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Show GUISE IS wm II 11 VAiS Celestial Pedestrian Attacked and Robbed by Trio of Desperate Des-perate Thugs. Jim Sam, a Chinese gardener, was assaulted as-saulted by three men in a gloomy scc tlon of tho Oregon Short "Line yards, First North and Third West streets, at 11:30 o'clock Friday night and robbed of $5 In cash and a ?700 certificate of deposit made out on a California bank. Sam's head wa3 cut In several places from blows dollvered by the butt of a heavy revolver. The Chinaman was on his way to the home of a friend. Tons Toy. also a gardener, at Fifth North and Third West, and ns ho passed along the railroad track three men leaped from tho shadow of a box car. One seized Sam and pinned his arms to his side, while the other men, one on each side, assaulted him until the poor Chinaman null struggling, strug-gling, lie was then searched. Sam was not able to give good descriptions de-scriptions of the men beyond the fact that two were young men and one an oldish fellow; all were smooth-shaven and all wore black slouch hats. He Eald the man who seized him stood about 5 feet S Inches In height. Mo was brought to the Emergency hospital at the city jail and the police at onco becran to search the railroad yards. All trains leaving the city wero searched, as It Is believed the holdups will attempt to leave Salt Lake. Word will be sent the California bank that tho check has been lost. It is thought tbo robbers will have a difficult time in disposing of this chock and that ' it will ultimately lead to their discovery If they aro not apprehended by the description. de-scription. The police arc looking for two young men who have been loafing about the Short Line yards and In saloons of that viclnltv for some time without any apparent ap-parent means of livelihood, believing they may know something' of the robbery. |