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Show Bibulous Man Invites Stranger I to Share Bed md Is Robbed H "Wouldn't it make you mail to invito n person to your hotel as a guest anil then wake up In the morning: to discover that be had roblieii youV Well, such was tho plight of Jcpso Hobnan, who, Sunday Sun-day evening, look aboard a llttlo more "booze" Hum was good for him and at the same time fell in with several 'strangers, 'stran-gers, among whom wis Cluirlcs A. Settle, Set-tle, a bartender. After tho Joy of the evening bad worn off and tlio men were feeling tired. Ilol-man Ilol-man decided to go to bed. and invlteo Settle to his room in the St. Cecile, Instead In-stead of going home. Settle accepted the invitation, and both men, rather tired, did not undress, but lay down with their clothes on. llobnan had concealed In tho log of his trousers a roll of bills amounting to $r-'3 and of this ho told Settle. When he awoke Monday morning morn-ing he discovered that the leg of his trousers had been cut open and the roll taken; also that bis "friend" of the night before bad left for parts unknown. Uolman notified the police of tho 10b-berv 10b-berv and Patrolmen Rhodes, Pitts and Pierce wore detailed to look for the uu- .grateful Settle. Settle - was found on fl Third West street, near First South In company with one James Morrison, tho pair beating a hasty retreat from tho Denver ,t Klo Grande depot to the Ore-gon Ore-gon Short Line depot. Settle was iden-titled iden-titled by Hobnan as the. man who had robbed him and was taken to the police station in the police buggy. While on the way to the station Settle "ditched" the roll be bad taken from Hobnan In Hie bottom of the buggy. Of course, when he was searched it could . not be found. At I irst lie denied taking ' jH the money but later ho confessed, ami said he had dropped the money in the bottom of the buggy. The roll was found by Tom Ash, a trusty at the city Jail, and turned over to the desk ser-dentil. ser-dentil. No charge has been placed against Settle, but he will be held pend-lug pend-lug a thorough investigation and will probably be charged with robbery. |