Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-02-05
BRUNEAU SPORTS
Relieved OF CASH
BY BOLD BANDITS
Big Excitment in Owyhee
County Town as Boise
Gun Men Make Raid on
Amusement Hall.

At an early hour last Sunday
morning the Pastime pool hall In
Bruneau was held up by three
masked men and about $1,000 In
| cash and considerable amount of
jewelry was secured The three
men came into the pool hall at
about two o'clock In the morning.
when a poker game was In progress,
lined everybody up against the wall
and relieved them OF all their valu-
ables. Then they backed out one
at time, warning their yictems not
to follow them, climbed into Hud-
son car and headed for Mountain
Home. An effort to call Mountain
Home revealed the fact that the
wires had been cut so the party got
two ears and started In pursuit. As
the pnrsuers came down the hill to
the river they could see the robbers
car ascending the hill ON the op-
posite slide and when they reached
Mountain Home they We're but a
few minutes behind. From here
they phoned the Boise police de-
partment and party of six officers
came out to- the New York canal
bridge, blocked the structure with
their car and waited. Within few
minutes the Hudson car came To the
bridge, and when the driver saw
the trap, he reversed gears and
sstarted backwards, The police
fired number OF shots into the car
al which two men broke away and
fled into the sage brush. These
men have not yet been captured but
In the car was the third man wound
ed through the leg, and he IL now in
custody.
With the wounded man was taken
something over four hundred dol
lars, more than three hundred OF
which he claimed was his own and
not part of the spoils OF the raid.
II Is claimed that the other two men
are known to the Boise police and
that they win undoubtedly be cap
tured in time.
During the robbery and with
about fifteen men lined up against
the wall a number OF eomlcal incl
dents happened, which the survivors
related TO excited groups the next
day One man was found to have a
bottle of whiskey and when the rob
bers stopped to refresh themselves,
another man, who had already been
searched, made a holler, accusing
the bandits of being poor sports In
drinking up the booze after they
had taken all the money. leaving
their victims unable to buy more.
Just for that one of the raiders
went back and took away the VIC
Tins cigarettes. Another man,
with his money spread out on the
poker table, grabbed a handful and
skilfully palming It, held up his
hands and was undeteeted. Still
man flched twenty dollar
bill from the wad gathered by the
robbers and got away with it, and
one man, after being robbed, put up
the plea that he was from Mountain
Home and would be unable to get
home without expense money One
Of the bandits returned him hand
full of change totaling $40.
Before leaving the raiders took
possession of number of guns and
all the ammunition they could find
but they missed one gun behind the
cash register. AS soon as they
were out the door Bill Poison siezed
this gun and running out the rear
door, opened FIRE on the escaping
men and II was at this time that
one Of them was wounded.
The car which the bandits used
q Hudson stored in a Boise garage
for sale. Two men took 1t out Sat
urday, ostensibly to try it before
buying, and failed to return. They
had some repair work done in
Home garage during Sat
lrday afternoon.