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Show John Dlckerson and Frank Robinson, Robin-son, two Amerlcun Fork youths, are wiser by $100 than they were ten days ago. Guy Frumpton operates tho mo-Jtlon mo-Jtlon picture machine for Clark's Opera House, and to get ventlatlon, leaves the window of hlc operating room next to tho street open while doing so. Thuraduy night while tum-I tum-I lug off tho Inst reel, tho youths rerer. red to, threw a lighted cigar rrom .tho side walk up Into tho operating room. Framptou kicked It out, when they threw It in again. This tlmo It lit in a box containing a thouaund feet of Inllainublo picture films. Instnntly tho box wiib oblazo ami tho few ro-mainlng ro-mainlng peopln lu tho Opera Houao rushed out thinking tho placo afire. Framptou grabbed tho bluzzlng films with his hand, threw It on the floor and kicked It out or tho open window onto tho sldo walk. In doing bo ho anved tho other reola, but received some bud burns on his hands and arms. The boys wero nabbed by tho City Marshal berore they could get away. Beroro being released, tho boys gave Mr. Clark what money they hud which. with some notes they signed, represented repre-sented u total or $100, or $50 eacli This was tho value or tho Hint. |