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Show 1 GAME OF "HANDS UPI" HOW A MAN FBBL9 BTAftlNCI AT A IIEVOLVEn. Saninllonl ot On ot f l.enl llto lu (limbllnt II..OH., Who IU1 1 Up tI Thru. Dtanrni t V liol. lrud turd lrnlyi I. It yon will take my word for a Ilttls experience I had recently perhaps I can make It clear lo you how It Is possible pos-sible for three bad men to hold up a room full nt fairly bravo men and get away safely with their money,' said a merchant from ths state of Washing ton "1 wns In such a hold-up not long ago and I liars ceased Jeering at fellows fel-lows who have been through similar experience I was one of seventy men who were held up In a bis; gambling hall, nnd as I am not n regular patron ot (uoli places I kept quiet about It nl I home. The gambling house Is ono ot the best known In the West, and on the 1 night of the hold-up It was filled with a representative crowd A searoh would havo disclosed tho fsct, undoubtedly, un-doubtedly, that many ot the men present pres-ent were armed No trouble In recent years has oeeurred In this place, and thero was no reason to anticipate any It was nearly midnight when ths door opened and threo men, masked, nnd each holding two revolvers, entered tho room " 'Hands up quick,' shouted the foro most man "I was sitting nt n faro table when 1 heard this command, aud as I looked Up I foun 1 a revolver pointing straight st my held When I compared notes with the other seventy-odd men later I found lint each ono had tho samo experience ex-perience Thero were only six revolvers revol-vers and yet etch man In the room as wilting to swear that ono ot them was pointed at his head all tho time Tho crowd was simply paralyied with fright For two or three seconds not a man moved Then over In ono corner a Lcadvllla sport brought his hand around to reach for his hip pocket. " 'Blop that or 1 It shoot,' said ono of the masked men covering him with his rovolver 'Hands up, now, qulckl We mean business ' "Urery nun In tho room did hold his hands up Thcro was no hesitation hesita-tion then It was my first experience In that kind of game, but It was not until I was ab'e lo tako my hands down that I realised how tlrcsomo tho operation opera-tion was There we stood, each man with his hands stretched high aboio his bend, when an outcry would bring help at once It was a pretty sure thing, however, that no ono would mako tho outcry Tho three masked men had eyes for every movo, and their revolvers pointed all ways nt onco It Is easy for a man who has not been through such an expsrlenco to suggisl that If sever l men had only made a break these fellows would nave 1 run 1-can honestly say tint" lae barrel of the rovolver Into which I looked seemed to mo to be ss largo ns a sower pipe I cten thought that 1 could see the end ot the bullet, nnd I wns awfully afraid that tho man who held tho revolver might get nervous and shoot me by accident. I tried to look plenant to appease him All this had taken perhaps a mlnuto and a half when tho spokesman shouted to us '"Line up sgalnst that wall with your backs to me and tho man who takes his ban Is down will get shot Quick, now, gentlemen If you please Obey orders, and you won't get hurt' "We lined up as directed, llko a lot of school boys " 'Now, then my friend here will re llevo you ot your valuables without your assistance,' said the spokesman 'Don't move because thcro aro two dead shots behind you Keep quiet and It will soon be over' It nas a very cool ploco of work, I ran assure you One of the threo went right straight down tho row, taking each man's watch nnd money He TUB UAitRKL SBEMUD AS MllOn AS A 8EWKII IMI'K dldn t get as much as he oxpected, and as near as we could estimate later the total haul was under 85 000 There was over 1 100 000 In the safe which the robbers overlooked When we had been eleaned out the spokesman said. "Now gentlemen we are sorry lo Incontenleueo you further, but wo shall have to request you to stand Just as you are for five minutes more. Don't cut tho time short or you will get hurt ' "The side door ojiened at this Instant In-stant and we heard tbeordcr'IIunds up, Chluk, or you re a dead man ' It was one of our Chinese servants who a returning with a tray filled with drinks He promptly dropped the tray, smashing all the glasses, and threw up his hands. We heard no other oth-er round for live minutes Uaoli rrtan counted the seconds to make euro that ho shouldn't tako down his Jiands shead of time The proprietor was the (Inst man to move As soon as h felt that It was safe he turned and found the robbers gone He picked up heavy chair and threw It thrnqga th window It carried the sash with It, and the crash that followed attracted general attention In the street below, Tbe proprietor put his head out of thi window and profanely shouted sucb details ot the hold-up as might put ths people In the street nn tho track ot the robbers. It was useless, however. Thi M fellows walked out quietly, took ofl Rl their masks and disappeared without NB leaving any clue V all piled out ol Em the place to aid the search When wi ru found out a chase was hopeless most ol H us came back to the gambling room to Hi talk It over When we entered thi Wa place we found the Chink standing In fiflj tho ruins of his li with his hsnd wi still above his head The proprietor yn told him to take his hands down Tho IE Chink wouldn t do II and two men who H pulled bis arms to his sides had nil H they could do to hold him Ho had H looked In the big barrel ol one of tlioao H lljKkJ I Mil I WITH HIS HANDS fiTl.I.l, ADOVIt H ins ih:ad H small revolvers, and he hadn't for-1 H gotten H "Now, this was an actual experience. fH If I were mixed up In an affair of that H sort again I would raise my arms Just jH ns quickly It wns expediency and not H n yellow streak that mado tho crowd- M act as It did " H |
