Show FIRED AT BY HOLDUPS k John JolIn La LaDue aDue Due Has iJ Lively Exper lenec With Footpads I HE IS BED OF STARTED TO BUN RUN BUT BROUGHT TO STOP BY TWO SHOTS I ui UE UD your hands bands was the command of a couple of holdups s as thoy they ed from behind some trees tree on OB Sixth East near Second South streets last night and flashed lashed their guns Buns in the face race of John La Due Instead of obeying Mr La Due Dl start started started started ed to run but bat he was brought to a 3 sudden stop stor by y a 0 couple of bullets which whistled in dangerous proximity proximity ity to his hs head One of the footpads then kept him covered with a gun while the other went through his pockets and relieved him of The holdup occurred about clock 0 while the victim of the affair was on ills Kis way to his home at South Sixth East street JUr Mr La Due turned down the west side of Sixth East from First South street and In Ina Ina ina a dark portion Dortlon of the sidewalk near the middle of the block two men sud suddenly suddenly suddenly denly stepped out from behind some trees and ordered him to throw up his hla hands It w s then that Mr La Due started on the run The holdups fired a shot at him he said but he kept going and they fired again This e the bullet went by bv him with a ting aing whistle and he be decided d It w v time to stop Look Looked d Down Muzzle One of the men held the muzzle of his hisgun hisgun hisgun gun where Mr La Due Du could gaze down the barrel ba el while the other man manS S searched his pickets The victim had the sum of money named in his pockets po S and a 3 gold watch but the robbers were S evidently after cash only and bother the watch or other personal ef effects effects S After securing their booty the hold holdup holdup holdup up told their victim to hike and he h lost no time in doing so The thugs stood and watched him Mr La Due said until he turned the corner at Third South street then they disappeared disappeared but he did not know in what direction Mr La Due went straight to McCoys drug stoe stOie on Third South and Fifth East streets and telephoned the matter to the police He could not give a very good description of the men but such as he could he gave to the officers One of the men he described as being rather J small and the other as having the ap appearance I of a n rather old man The latter had a gray beard which Mr La LaDue LaDue LaS LaDue Due thought was false raise S Guns Guim Looked Big He said the men had bad big guns at least they the looked big to him and whether they shot to hit or not he know but the second bullet sang p by closer than he cared to have any anymore anymore anymore more come The first bullet he said he did not hear and he thought they might have fired up in the air Several people living in the vicinity heard the shots but no attention was paid to them at the time They said I after they were Informed of the hold holdup holdup holdS S 4 up that shooting was quite frequent in inS S that neighborhood at nights 1 The numerous affairs of this kind recently have stirred tl the police pollee to ac activity activity activity and it Is probable that all sus suspicious susI I vicious characters about the city will willbe willbe willbe be taken in hand and made to give an account of o themselves |