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Show CLIFT HOUSE CLUB ROOMED UP Two Desperadoes (Jet $800 in Cash and Valuable Diamond Dia-mond Ring. At tho point of two revolvers eight men wore held up in club room No. &, Cllft rooming house. Third South and Main streets, at 15:20 o'clock Tuesday morning, tho robbers obtaining $800 In cash and a $000 diamond ring. The holdups hold-ups made their escape, and as yet have not been captured. Of the crowd of eight only three, however, how-ever, were molested, Al Smith, owner of the diamond ring; C. L. Dunn, who was robbed of $G50 in cash, and J. L. Williams, Wil-liams, who contributed ?150 of tho cash booty. "Happy good night and belter luck next time," was the parting remark af one of the desperadoes, after the two had got all they thought was worth while. But before this happy go-lucky goodbye they showed they wore In deadly earnest when ono of them hit Harry Keate, said to be the proprietor of the place, over the head with a revolver, when he attempted at-tempted to leave the place and sound an alarm. Kealc was rendered almost unconscious un-conscious by the blow and decided to remain re-main and take his chances. It Is said tiiat the thugs ran down Third South street to West Temple street, thence south on West Temple street to Fourth South street, and went on Fourth South street, which was the last place they were seen. One of the confederates of the two holdups hold-ups Is said to have given a policeman on East Third South street. In front of the Mctropole hotel, a bad "steer" shortly bofore the holdup. He accosted the patrolman pa-trolman with the remark that "something dreadful had happened on State streoL" While the policeman was going to State! street to find out what had happened the robbers were successfully making their cncaie. Shortly after the robbers left the place tho police station was notified and all tho available patrolmen were assigned to the case. Several of the patrolmen who followed the fleeing robbors along Third South street and West Temple street gave up the chase when they found that ' they were sadly outdistanced. A I Smith, who was forced to stand back agalnsl the wall near a window, dropped his watch chain, with a charm set with a diamond, valued at $fi00, on tho window sill. The chain dangled from tho sill while one of the robbers went through his pockets. Another of tho crowd held two $20 gold pieces In his mouth while Ills pockets were emptied of a few dollars. The two holdups were masked with handkerchiefs, covering tho upper part of their faces, and are said to havo worked coolly and deliberately. It is thought the two men are tho ones who held up the night watchman and the cashier of the First National bank at Layton and attempted to rob the bank, only to be foiled by the lime lock. |