Highwayman Attacks Laborer on the Waterfront

Ole Olsen, a beachcomber, was held up by two highwaymen Thursday morning at 2 o'clock and robbed of $10 in money and a silver watch and chain. He reported his loss to the police yesterday, but the robbers have not yet been captured. It was about 1 o'clock when Olsen started for his cabin on the water front at the foot of Virginia street. He walked along the Great Northern trestle, and when he reached the dock near Virginia street he was confronted by a large man who wore a mask of red cloth and was clothed in a shoddy dark suit. The man seemed to rise up right out of the dock, and he brought Olsen to a stop with a revolver and the exclamation, 'Throw up your hands!' Olsen complied. Hearing a noise from behind he looked around and saw another man, who carried a big hunting knife. This second man said: 'If you open your mouth or make a move I'll cut your liver out.' Olsen didn't move and the man from behind searched him, taking the money and the watch. When the men disappeared in the darkness, Olsen hurried back down the track, and near Columbia street met Officer Williams, who accompanied him to the scene of the robbery, but the thieves were not to be found.