Show fPiffi i 1i < > < > + < > < > Last night about 9 oclock a man by the name of Hurdall appeared in the police station covered with lush and snow and reported that he had been held up and robbed of the sum of 497o In proof of his assertion he showed a lump on the right side of his head which he averred had been made by the holdups His story was that be left work at the Oregon Short Line depot and started home He had just received his pay and stopped in Whittemorss saloon to get a glass of beer before going on He then left the saloon and started outon Fourth West walking southward He proceeded without any trouble until he reached Ellerbecks coal yard between First and Second South 1 streets He did not see anyone and t walked on without looking around Suddenly he received a stunning blow on the side of the head the force of which knocked him down When on the ground he received another blow on the head and he became almost unconscious un-conscious He had a dim recollection of someone going through his pockets and then hearing people running away When he regained his senses he was lying on the ground where he had fallen and no one else was in sight When he felt in his pockets he found that all his money was gone He immediately im-mediately went to the police station and reported the matter but it is a hopeless case as he could not give any details whatever as to the identity of his assailants < > S 0 J F Griffin was arrested yesterday by Officers Seigfus and Heath on a charge of drunkenness The officers say that just before he was arrested he sold a new overcoat to a secondhand second-hand dealer and it is thought that it was stolen Until someone calls at the police station and identifies the overcoat over-coat the charge of drunkenness alone will be held against him < t > 0 0 Edward Mace was arraigned in police court yesterday on a charge of petit larceny He pleaded not guilty and went to trial It was alleged that he stole a shirt from E C Whittakers room in the Templeton lodging house After the evidence was all in it was found insufficient to warrant a conviction so he was discharged o 00 Bob Fortune received a 5 fine for being drunk and 15 for disturbing the peace a > a ci J Park and W D Helm were found guilty of cruelty to animals and were I each fined 35 for the offense The other Helm boy in the case was discharged o 0 < > Fred Williams was sentenced to serve I 15 days on a charge of begging |