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Show Burglar Trapped Like a Rat in Trap Makes Dash for Liberty and Jumps Into the Arms of a Policeman. Po-liceman. Trapped like a rat, a burglar made a daring dash for the street early this morning and wuj captured by Patrolman Charles ESvans. Both burglary and attempt at-tempt to gain liberty were unusually bold. Evans gut his man Just In the nick Of time, as he was bursting through a bif plate kIuks window. William Rogers Is the name given by tho thief. He eas he is a plumber and has been in Salt Lake two months. Tho police are of the opinion that he just came via the brakebeam route. But Roger si.ys he arrled In Salt Lake city with plent) of mones and managed to get rid of his wealth In eight weeks. At any rate, the man spent the early part I ist ft Ding 1o,.'kIiic over the surroundings sur-roundings about the Leader Cigar factory, fac-tory, B Commercial strut. He tried about midnight to borrow wmo rope from a Chinese store next door, but was un-n:ic, un-n:ic, , KSfUl Then h disappeared About 1:1B o'clock thin morning Rogers ''I ike the transom glass In the ie r of tb fat tor By this route he entered the place. Ho took half a eiozen boxes of good cigars and tied tie-m together Then he trli d to K,-t out by the rear door. But this door, because of a previous burglary, had been nailed tight shut. Rnjrers worked ;'t it some time, making desperate efforts to pry it open with a stick of tim-i. tim-i. r He could do nothing. Ho realized he was trapped His only means of i i was by the Commercial street entrance. en-trance. In desperation he tried this. Rogers smashed desperately at the big plate c:i s I h door I'alrolman BvaiU heard the blows and ran to the place lust as he got there the glass showered on the Bldcwalk and Rogers followed It. iii h.i i pii to i in, then cowered into tho doorway aj Evans leaped toward him He made no further resistance, but cialnn-d he heei not been In the building |