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Show , , . - s... ... Second Armed Holdup in Two Days Spurs Police-Drive Against Bandits Grocer Held at Gunpoint Gun-point While Cash Till Is Rifled Efforts of Salt Lake City police to apprehend armed bandits who have been "working in the city were redoubled Wednesday after the second armed robbery In two consecutive days. The latest victim was John C Demlrts, proprietor of the Green-way Green-way marketat 152 . EastNlnth South street, who lost (5 or to the bandits.' The hold-up occurred about 9 p. m. Tuesday as Mr. Demlrts, alone In the store, was reading a newspaper on the counter near the cash register. . Two men, one of whom wore heavy-rimmed spectacles, spec-tacles, entered the store and walked to the counter. The man wearing spectacles pulled a long-barreled - revolver from Inside his coat and ordered: . "Open the cash register and don't make any false moves." The other bandit, meanwhile, moved around to the cash register . "" t No- 5La''. ' I ana iook aooui so or so. Mr. Demlris had removed all the currency cur-rency and most of the change from the register earlier In the evening, he told police. After commanding the victim to "turn around and stand still for five minutes," the robbers left the store and fled east on Ninth South street. Shermsn Falkenrath. chief of the detective bureau, said the descriptions de-scriptions of the two men did not coincide with those given In other recent hold-ups. On Monday night a lone bandit held up an attendant at a service station at Ninth South and Ninth East streets, obtaining 940 from the cash register. The gunman In Tuesday night's robbery was described as being about 5 feet 6 Inches tall, wearing a dark suit and a dark hat. The other robber was about 9 feet 10 or 11 Inches tail, about 77 years "HE WAS ABOUT FTVK FEET AND SIX INCHES TALL . . , John C Demirit, victim of second holdup In U hours ' old, of medium complexion and was wearing a brown suit and a light hat- Both men appeared nervous during dur-ing the hold-up, tn store proprietor proprie-tor said. , i |