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Show BURGLARS RAN AWAY James Courtney Frightened Fright-ened Thieves From Office Of-fice of Parker Lumber Company. While In the act of entering the offices of-fices of the Parker Lumber company at the corner of Second South and Third West streets, three men were surprised by James Courtney and were frightened way by him. Courtney, who sleeps in a room back of the office, was awakened by the sound of ?hm,nrhn6- trY,n, t0 force an entrance -a wn.dow: He "w tw men rhPnWa.tchJn alleywayk and asked the one at the window what he was rCP- 7he man reP" that he, was looking for a place to sleep, but ran' away at one with the others. Courtney cad the police, who re-Slflri re-Slflri atIon9' ni found a complete set of burglars' tools 4n the window sill mrth.Ky.ha5, bH?n left b7 th cracksmen cracks-men in their night. There have been a number of burglaries and safe-blowings In that vicinity within the pnst year Amon? the victims were the Sierra s Nevada Lumber companv. whose safe has been blown twice, the Armous Packing company, the Continental Conti-nental Oil company, and a number of otters. |