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Show Ij lone nwm ', NUSOUIII i( jAffcr Tiipping ihe Till, He ) Draws (Mass of Beer and Drinks It. ! ! IIHTHKX.SBAROHKSTHK TEN MEN IN THE PLACE j This Done, He Saunters Out of ' Front Door and Dis appears. II ' Covering, tbo inmates -with his pun, a lono highwayman hold up the Wash-' Wash-' ington saloon nl, 121 "West Third South street Tuesday night, al 11:40 o'clock an.! got away with more than $100 i worth of-loot.' After robbing everyone, in t.hc place the. robber backed out of t ihc t'roat door of the shIooii and told the inmates to stay insido if they wanted ( 1o keep a whole skin. The police have his description. While ton men were seated in the saloon playing cards :nd .joking with t one another, the "lone highwayman walked in the front door and sang out, I ''Stick u) vour hands, yon suckers, and line up with your faces to the wall!" I "When the startled men looked into the J gun t.hev promptly obeyed. The high- 1 wavninn then walked over to ihc cash ( " register and took out the contents. The J proprietor. Nick Butkovich, :itli:mpled 1 lo turn his head and look at the rob- I bcr, but was warned to stand still and J not: to get inquisitive. After rifling J the cash register the robber calmly 1 drew a gins? of bper and tossed it off, j while he surveyed the ten men lined up against the wall. ' Pockets are Searched. ' Walking over to tbo first man the i 'highwayman stuck the gun into I he j man's back ;:nd proceeded to search i his pocket?, taking his money and .iew- 1 olrv. This sumo procedure was gone t through with all of the other man in J the place, the robber being careful not I to lenvo a. sprue nirkle. i When the search had been completed I h- robber walked to the- front door, all of the while watching the men, and after af-ter warning everyone to Ktay inside or lake, chances on being shot io death, ho disappeared in the darkness. The polico were immediately telephoned and a number of officers dispatched to the sec'ne. The highwayman is described . as wearing a dark overcoat., black cloth ing and a brown hat. lie had a red handkerchief tied over his face, and was only five feet in height. According to the" proprietor of the saloon, he would weight about l!!u pounds. |