Salt Lake Herald | 1906-10-11 | Page 5 | Time to Call a Halt

TIME TO GALL CALL A HALT HAL Women Now Being Held Up by San Francisco Footpads San Francisco Oct 10 The footpads who are plying their craft on the streets of San Francisco have turned their attention to women and are mak making making makIng ing them hand over purses and jewels Helen Leavitt daughter of Rev Dr Bradford Leavitt of the First Unitarian church and 17 earold Louise Sloss daughter of the millionaire banker and capitalists are 4 I the latest victims of the indiscriminate outlawry wry Stopped by on the streets both girls had to submit to search and were so 50 badly frightened that they are still suffering from shock Albert Porter a contractor I was beat beaten en and robbed ro bed at midnight last night by three masked men concealed in the entrance to a lodging house at Fourth and Howard streets where Porter rt ru resides sides eIdes Despite the fact that revolvers were displayed by his assailants Por Porter Porter Porter ter states that he lie made a desperate d sperate fight but was clubbed until senseless and knew no more until he recovered consciousness con in the gutter near where he had been held up In a search for a money belt which he has been In The he habit of wearing next to his body the themen themen themen men stripped Porter of his coat vest and shirt but failed to discover the belt They secured 87 in bills a gold watch and a diamond stick sUck pin The police have made no arrests in connection connection connection tion with the affair aff i