Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-11-23 | Page 12 | Purse Snatcher Assaults Woman

PURSE SNATCHER IER ASSAULTS TO WOMAN IAN While hll walking south on State street last night Mrs Hansen was as assaulted assaulted as- as assaulted and arid her pocketbook containing 55 was wrested tro fron her by an unIdentified unidentified uni urn man main Mrs Hanson who vho lives os at 1157 S. S Second East street had Just passed Thirteenth South street when I Iman a aman L man stepped from behind some trees anti and grasping her pocketbook at attempted attempter at- at tempter tempted to Jerk it from her hands Falling Failing In his first attempt he forced a handkerchief into her mouth ant and anil i with her cries silenced brutally twisted her hand After Arter fter freeing himself himself himself him him- self ho Ire disappeared Other than the handkerchief which was stuffed In Mrs Hansens Hansen's mouth no clew to the theman's theman's mans man's Identity was obtained