| Show BOLD ROBBERY ATTEMPT P A Sorensen Attacked at His Door By HoldUps STRUGGLE ON THE DOORSTEP WellKnown Merchant Called to His Door at Nino Oclock to Confront Two Men with Revolvers who Bride Him Be Quiot Struggle Ensued in Which tho WouldBo Robbers were Driven Away Sorensen Fired Two Shots from His Revolver But the Marauders Escaped An attempted holdup made at a wellknown merchants door an excitIng excit-Ing struggle with two desperadoes the repulse and escape of the same undermost under-most dramatic circumstances followed by the arrival of the police that was the story enacted last night almost in the heart of the city The merchant wan Peter A Sorensen proprietor of the L X L furniture store on Second South street The affair happened hap-pened at his residence 515 State street His revolver was the one which spoke All night long practically the entire police force and detectives under un-der direction of Chief Paul scoured the city streets searched lodging houses and places where characters of the underworld aro usually found Mr Forensen went back Into his house Ills head bruised and bleeding placed his revolver back In his pocket and calmly enough related the record ot the most sensational live minutes of his life 5 IIfSTORY STORY OF HOLDUP I think the attempt was one of rob bery pure and simple he said This Is the way It happened AbouL 9 oclock my wife and myself were sit ting here In the lighted parlor The curtains were raised and the Inside of the room was plainly visible from the street Suddenly there came a low knocking at the front door I got up from tills seat near the corner of the piano walked to the door only a few i feet and opened it MAN WITH GUN There directly In front of me was a man with a revolver In his hand pointed pointblank at me He < aId ai soon as the door opened Be quiet now be quiet I grabbed him as he pokc managed to get in on him we struggled together he beating mo on the side of the head with the gun all the time He could have shot me then and r realized that he hesitated at murder I gripped him strongly and pushed him to the steps that lead down to the wall extending to the gate We fell down those steps and as we did so 1 felt the hands and grip of another an-other mall clinching both me and his partner At I the bottom of that night of steps we rolled to the ground I Juini lo him the first fellow as best 1 could yet I realize that although he was not a larger man than r he wait more powerful and could have shot me then As he stood up frightened probably prob-ably nt my wifes screams from the door and my own cries for help he fled out the gateway leaped the sidewalk and ran across the street FIRED TWO SHOTS About this time r had my revolver In my handI happened to have had It In my hip pocket and fired two shots at the man I had struggled with He fairly new across State street and took to the right around the building rf the Utah Foundry company The other chap went to the left T did not hit either although I am generally a fairly good shot My wife telephoned for the police and you know the rest KNOWS THE ROBBERS Yes I think I know who the men were but I may be mistaken and I will not state my suspicions The motive was undoubtedly robbery In my opin ionIn In front of the residence the patrol wagon waited for half an hour after the happening An old soft brown hat was found on the lawmie hat with worn and soiled sweatband This was the only clue the officers had to work upon hat and what the merchant suspects The night clerk in the Sherwood phar maci at time corner of Fifth South and State only three doors north sail that he heard the shooting and mentioned the arrival at the store soon afterward of an excited woman asking for the Jorensen residence This lady proved to be Mrs Yeas Kjar of 543 East Third South street a sister of the merchant AFTER DIAMOND RINGS Mrs Sorensen said she thought the robbers were after among other plunder plun-der the valuable diamond rings which tsho was In the habit of wearing The police believe that some former employees of Mr Sorensen who knew of the merchants habit of carrying home the cash of the day fJm the store are Implicated The merchant would not admit that such were his suspicions however and would mention men-tion no namea whatever tearing to do some person or persons an Injustice |
