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Show SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF ROBBING BH Well-Known Resident Badly Beaten Up and Robbed of Considerable Money. Tt is alleged that a party of soldiers last night assaulted and robbed Harold Har-old Berrum, who resides at 1020 East Fourth South. Berrum, who is alleged to have been under the influence of liquor, boarded a Fort Douglas carbon his way homo. In paying the conductor he displayed a roll of bills. Later, when ho loft the car at Fourth South and Tenth Hnsl, he was followed by a party par-ty of soldiors, who had observed the roll, and knocked down and badly beaten. While almost itiseus'ible from tho treatment treat-ment received, Berrum wns robbed of about .f.7i) by his nssailants. who disappeared disap-peared in tho darkness. Night Watchman .Inmcs Lamont of tho Salt Lake Brewing company was tho first to discover the unfortunate I mun, and after helping him to his rcai-1 rcai-1 denco notified police headquarters and 1 the patrol wagon, with Driver Brown, Sergeant Hempel and Oftieers Jones and j I Golding were soon upon the scene. 1 Mr. Berrum was a most pitiable sight, his face being b.idry cut and bleeding j profusely and one eye was entirely closed, "indeed, his lo'-y car-old daughter daugh-ter fainted at sight of her father and it whs necessary to call a physician to attend to them "both. All Fort Douglas cars wero carefully watched after tho incident, but nothing was seen of the soldiers, and it is thought thoy walked to the fort. Nothing Noth-ing more could bo done tonight, but a strict inquiry will be sot on foot, and the military 'authorities at the Fort will leave no stone unturned in order to locate the guilt' parties. |