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Show ONE BURGLAR CAUGHT. BUT OTHER ESCAPES A man who gave the police his hame as J. J. Davis was arrested by Patrolmen Patrol-men Bush and Pierce early Sunday morning morn-ing and taken to police headquarters, where he is being held pending an investigation. inves-tigation. Patrolmen Bush and Pierce had been detailed for plain clothes work, and while walking on Cactus streot they saw two mon who were apparently hiding behind a billboard, and from the view of Patrolman Patrol-man Carsburg, who was on the opposite sldo of the street. As Patrolmen Bush and Pierce drew near tho two suspects, they ran from behind the billboard and Into the alley in the rear of tho Moxum hotel. Patrolman Bush commanded them to stop running, and when they continued ho ilred one shot in the air to frighten them. Tho shot seemod to lend wings to the suspects, who squeezed through a hole in a fence In the alley. Tho ono who gave the namo of Davis was captured cap-tured later by Patrolman Pierce. When tho stores In tho neighborhood wcro examined, the patrolmen discovered that burglars had attempted to enter the rear door of tho Moxum bar, and had almost broken the lock of the door by the uso of a "jimmy," The burglars had failed to gain au entrance. |