Show ALMOST ROBBED Thought His Rooms Had Been Looted Judge S A Merrill became satistled yesterday that someone had been ransacking ran-sacking hti l ls rooms In the Progress building which the tire of Sunday had made readily aeccuslblp lo gentlemen disposed to bf careless of the property rights of others As near us the Judge could tell the marauders had turned everything upside down In their search P for something that would repay them for their trouble Closer Investigation showed the Jud e that the robbers had carried away an assortment of j papers valuable chiefly to the Judge together with a few odds and ends of legal cases which had been laid on tho I table The Judge was naturally tn conaed his first thought being that the thieves hid entered the building while the fire was In progress not designed for a Joke and under tin guise rf helping frlondH had availed themselves I of the opportunity afforded by the prt valllng confusion to do the Judge an Injury After much reflection tho Judge It I Jn said had almost reached the point of offering a reward of fifty cents for the arrest and conviction of tho perpetrator of the foul wrong when he learned that a friend who was Interested In the missing documents had entered the office during the fire and taken the articles The matter will be settled out of court and tho crisis may be regarded as passed |