Show goldfield bandits get 1000 and set up the drinks goldfield nev sept 26 the inmates of a saloon belonging to jake goodfriend and william briggs located on the main street of this town were held up by two men eirby this the place robbed of nearly 1000 the highwaymen who were masked then treated the crowd and maae good their escape during the confusion which ensued there were eight men la the saloon drinking and playing roulette when a short man masked with a red handkerchief entered and stepping up behind the man at the bar leveled a revolver over his shoulder at the bartender elsie ross and commanded him and all in the room to throw up their hands all thought it a joke but the first man was quickly followed by another and still shorter man who backed up the command of hands up the eight men were lined up against the back of the barroom and the two holdi ups walked to the roulette wheel where they laid their pistols upon the table and the taller busily spun the ball while the other swept the money into a grip they then forced the wheel dealer to unlock a drawer of gold and quickly the shorter man emptied the two cash registers getting altogether just at this time a man entered the saloon and the shorter holdup hold up who was as nervous as the other was cool backed into the street at the point of his pistol and disappeared even then the other man was not dismayed he laughed and throwing on the bar ordered all up to take a drink the thoroughly cowed men obeyed this robber sat at the end of the bar while one man handed him a whisky bottle and another handed him a glass he drank this just as iwo more men entered tho outside these men were asked to have a drink and laughing the robber disappeared through a side door rully ove minutes after the first man had left the larger of the two weighed more than pounds and the smaller about pounds none of the men in the place were robbed A posse liaa searched for ithe robbers but no clue to their identity has been bound |