Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-30 | Page 2 | Bandits Bloody Act

BANDITS BLOODY ACT TWO MASKED ROBBERS TURNED THE TRICK seattle saloon held up and three men shot down two masked robbers held up lou conway s saloon at seattle wash shot conway james murphy and gil bert mcbeath and escaped murphy will die conway s right arm will ba amputated and mcbeath IB badly hurt in the side the robbers then went behind the bar and from the cash drawer and a watch from con way s pocket conway is a brother ot city councilman james conway there were five men in the saloon when tha shooting occurred in an instant one of the bandits lev aled his revolver at conway s head and said throw up your hands conway thought the man was jok ing what you meana answered conway I 1 won t throw up my hands well I 1 will show you was the reply and the bandit fired po nt blank at conway the bullet struck the saloon man s left arm and he dropped behind the bar the bandit fired again just as mur phy had turned around to see what the trouble was the second bullet struck murphy squarely in the abdomen mcbeath started to run to the back door when a bullet caught him in the left side longfield put up his handa and a fourth bullet went by his head there was one more shot fired but it struck no one