, and i'm.
prisoned there while the highwayman
robbed the till OF the Tom Santen sa-
loon, at the corner of Samantha and
Union streets early this morning. was
the exciting experiences of Fred Nell
son, the bartender, and w. f. Stevens
and Richard Bogard. The holdup oc.
CURED about 5:45 o'clock. Nelson was
tending bar and w. F. Stevens was
in the toilet room when the bandit
came into the saloon, and at the point
4 Of the gun forced Nelson into the Ice
Ibox. Stevens hearing the rough com
| versation put his head out Of the
toilet room and the masked mans
gun proved an invitation to him to
keep company with Nelson Bogard
came into the saloon while the robber
was relieving the cash register OF its
I small sum of money and thinking
that the man was new bartender
made 9 joking remark. He was sur
/ prised ito have the robber point the
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the ice box along with Nelson and
Stevens After robbing the TIL OF all
the money. amounting to nearly $500,
the masked bandit relieved Nelson Of
his diamond stud, valued at 346, q gold
watch and chain and fifteen cents in
money. He searched the other men
and found nothing. Leaving the men
Imprisoned in the Ice box the bandit
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to the saloon. passed man about
thirty feet from the scene OF the hold
up who Is believed to have been the
bandit Going into the saloon he
heard the three men kicking against
the walls OF the ice box aud immedi
ately released them.
officers scour Nstohborhood.
Nelson notified the police station.
the call coming In at o'clock, and q,
squad OF blue coats, Patrolmen Muir.
ray, Harris and Beaman, Desk Ser.
geant Lightner In charge OF Matt
Mier, went to the Santen saloon and
started search for the robber. The
bottom land from Union street to
Iowa avenue was closely searched by I
the minions of the law but no trace OF
the holdup man was secured. Several
people met along the way were ques.
toned, and Burlington engineer and
fireman reported that q man had been
heldup near the bill board close to
the Burlington roundhouse. Chief
Gallagher was Immediately notified of
the robbery and he took charge OF the
situation and close search Of the
city is being made today by the day
and night officers in hopes Of catching
the bandit. Chief Gallagher has In
structed the patrolmen to arrest all
strangers who look suspicious. He Is
determined to bring the man TO
justice.
Nelson Describes Bandit.
Nelson, who turned In the alarm to
the police station, described the
bandit as q man about five feet, six
to eight inches tall, wearing black
suit and a black hat, with black
handkerchief over his face to conceal
his identity Chief Of Police Gallagher.
Night Captain Matt Mier and all OF
the officers who are working on the
case believe that the bandit who rob
bed the Santen saloon is the same
ma.s who held UP Patrolman Nels Nell
son at the Martin O'Hora livery barn
MyTLl0 SIIoct INOAu1y Al6Aes hO
description OF the two men tallies ex-
actly and he was dressed alike on
both occasions The police believe
that his extraordinary boldness in
holding up Patrolman Nelson was done
to intimidate the officers that his
reign of terror in the city might be
easy. He displayed the same kind OF
boldness this morning when he locked
the three men In the Ice box. His
work plainly shows that he Is not
local party but professional bandit.
All trains leaving the city today
were closely watched to see that no
man answering the description de-
parted from the city. The police be-
lieve that the man Is still in the city
and intends to make some more hauls
before leaving for newer fields.
This is the first case OF lawlessness
of this kind in the city for q number
of years and the police are most de-
sirous Of capturing the guilty one.
Although a holdup was said to have
occurred near the Burlington round
house this, morning, no report was 70.
,efyed Mt the pOlfce station