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Show FIRES ST BOLD NEGRO WHO ATTEMPTS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY ON WEST SIDE claimed to be a porter at a Main street establishment and that he was accustomed accus-tomed to tske long walks for his health. He said that when taken in charge by Officer Sullivan he was just about to start fishing in the river. This part of his statement was born out by a number of fish hooks and lines found in his pocket. When asked if he did not know that he would be breaking the law to fish in the Jordan at this time of the year, he said that he didn't know that he would be doing anv WTong. Martin vent to the station about 2 o'clock this afternoon and stated that the man was not the one at whom he had fired. The negTo who is wanted is believed to be the same man who has 6tolen a number of brass journals from cars belonging to th Kio Grande during dur-ing the last few days. A daring attempt at daylight robbery rob-bery was .committed ky an unidentified unidenti-fied negro at the laboratory of the Pittsburg and Salt Lake Oil company about 9 o'clock this morning. The laboratory is near tha corner of Fourth West and Tenth South streets, a rather Isolated place, bat chosen by the company com-pany on account of the experiments which are being conducted. As R. B. Martin, consulting chemist for the company, approached the building, he noticed a negro on the front porch. The building formerly was used as a residence. When the negro saw Martin approaching, he puUed a revolver from ma pocket and got behind a post on the porch. A second later he dropped from the porch and ran around tne corner or the house. Martin pulled a revolver from his pocket and hurried to the porch, where he found the glass in the door broken. Fires at tha Negro. Martin took his place on the porch, knowing that the negro would have to come within range of his revolver iu order to get from behind the house, on account of the water on the other side. The negro appeared in a few minutes, and Martin opened firs on him. Martin fired four shots in all. and believes that at least one of the bullets took effect, as the negro fell just before he reached a wire fence. Martin, having but one shot left in his revolver, did not care to follow the would-be robber, as he had already seen that the negro had a pistol. As quickly as possible the police department depart-ment was notified, and Detective Shannon was set to work on the case. Shannon went at once to meet Martin, and for. several hours the two tramped through the sloughs, mud and water southwest of the city. Sheets Has Ride In Mud. Shortly before noon word was re ceived at the police station that a strange negro was in the vicinity of Seventh South and Tenth West street. The information came from Patrolman Dan Sullivan who had just been informed in-formed by a 'mail carrier of the rob-berv rob-berv and "that the man must be in that neighborhood. Two minutes after the word was received the patrol wagon, with Chief of Police George Sheets, Driver Harris and two newspaper men started or Tenth West and Seventh South. The quartette will remember the mnd which they encountered on that ride for many a day. When they finally reaehed the residence resi-dence of Patrolman Sullivan "on the other side of Jordan" they found that Dan had a negTo under arrest. When questioned, both on the way "from over the river" and at the station the man refused to give his name. He |