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Show NINE MEN ARE HELD UP IN SALOON AND BEATEN BY MASKED HIGHWAYMEN Nine men In the Saltalr saloon. Fourth West and First South streets, were held up by three armed and masked highwaymen at midnight Tuesday, Tues-day, and were robbed of all their money and valuable The men were beaten over the head by the robbers, who clubbed them with their revolvers. No resistance wa9 offered. One of the hold-ups entered the saloon sa-loon while nine men were lined up at the bar. He was not noticed and walked to a wine room at the rear of the barroom. bar-room. The second hold-up then entered the front door of the saloon, masked and armed with a revolver of large caliber. The first one then emerged from the wine room where he had masked himself him-self with a handkerchief. The robbers leveled their weapons on tbe crowd and backed them up against the wall, with hands elevated. The third man had entered the saloon in the meantime and covered the bartender. John Adams refused to get into line and was beaten with the butt of a revolver, re-volver, several times, suffering severe cuts on the face and head. Ed McDermott tried to get away, but he was grabbed by the collar and smashed over the eyes with the barrel of a revolver. He then got Into line, bleeding from an ugly cut. Three or four of the men In line turned to see what was going on, and were clubbed for their curiosity. ine Darceiuier. lee iove, men to reach- his revolver back of the bar, and was knocked insensible. The robbers then searched the pockets pock-ets of their victims and opened the cash drawer, from which they secured $16. Their haul from the pockets of their victims secured but to for them. The robbers then made their escape through the rear of the saloon and ran across the railroad yards. A quarter of an hour after the Saltalr saloon robbery, a railroad man was held up and robbed on South Temple street west of the Short Line tracks. He lost $2.75. The robber came from the direction of the Saltalr saloon. He wore no mask, but carried a large revolver. |