Show DESPERATE GOLD THIEVES Men Caught Robbing Sluices Confess Crime and Return Dust I French Creek Mont Sent 20Tom Ruddy and George Ogilslve were caught hyVi1 II Mahoney and W R Allen of flcxrs of the French Gulch Gold Dredging I Dredg-ing th > Inl company In the act of robbing Blulceboxes of sold early this mornlncr The company officials suspected that the boxes were being robbed and a watch waa set Ofrllslve Inter confessed con-fessed In Jail that Ruddy and he had been systematically robbing the boxes of gold for many months and returned to the company over S1000 worth of golddust which he had In his possession posses-sion While taklnrr Ruddy to Jail he secured a rile and attempted to kill Roy Davidson nresldent of the company com-pany During the scuffle he fired uric shot but mltised Davidson Before ho could fire again the workmen overpowered overpow-ered him I |