Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-16 | Page 107 | "Hold up Your Hands" the Word

HOLD UP YOUR mu HANDS T THE E WO DI Portland Or Dec Dee l One n of ot the th I most daring robberies ever recorded In Inthis Inthis inthis this city occurred this evening shortly after G C when two masked men entered tho the barroom of ot the time Centennial 1 hotel nt III Sherlock avenue In tn Portland and Ind held hell up the tho bartender tnt 15 men len who ho were drinking ng In the tire place Two men Ien who attempted to es escape escape cape rape time the robbers vere shot one per perhaps Image haps fatally Catul Tho The visitors In the time place were startled by b the command Hold up your our hands hall arid and MW saw 11 two masked men m n standing In the doorway with wih lev leveled leveled reoler pointing In iii their direction tion The rhe robbers rob hers lined the tho visitors up UI behind ton the barroom stove and one onre of ot them thel proceeded to rob tho the till tl while the other kept guard Thomas an aged agel sailor antI and S H I Hou Housh h to t escape from tho the room but hut were cro both shot in Iii 1 the tho arm aria Flemming however kept k vt on oni ongoing ongoing going arid and got outside the place No was made to rob time the vie vis b lIon and when time the man mann who went to the till tt had hint secured d Its I I contents amounting to 25 both hacked out At the entrance a 1 surprise awaited them thel lay In wait armed with a mm heavy helvy club He le dealt uric ono wih I cub of or the robbers robber a n glancing blow on the th head hut his bin aim was Inaccurate anI he ho did little to Impede tho the escape and for his iris pains was shot In the abdomen receiving ft a 1 serious nod ad perhaps wound The Iho robbers escaped leaving no 10 clue I IlS as 05 to t their Identity They were wera traced lS where to a n saloon In the neighborhood they tl had bought drinks but bul after ater leav leavIng lea Ing tire the place all 11 trace of oC them was IS ISlo lost lo t