Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-12-08 | Page 31 | Lyon Disturbs Burglar in Act

LYON DISTURBS IN ACT Fires Two Shots After Fugitive Fleeing From Court Saloon j I jI LOSES TRAIL IN I NALLEY ALLEY BUT BUl MAN SUPPOSED TO BE THE ROBBER RETURNS After breaking into the Court saloon at State and Fourth South streets early yesterday morning a burglar was ran ransacking ransacking ransacking sacking the place when Policeman John JohnM Johnr M 11 r Lyon passed and noticed the door was open The policeman entered the bar barroom barroom barroom room and rapped with his club upon the counter shouting ja A here There was no reply to Lyons question but a moment later a man dashed from behind the bar and ran out of the front door Policeman Lyon fired two shots at the fugitive Neither of them hit the theman theman theman man manThe manThe manThe The burglar made his way to an alley a short distance away awa There Lyon lost track of him and returned to the saloon to telephone for assistance A number of policemen were soon in search forthe for the burglar At daylight a revolver several bottles of whisky and a hammer were found In Inthe Inthe inthe the alley They The had been hidden under a apiece apiece apiece piece of tin Un and nd had evidently been left there by the fleeing thief When the police had completed their search of the neighborhood and had about concluded that the burglar had made his escape George R IL Elliott who says he Is Isa Isa isa a printer walked into Inlo the Court aloon saloon where several policemen were standing and offered to buy drinks for the crowd Policeman Lyon at once placed Elliott under arrest declaring that he was the burglar An overcoat which is said to belong to Elliott was found In an old trunk in the rear of Kennedys saloon at South State street The police pollee believe bellee that El Elliott Elliott Elliott liott ran from the Court saloon on seeing Policeman Lyon enter the place and after hiding for a fow few minutes in the alley ahoy aUe made his way to Kennedys saloon where he hid the overcoat he had been wearing weaning Then supposing that Policeman Lyon would not recognize him with the over overcoat overcoat overcoat coat stripped from him hint he returned to the Court saloon A revolver several bottles of whisky and were stolen from the saloon When Whan Elliott was searched 15 was found In his possession A piece was picked up in iii the alley near the spot at which the revolver end and nd other articles were found I