The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-15
HOLD Up MEN
IN BOLD COUP
Two Men Rob Mcdaniel Place and
Get Away With Watches
and 5000 in Mney
TWO DEPUTY SHERIFFS
LEAVE IN AUTOMOBILE
For Scene of Robbery Taking
Bloodhounds to Assist in the
Capture-Chief of Police Curry
Of Wapato on the Lookout.

A telephone message ives received
at $3.50 o'clock last night at the sher-
IFS office in North yakima. telling
of holdup at Parker. The first in
formation. which was verified later
by telephone message from Chief Of
Police Curry of Wapato to the Her.
aid. stated that two men had held up
McDaniers soft drink place at Parker.
1t was variously reported that they
got from $40 to 5000 in cash and
several watches. One watch was an
open face gold piece, Is size, with
the initials "R. l.. NJ" on the case
and the picture of woman inside.
They also secured two cheap watches
and purse containing some old coins.
among them a Mexican fifty cent
piece. One OF the men is described
as a short man and the other little
taller, their ages being about % or
% years. The taller man was slightly
bumped
Deputy Sheriffs Rightmire and Hill
yer, who were within reach of the Of
flee, were at once notified by Jailer
Huan, as was also Sheriff Day,
who is in Mabton. Just as soon
as it was possible to do so.
the two deputies secured an automo-
bile and within ten minutes from the
time they were notified these ofiic ers
were on their way to Wapato. taking
with them Rightmires bloodhounds
and a shotgun with shells loaded with
buckshot in addition to their automatic
revolvers which they always carried.
WapatO Officers IIelp
Chief Curry. as soon as he was no.
titled of the robbery, believing that
the men would come toward Wapato.
sent out his little force to watch the
roads leading into town. He was no.
titled of the coming of Deputies Right
mlre and Hillyer and made ready to
cooperate with them.
Parker is on the Northern Pacific
Railroad, seven and half miles from
North Yakima and about three miles
northeast OF Wapato. The road from
North Yakima to Parker runs along
the north side of the river and then
branches off toward Wapato. II tho
robbers take the road toward North
Yakima they will be met by the depu-
ties In the automobile and II they
go toward Wapato, Chief Curry's
forces will doubtless intercept them.
Zilla is beyond Parker, giving them
another evenue OF escape II they
should leave these highways they
would have to take to the sagebrush.
1t is reported that after leaving
Parker they headed toward Wapato.
and on their way held up a man on
the railroad tracks
UrnnhIs m nfrnNyn.
Shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
Ing, the two deputy sheriffs returned
to North Yakima without their men.
They went through to Parker, get
robbery occurred, this giving the hold
ups plenty of time to get out OF the
way. At Parker they met a party of
officers who came up from Wapato.
Deputy Sheriff Hillyer said the rob-
bers got away with $275 in cash and
three gold watches, but they could not
verify the report tha'N they had COM
mitted n second holdup.
Deputy Rightmire said the robbers
walked into McDaniels place and
commanded the proprietor and three
other men to hold up their hands
against the wall. They searched ev-
erybody and took all they had and
then compelled the proprietor. Nc
Daniel, to open the safe, from which
they secured about $500 The re-
mainder of the sum taken came from
the other men, one of them losing
fifty dollars. The robbers were mask
ed