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Show ALLEGED ROBBERS HELD TO ANSWER Special to The Tribune. RUPERT, Idaho, Sept. 6. George Hal-ford Hal-ford of Burley and Ray Martin of Acequia were held to the district court by Judge Phibbs, Wednesday, under bonds of $2000 each, on a charge of robbery and assault on Hony Yajima. Yajlma is Japanese, who recently ' sold his restaurant at Buhl. lie came to Burley wearing expensive diamonds and I looking for congenial society. In Burley 1 he met Mrs. Beatrice Christie, whose husband is said to be in France; George Halfortl. Ray Martin and others. Sunday night Yajimi was induced to go joyriding joy-riding to Heybtirn. According to his story, w-hon the party j arrived at IT ey burn early Monday morn-I morn-I ing they alighted from "the car and one I of the men h-ld him while the other i knocked him unconscious with a "biny." When he came to himself his clothing was badlv torn and a diamond stud, worth f 250, was missing. The diamond was found later on the ground near by, by Sheriff Hollenbeck. The supposition is that the men, fearing they had killed the Japanese, ran away, leaving the diamond and the club, i It is said that the girl had returned I to the car before the holdup. When the men appeared they ordered the driver to - go to Acequia. where Sheriff Flolienbeck ; arrested three of the party early Monday morning. |