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Show A SIGNIFICANT PANTOMIME. A Deaf Mute Tells a Story of a Fearful Murder and Robbery. List night, Joseph Bernard, a deaf and dumb young man, aged about 21 years, came into the police station, and by his attionB manifested a strong desire to impart tome information of a very important character. After watching hia gestures for a time, and conversing with him in tbat manner, as near as could be understood, he wished to aay nomething to tbe following fol-lowing efiect: He bad juet returned from Park City, or vicinity; and on Sunday night three men had broken ioto the house of a person who waa sleeping. Admission had been gained by removing a latch lock. Two of the men were masked, while the third Lad a heavy beard on bis face. I Tbe inmate of tbe houae had baen sleeping, but must have awakened and arisen, aa one of tbe masked men stabbed him with a long knife ana then cut hi to aotos the abdomen, lengthwise, and from the description, trie cut must have been a terrible one. The robher with, tbe beard waa then ebot in the koee, while tha party tubbed eaok into a chair and died. One ol the robbers forced open a deek and took therelrom a Urge roll ol money, amounting, according to Bernards Ber-nards own figure?, t) tone $13,900. Tne robbers then made their escape. From hia description they had their olothes torn badly, and he showed the manner in wbioh the apparel ot I each waB broken. The leg of the one shot in the knee had swollen a great deal, and all three were making for ibis city aa rapidly as posaible on foot. He Bhowed by the watch that thev might be here early thia morning and he wanted them arrests. He evidenced evi-denced a genuine appreciation of the wants ol the three, as he drew the picture of a gallows on the elate, and significantly put his fingers to hia throat, rolled up hia eyes and went thiough a remarkably natural ohoking Boene, while he indicatsd by three of his fingers that tbe hanging bee would not be complete without three persona. He wea very earnest, and aome are inclined to believe there is aome foundation in the atory. He repeated the pantomime Beveral times, and each time it was strikingly the aame aa the others. |