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Show PURSE SNATCHER ELUDES POLICE Overpowered bv a I'nef MS she n oared I hex- iioine. 1 I"i7 s'ou;h K-.-ond Kast street. joaily last n'n-'hl, Mrs. I'ajny fiansen wa ruiihcfl of her purse, ,.ui , t a i n i ; 1 1; in currency, and rendered pa rt iy hysteric?! by her encounter with the hi-rh v;i ymn n. Aecorilin. t'r Pe tec lives Frank nienn a nd ("T. W. Patten, who in vesicated Uic case. y rs. -J a nseu was walking so in h on Suite street and bad reached Herbert avenue ave-nue when the robber accosted iie?. He smtiched ai her purse, but she foimht him for several minifies, meanwhile cabine; for help. L'ina lly she was thrown to ihe .qi'inind by (he ruffian, who succeeded in wrenching her purse from her. after which he hsappe;ired in tlie darkness. .Mrs. Hansen made her way to a. neiyJiborhiK j house and t--I, phoned io the police. |