Attacked and Robbed in San Fransisco.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7970, 6 November 1905, Page 4

Attacked and Robbed in San Fransisco.

AN AISTUALIAXS EXI'F.MEXCE UOIIItKD Ol' £1(10(1. , SAX FItAXCISCO. Oct. 11!. A curious story regarding some citizens of Australia comes from the col lego town oi Iterkcley . across tho day from San Foancisco. A dispatch dal.il Herkeley, Octobir 11, says : J'lt'oy.il into a secludiil n tragi- at 2211. EHsvrnrHt<3trivt this nfJVrnoon. William ('barb's K]|js. a wealthy Australian horseman, who had only hcon a week in this country,■*as assaulted with hatchet ami pistol in' the hands of a man and woman, and then robbed, while- insensible. of CIIMJO. which he had on his person. I'hnn.aiter 'the jrair of robliers had nadc pood their escape. Kllis re- 1 .■owi-rtl siifTiciently to stagger out of •be house, and. in spite of a gaping .iiniml in the liack of his head.walk-' d three'blocks into the heart of vhe .u-iness district, and fell /ainling on be floor of a livcrv stable F.llis told ihe following; story : "I am Uilliam ('fiaili-s F.Uis. :',l ears ..f ape. late of Sydney, Allstr.ilia. where T lravv at i.rescnt, a ivife. Kli/alicth Kllis. and three children, living at 2.T"). frown-street. I ini a hocciuan by profession, and •aine in (his country to try my forti on the turf in the States. I met, n Sydney a man nainvd William ("iniis. and. in convorsal ion with him I learned that he was iiilere.sted in lif.i-M-rncin». and imil.il a man t" look nil or a siring ofhoisc, winch ; ie mvnisl in America We decided to ••iiiiio Ingot her on the steamer Sierra, and carriiil out ibis plan. a, ihoneh before I left I was warned t.. st.vr clear of Cmiis. I>.x'ause h- was a crook ami a ilan.evrous man. fur and his wife sail.-d tosretlier.ini!. strange to say. they registered es Mr and Mis finish.' ami were known l.y thosii Malm's •dtirrnc t lie entire voyaje. They Were hot ll Very nice apiK'aring |h',.ple. ami sii'med perleel ly .-an- 'l"hjj" dniKwl well, and appannily had pl.-nv of mi \. •V.si.rday both Mr awl Mrs Cur 'is .all.il up.on ■„.' at I lie Hole! T,,:. '"an.", and inviti ,„ U :l- luucl. with them -this. aiMe „,. \i i|„. -am.- nine funis took occasion to ~,vr..w t:.ii iron. ~,.- Thev kn. w how much i ,„. I ha>l. and kn.-w i onl.l spar.- ,1. •I eail.il ibis aft-ri, i la'e lor iiincll. but l" I |„,ih e|.„| i,, 5 ,.,. „,. Th..y had spread a li-hl lunch of „,»r----■iiaM- -and .-a!.... and mov.-l ihe tail.' over to ;],.. Wlli.biu. K-.enil.i iwas pli-.isaiii. and I fell s,, ~iu< h at hou.e Hi|t I ~,..; ,-u ; ., v ( ~,i lt ~,,,1 ■at IIi.WM neal.-l ... .he pol.'ll winlow He,,,,,, r had lime 1,. lake tl,. iirsl moil. I, |"„! (",;,, is came mi l,ehil,l| in.- and att.i.!.,il ni" w,ih a hanmif. :ml follow hit up his ailncl. with a hatchet. I rem.-inber that the woman .nine ai wiih a pistol. The blows on t|, r skull klioekwl |, ~ "1 (■•> seat, and left me all but sense less. T have a fuddliil ni-olleei ion that I 11-y went throiieli ,„, p.„kels. i'.„ I reiiioinlior 'dimly ihat ih.-y fund.l. d It my liouser pockets, n , u | I 1,.„| ~ realisation ih.n il h .j w,re n.b'l.in" me oi my money. I must have passed out for Ihe nexi t|,j„,r ehai I r,i"'"i" was ihat 1 was trvim; to-el "111 .if || n . ,|„o,'. ;,,„! the; Were ti-'lll-i«p with ne I wasabsolul.iv " i.'iicel.-ss. not hav i.ur so much as a penknife Tla-y were arm..l vilh all sor.s if horrible weapons. It siimrs '• 'bat they shot at is 1 ran 'hr..iij-h the i",-„„, Vil ,.,| j ihoinriu | Was hit ill the ~,l'k. Thev tell Ine I mi unsrurri.il in the ini-k, and they say that none of the neighbours h.',i heard the shots, so I suppose that I ona-iiMl Ihis. | ;„„ ~„siijv,.. |„.„,.,_ er. that Ith-v attacked me in iheyn--until I escajMl from then, ami 'rail' down M„. 5,,-„, „,„,,„, ,„„,,

"Hie .-wins that followed niv piv, : > 'lnn. I must have hail,-:! some body, for [ found ,„y.vlf-|..i IK r ,ak,.„ car.. ~l l.v n party ~f stablemen sovcral -Mocks fr.Hii where I was assault-ed.'-XZ. Herald.