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Show SALT LAKE: BOY ROBBED. Slugged by Kansas City Hold-Ups, Believed of His Valuables and Lcft Unconscious In Street. i Kansas Cltv Mo Julv li - W Uov Itldge of 'T'uli I ske I Uj nephew of 1i I M RldRe fnm,eil a prominent Soungroiletj man of thin c It j report-e report-e 1 to the police earl) this lnornlnir thnt he had been assaulted and robbed of J'O Inte list night in front of the Methodist Enliopsl chinch nt Independence Inde-pendence boulevard' and Wabash avc-line avc-line b) two hlghwajmeii Ridge told tin police that he wns on his wn to his lomn, MS Piospect .ive-line .ive-line nt tl 30 oiloik and thnt ns he passed the llnnnventiirc hotel Inde-tendence Inde-tendence houlevai.t an 1 Park avenue he saw two tall white men standing near the corner of the building and watching him i losel) The men fol lowed him. nnd when he rem bed a dark corner near the church one of them leveled lev-eled a pistol nt him nnd commanded him to halt Rldire refused and nc cm ding to his storv tho man with the pistol knocked him Insensible striking him a blow on the head with the weapon The men then pioceeded to rob him Itldge laid In the street unconscious, until nlmut 4 ocloek this morning when he was found by Michael Allen a plumber, who carried him to the drug store In the Bonaventiirc hotel where he was revived A swelling nn the back of his head shows that the blow dealt by the hlghvvavmnn was a severe one Detectives are investlgntlnR the stor koung lllilgo Is visiting relatives heie Young Ridge left here but a week ago for Kansas Clt, with tlje attention atten-tion of making his home nt that place He came here about a eir ago nnd has quit- a number of friends both In this city nnd In Park Cltv, where he wns emploved up to ten dns ago nt the Silver KlnB mine Ills mother nnd sisters reside nt 067 Third street Thej weie notllled last nlBht of his hapless encounter with the Kansas Clt thugs. |