HYRUM PETERSONS FAMILY SLEPT IN TENT waking they found that robbers had ransacked house taking 25 also from tent from mondays standard while the family were last asleep in a tent at the rear of house bur blara entered and completely ransacked the residence of hyrum peter aon street about midnight last night securing about 25 in cash the family wre roused from their by the barking of a dog and an investigation disclosed the theft alie Patter sona havo adai d ahe custom or in a t nt at the ear of their house and last night re tied ti ed about eleven at about celock they were ly tm larking of the dogs and athin mr peterson got up to see what iho commotion was about he upon hh vS vujos Jos purse lying upon ane floor of the tent ibis arobia i suspicion ar an in tion showed that robbery hid been committed the police wen tele arr nd the ngou willi fincers in cers R and hadlick were dispatched it was learned that the thieves had effected an entrance through a rear door that had been left open and that thoy had completely ransacked the house scattering the contents of drawers and closets about in helter fashion falling to find any cash in the house the thieves went to the tent where the petersons were sleeping and obtained mrs petersons purse which she had concealed beneath the mattress of the bed upon which they were sleeping the purse contained 13 in money which was taken and the empty purse returned to the tent they next secured mr petersons trousers from which they took 1075 his watch was also taken from the trousers but like the purse it was thrown back on the floor of ana tent where it was found by its owner A peculiar thing about the whole affair is that the robbers in their haste overlooked a lot of valuable jewelry that was left in the house no trace of the thieves was secured