Show THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINE- SUNDAY MORNING JUNE R They Had Rich Residents of Sofia Terrorized but a Wily Watchman Finally Caught Them 111 ONCE TOO OFTEN! “The night watchman went noiselessly into the room “Hands up he ordered The young men dropped their burglar kit wheeled about and raised their hands Cernak advanced upon them his pistol steadily aimed He snatched off the mask of the taller thief Imagine his astonishment when he saw the face was that of a delicate girl” A girl has to have some flirtations were nabbed was now and then it change Ironically enough “So I decided to put a liK and Ilna not a Central Office master tie pep into our lives At first we had mind that effected the capno idea how to go about it But one ture but a night watchman! One of the city’s richest evening a young man we know came We got to bankers Sergei Bacheff was to the house for dinner the crime one about another on kidding planning to go abroad His villa by the wave This fellow dared us to turn business burglar He said we wouldn’t have way is one of the handthe nerve to go tnrough with it What somest in the metropolis Mr kind of a remark is that to make to a Bacheff whose house cond — works girl? We determined tains priceless art And you won’t deny show we’d him statues paintings and rare that we did” old jewelry — knew all about to get in Olga and Ilna managed the series of robberies that touch — this part of with an had been going on He deis rather vague — and not their story termined that he would vicit as may seem they prevailed be added to the list of to give them “burindividual this upon tims Accordingly before entutor was amply Their lessons” glary enfor he had them training for Parisof he to instruct qualified a night done in prison for being seven gaged the services years watchman one Boris Cernak Cernak a former sergeant in the Bulgarian army and a man of metproved himself alert t r o 1 e d the tle Assiduously he p aHis awareness corridors grounds and second the night of his was rewarded As he did his sentry duty in labors the garden about 12 o’clock he thought he detected a beam of light from one windows Cauof the living-rooover the gravel tiously he tiptoed in the blinds a chink peered through he saw two slight Sure enough the wall safe figures crouching before black canvas young men wearing masks One robber was hard at work C with jimmy and auger the other held a dark lantern whose rays flickered over the smooth metallic surface of the on They were so intent unreceptacle were that their job totally they aware of Cernak’s scrutiny Cernak crept noiselessly around to the front of the villa Using his master key he entered walked down and went into the living room “Hands up!” he ordered sternly The young men dropped their burglar kit wheeled about and raised their hands They were trembling in every limb Cernak advanced They said nothing upon them his pistol steadily aimed With a quick movement he snatched off the mask of the taller thief Imagine his astonishment when he saw the face was that of a delicate girl of aristoCernak cratic beauty and refinement could scarcely credit the testimony of red-hande- d m IP ill high-spirite- I 1ii ex-conv- ict in-cedi- ble HI HI i ll A THOROUGH JOB One of the Safes So Professionally Dynamited by the Sutov Girls Note the 3 Gaping Ragged Holes Made by Their Charge of Nitro-Glyccri- ne 1 11 I By a Staff Correspondent I SOFIA 11 111 ’ORE and more ‘this country is I yi & 1 SJ 'i ? coming to believe that in her tireless search for a thrill the modern society maiden will try anything — not once but a dozen times Olgna and Ilna Sutov are sufficient proof of that alarming and incontesti-bl- e Daughters of an eminent theory Sutov are members Misses the banker Parties jewels set of Sofia’s smartest and plenty of admirers fell to their lot Yet it wasn’t apparently enough Ilna and Olga craved a crisper “kick” to life They got what they wanted but it cost them plenty in prestige For several weeks the local police bad been baffled by a daring and inNo less soluble series of burglaries than six safes in the homes of wealthy residents were looted The thieves lelt no clues behind them Not a single discerned on furfingerprint could be and the precision or niture draperies with which the intruders had moved seemed to indicate that they were thoroughly familiar with the premises “Ah” exclaimed the detectives “here we have an obvious case of a Raffles a patrician who for one reason or another has turned to crime” They began an intensive though quiet j 1 1 § 1 hunt for some 131 -- 1 yoi4ng blood who harassed by creditors might have become a burglar Several youths of excellent family but personally impoverished came under the sleuths’ susBut in each case there was picion not sufficient evidence to warrant an arrest or even detention for official questioning )Five weeks had now elapsed since the commission of the first crime and the police department was at its wits’ end to find some method of stopping Then by the wholesale depredations a rare stroke of luck the delinquents PRETTY PRISONERS Official Police Photos of Ilna Sutov (at Left) and Her Sister Olga Taken Immediately After Their Apprehension by the Alert Bulgarian Night Watchman too proficient with his fingers whenever he encountered a safe lying around loose Upon his release he had gone straight getting a job as a taxi driver But the generous pay that the banker’s daughters offered him' was 'too much to be resisted After a ’month or so' of coaching the “professor” declared hi3 pupils were now qualified crackswomen and departed leaving them to their ovp devices Olga and Ilna had this advantage over their professional competitors: being the children of a wealthy man they were naturally familiar with the houses of their equally affluent friends and Also they knew when acquaintances the premises were likely to be unwas comHence the set-u-"p guarded plete “We resolved” ’Olga admitted “that we would crack ten cribs and then cry quits It was all in fun you know Sf There was never any serious intention of keeping the articles and money we took for good We planned to give back all the stuff after the tenth coup” Unfortunately for the Misses Sutov they were caught on the seventh job There has been much harsh criticism of their' “fun” by persons unfamiliar with the psychology of the young But their naive explanations of their motives and methods is rather disarming “One reason we burgled — and bunsaid Ilna “wa3 that we thought gled” be amusing to write a book would it about our exploits Wouldn’t you like to read such a novel based on actual conhappenings?” The interviewer for diversion fessed that it might makereal-life angle but intimated that the some at been disadvantage had gained to the participants V V 'x Inasmuch as the two adventurous girls are still under age and since all their loot has been returned to the original owners they will not have to stand formal triaL Instead they have come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and will spend the next two years with of course time off for good conduct in a corrective institution Illna and Olga don’t seem unduly disturbed I over the prospect “After all" they say ‘Ve’ve got a lot to learn about life And there will probably be lots of thrills where we’re or another Somegoing of one isort thetime — that’s all all different thing we want!” - m the-hal- l his eyes The companion took to bewilderment Cemak’s of advantage attempt to escape But he was at her heels immediately and found the task She of subduing her not too difficult was a lovely brunette with an unmistakable family resemblajice to her companion Cernak took his captives to police headquarters And there under tactful questioning the whoVe amazing story came out 'The girls blandly confessed their identities yes they were the daughters of Sutov the banker “But what induced vou to embark on such a mad expedition?” the bewildered detectives asked them “Oh” laughed Olga the younger “we we£e so frightfully fed up with everything Always the same boring round of dances and tiresome teas and foolish girl-maraude- r’s v- C Fk V - ' I v vvV v £ " ' t I ' JZ IT HAPPENED HERE Sorority House at Baker University Kans Where Miss Beauchamp Had Her Arrow Points Distressing Experience to Window Where She Was Standing 'HAT most mysterious of Nature’s STRANGE MISHAP forces lightning is up to its old Diagram Showing How Miss Beautricks with a couple of new champ’s Eyeballs Rolled Back and Were Paralyzed During the Storm The victims variations thrown in neither of whom was permanently inform of affliction was primjured were a pretty college girl and a that thi3 caused by frigiit Hysterical little boy arily withIn the town of Lawrence Kansas blindness i3 a nervous affection to the organ out necessary impairment Helen Beauchamp student at Baker Dr Canuteson added University was sitting at the window of sight hadButnever heard of a case in her room while a storm raged out- that he a in lightning flash withside Suddenly came a boom and a originating Miss Beauchamp re- out some other injury being sufferedas- blinding flash are slowly Friends who came 3 Helen’s coiled in fright and it normal their position the that found aid to her suming running she lon be won’t be?r® £ muscles of both eyes were partially about her dtressmg accidentoc- - I paralyzed with the eyeballs tume4 up ten allsomewhat different mishap A in their sockets 9 of Outhouse to Roy Oddly enough the lightning hadn’t- curredWis was dunng the playing Roy struck her Prominent Doug- ison Silver the at recess bpring in to called period las County oculists were of lightning streak A jagged School case of is “This a hysher examine TURNED UP when a PbJfcn py Whafl terical blindness” said Dr Ralph I struck him And “IT JUST TICKLED” When Pretty That’ flash Happened eVaucha Smiled LeRoy Outhouse 9 of Madison Canuteson one of the specialists Dr amjned Rojr it was found Was Struck Helen (Above) of a perfect reproduction Wis After Lightning Etched Its Canuteson director of student health' had —on She’ll Recover by Lightning Koy s side at the University of Kansas explained itself Image on His Body 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