Show ROBBED BY HIGHWAYMEN ASA I REED SAYS HE WAS THE VICTIM OF HOLDUPS Attacked While on His Way Home Early Yesterday Morning His Watch and S 17 in Cash Taken Asa L Reed of 710 West Second North reported to the police early yesterday morning thai ho had been held up by Iwo men and at the point of a revolver forced to turn over a valuable gold watch and 417 in cash to time thugs Rood said that he was wending his way homeward when at a point on Fourth West near Second North two miMi suddenly pounced from a dark place and directed him to throw nlofl j his hands One of the men he says emphasized the cormrfand by poking a revolver the size of a 2Inch field ploco under hit nose und ho according ly obeyed with alacrity He was able to urnlsh mt good description of time holdups and Olllcer Ktldlngton accompanied accom-panied him about probable places In Jiono of seeing the thugs Reed pointed out to men lo time olll cers who he said resembled tIme thugs Thy iwo Were slopped but they quickly proved an alibi Tho police mode a thoiough investlgnilon of the case several sev-eral ofilcers going to the scone of Ihu alleged crlnit and they stale that Reeds story did mil ronnorl well The ottlcera express tin belief thai the watch and money crc lost somewhere else |