Daring Work of Footpads

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DARING WORK OF FOOTPADS Virginian Held Up and Robbed of Considerable Money on Ferry Avenue. TWO SUSPECTS LANDED IN JAIL A Virginian was held up and robbed of a considerable sum of money in front of the ruins of the Fries-Breslin rug mill on Ferry avenue about 2 o'clock this afternoon. The case was reported to the authorities and Detective Moffett and Policeman Fitzsimmons were assigned to the case. Later two men, supposed to be the highwaymen, were arrested by Moffett and Fitzsimmons as they were about boarding a Broadway trolley car. They were locked up in the City Hall and will have a hearing to-morrow. The prisoners gave the names of Harry L. McDonald and Robert Hamilton, of this city. A gold watch and $5 in money was found on them. The man beaten, robbed and thrown in a ditch was Joseph Welsh, of Sparta, Va.

Virginian Robbed Near Ruins of Fries-Breslin Mill

Joseph Welsh of Sparta, Va., was robbed last night of $15 and a gold watch by two footpads near the ruins of the Fries-Breslin carpet mill, Ferry avenue. Welsh, who has been residing at the Hotel Camden, was passing the ruins when he was set upon by two young men who choked him while rifling his pockets.

Welsh screamed loudly but no one came to his assistance. He told the police that the thieves ran toward Jackson street after the robbery. Patrolman Loftus, who was on Ferry avenue, pursued two men answering the description but lost them in the darkness.

Two men were arrested on suspicion, Harry L. McDonald, 19, of Federal street, and Robert Hamilton, 19, of Federal street. They will be given a hearing today.

The ruins of the Fries-Breslin mill, destroyed by fire in October 1904, were located approximately at 1467 Ferry Avenue. Henry C. Moffett and Charles H. Fitzsimmons were among those connected with the mill.