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Show had been broken, and called the night marshal, Leon Williams. Leon entered the store and while looking around heard a noise in the hardware department. He investigated and heard the thief, alarmed at his entrance, crawl-ng crawl-ng about the floor toward the" rear of the building. Unable to find the light switch, and unable to locate the burglar with a flashlight, Leon posted guards at the side and back entrances to the store and called George Jefferson Jef-ferson and Elwood Jefferson. Before they arrived, the thief had escaped- through the driveway drive-way entrance to the stoor. A general description of the man was obtained md broadcast by local officers, who had been told that a man answering that description had boarded a freight train bound for Caliente. |