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Show AN ATTEMPTED INTRUSION. Two Strangers Attempt to Force EntranceFrightened En-tranceFrightened by a Shot. Ibopah Xlareh 8 -Por tho nrst time In an eleven vesrs residence In the Deep Creek country has your correspondent I een tailed upon to report an attempted outrage upon unptotected women Last Saturday two strargera called at the residence resi-dence of Charles celt Jr with the re epical for a dinner In the evening a econd call was mide for supper an 1 lodging the sui per was given but lodging lodg-ing refused iXirs roll being impresaed with the Idea that the parties were not nil right i After dark a call was made upon tho realdence of Superintendent Schoflcld with un application for lodglnir Xlr S. holleld was absent, but Ills wife nnd Mrs Crayrruft und little daughter wer spending Ihe evening together The parties were Informed thst they lould not pt n lodging for the night They left but in a ehort tlmo returned repeating their request and were again reftsel A third call was made with a vigorous de resnd I his alarmed Ihe ladles and oue of the children waa sent over to Mr I elt s store for assistance Ueorge 1 elt re -ponded to the call He had been there but u few minutes when nnoiher call wss made the doors wero locked on the Ineide with a barricade 1 or the fourth time u demsnd was msde nn 1 upoi refusal Ihey attempted to force Ihe door About this time Mr (elt sent a bullet through the ioor about four feet above the nill a retreat re-treat was at once made with tho echo coming back ' The d kill a man! wouldn t they?7 |