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Show licateu and Hulled. At a late hour on Saturday even ing a man named Woods, who we are infotnu-d is a carpenter in Uie employ of Uie bridge department of the Rio Crania Western, while walking near what is known as Mother Taylor's Row, in the Fourteenth Four-teenth WarJ, was aalled by a man who struck him on thu head with a weaion, which Mr. Woods took to be B piece of gas pipe. 3Ir. Woods showed fight and was defending de-fending himself, when a second footpad, who had been concealed behind a tree, came to theasskUnce of the first. The two robbcr4 over.-ame their victim, Wat him severely, and took from him a watch valued at $120. two time checks of $5J uach, and a few dollars in silver. Mr. Woods' Injuries were painful but net so serious as to lay him Uh Three men hae been arrested on suspicion of being the robbers, but the officers refuse to disclose the nature of the evidence against thtm. |