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Show HOLD-UPS MAKE k HAUL UFJVEIl HO Albert McNaoghton Compelled to Staini and Deliver His Wages and Sai ins. THREATEN VICTIM WITH DEATH AND MAKE GETAWAY Police Department I'se Effort to Keep the Matter Becoming Becom-ing Public. Hold-ups an- till busy, although an effort ef-fort seems to have been made ly the police po-lice department to keep at e;ist one of the recent Jobs from becoming public through th-- newspapers, on Wednesday evening tWO men stopped Albert McN'aughb n on East lcirst South street, between Second and Third Kast. and at the point of a re-VOlVer re-VOlVer compelled him to hand over JI2.S5, and then threatened him with death In ase he returned to the downtown district to report the affair Mr. BlcNaughten proceeded to his home and thl not notify ihe police until tin- following morning Gives Partial Description. A pnrtlal description of the two men was furnished by their victim Both wore black mustaches and were of the same sle. apparently, being of medium build. One was without an overcoat, while the other, the man who held the revolver, wore a long black overcoat The story wa.s told to ergt. Hempel. who In turn told the detectives and other Officers what he could of the affair The only thing that seemed Queer to the oiiicers was m,--Naughten's failure to report the affHlr either In person or by telephone the night ;t happened, but from the straightforward story told by the young man, and from the general reputation which he bears he told the truth when he called at the station. Tells Where He Got Money. In addition. Mr. McNaughten tells where ho got the money. He was employed at ti.e Vienna bakery and had just cashed a ct-.ck a short turn- before he was held up that represented a portion of the amount taken Iron, him, while the balance was it portion of his savings that he happened to have In his pocket. No clue has been secured se-cured so far. and It so ins likely that this hold-Up, In common with dozens of others, will remain unsolved. |