Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-01 | Page 1 | Many Holdups in the City of Reno

MANY HOLDUPS IN THE CITY OP RENO RF.NO, Nov.. Doc 31. Municipal and county peaeo officials hero decided today I to "ding" Reno. In an effort to cap- j turc what they believe Is a gang of i crooks that have committed hold-ups every few nights during the last iwo I mciiiih?. George G. Brown, a laborer, was inur- , dored bv one of the four highwaymen who robbed the Jargtllorf hotel at au earlv hour last night. After searching most of thc crowd in the gambling houso attached lo the hotel, the highwaymen took the roulette bank roll, amounting to several hundred dollars, and then, as tbev passed through tho door lo the street, the shot was Jlrcd which ended j Brown's life. Tho Dalton gambling house, in the center of Reno, was held up In tho same manner la3t week,- the highwaymen escaping.