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Show Mr. V. NV. Fuuo UolUvciI ol C:U' by a lliuih. Ol tlu many rohberiea in ihn Mivub of Salt I.akfl, one of the most d:irin:; Oi-t unwl lt ovoning. Mr. W, W. Funge of this city, but who in tu pie.M'nl in the coal Ir.i.iiiKs.s at Odi-n, came ilown on hut mvuiti'a train tuul btaiud lor his reaidcufti in tin' loth ward. Leaving thtt depot hn proert-ilitl along thu Utah S.iatlioru track, and was near the aliivt down which his house is located, when ln was eonlronted by anitlian, who pre-onul pre-onul a pistol and demanded his money. Mr. Fun go was Ukuu atta.k at thus being availed in a publi.-tlrcet, publi.-tlrcet, and so eaily iu lhe evening. However, he had presence of mind tu catch at the weapon, but ho was nut quick enough. The deBpemdi. cocked his pistol, and gavt Mr. Fun go to understand that he uhlm make a speedy transfer of his valu aides or tako the iuevital'lo cnnnn-quences, cnnnn-quences, which were bullelB. Mr. F. choose the horn of the dilemma most Urorable to the preservaliim of hfd, :itid banded over to tho scoundrel all the money be had upon his person, between $-100 and $000. He also gave tho fellow a mtmlui of valuable naners. wliieh he requeued the robber not to destroy, as they were- of no use to anyone but Mr. F.( to whom they were ot" great importance. Trie robber then ordered Mr. Funge In precede him, under penalty of having hav-ing the "top of his head blown oil" if he refused. The command was obeynl, wlun tho highwaymen followed fol-lowed f.r a short distance and linn hastily lied in another direction. A number of young men and boys were in tno immediate vicinity, bul none of them knew of tbo occurrence till I'Ler it was over. A young man coming up the street just a.er the robbery, saw two men dressed in uray clothes, skulking in the gutter by the i-ide of the railruad grade. The boys who had been playing near the scene of the robbery for some time previous to the atlray, say that two men wearing grey clothes, had been luiler-ing luiler-ing about there since.early evening. Mr. Funge is unable to describe tht man who assaulttd him except that the fellow was dressed in grey and wore a grey beard, which, however, Mr. F. thinks was fa!?e. Tne police are on tho lookout for tho scoundrel, but with httlo hope o( catching them. Mr. Funge comes to Salt Lake every Wednesday and Saturday evening, even-ing, and the probabilities are that the robbers knew his habit in this respect. re-spect. They had evidently expected ex-pected that he would come in ou the train, and stationed themselves at the point on his accustomed route home, where they would be least liable lia-ble to disturbance. We understand that Mr. F., in taking that walk, has not before been without bis pitol U r months; but unfortunately he was unarmed last night; and it is a.'so singular that lie ihould be attacked on that occasion, when he had a much larger sum of money than he usually carries, as he had neglected to place it in the bank, as was his custom, before leaving Ogden. Two or three nights ago a man was slopped in the street bygarroters, but ne suceeeueu in geuiug aw.t num them with only a few bruises. It behooves belated pedestrians to ' carry weapons and hold themselves ready to use them if occasion requires. The least expensive wiy of dealing with burglars, garroters and highwaymen highway-men is to dose them with lead. If the remedy is judiciously applied, a speedy cure is eflected, and the only expense is that of a coroner's inquest and a cheap funeral. |