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Show GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED Salt Lnke City, May 14. Bound hand and foot by u buiglar and nnd-eted nnd-eted unconscious by the fumed of a chlorofoim gag, Miss Molly Lotz, auv-eutecu auv-eutecu years old, daughter ot Charted Lotz, 1052 East Fifth South stteet. narrow 1) escaped death yestcrda) at-ternoon at-ternoon in the basement of tho homo of Asslstnnt District Attorney P. T. I Fnrnsworth, Jr., 4C3 Sixth uvciuiu. She Is employed nt the homo ns q ' student ot domestic Bclcnce. I Still unconscious, the girl was discovered dis-covered by Mr. Fnrnsworth at . o'clock yesterday afternoon. With considerable effort ho loosened a coil ci rope entwining her body and removed re-moved the gng. She wns carried to 1 her chamber, where a physician sue-' sue-' cecded in rousing he ftom tho stupor. It Is declaied thnt had the young woman been left under the influence ot the dormant another hour she would havo died. "I wns Ironing In tho laundiy," said Miss Lotz, "nnd It occurred to me that the conl man left tho door to the basement unlocked. 1 ran down and locked the door nnd then somebody some-body sprang upon me. 'He seized my arms and, ns 1 . tried to look at him, turned mo from side to side. I made a desperntu ef-' ef-' fort to see who was holding me. A 1 wet cloth that gave off a penetrating odor was pressed against my fnen end I remember becoming very i sleepy. The next I knew Mr. Fnrns-I Fnrns-I worth, n doctor and a lot of people vcta standinir over ma In mv rnom." As near as Miss Lotz could remember re-member she went to the basement nt 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Men hers of the household were not homo end she busied herself at Ironing. At 4.30 o'clock Miss Alice Purefoy, daughter of J. W. Purefoy, 469 Sixth avenue, was asked by her mother to deliver a message to Miss Lotz. Sho ran to the front door nnd rang Iho bell. She thought she heard a commotion com-motion like that of the dropping ot tin pans, then everything became quiet and when no one responded to tho doorbell she returned home. In the dining room of the palatial Farnsworth homo were found two Kraln sacks containing most of the r.ilerwnre and hammered brassware of the Fnrnsworth household, and !t 's believed that the persistent manner which Miss Purefoy rang the doorbell frightened the burglars owny. An Inventory of the valuables 'n tho Farnsworth home taken last r.Ight revealed only a .32-callber re-iclver re-iclver missing. Tho silver nnd biass-v biass-v nre in tho grain sacks Is estimated to bo worth fully $400. Assistant District Attorney Fnrnsworth Fnrns-worth enteicd his residence by the front door nt ij o'clock, no found tho sacks containing his property In the dining room. Ho called Miss Lotz Feveral times. There camo no response. res-ponse. Then tho belief crept upon him thnt a burglar wos In the houo and ho riiBhed to tho front porch ind attempted to nttrnct the attention o' neighbors. Byron L. Jones, a lettor carrier, of 330 F street wns pnsslng. Ho ran up the Btairway Into the rrol dence. While Jones stood guard at tin front door Mr. Fnrnsworth picked up n heavy cane nnd commenced n care ful search From room to room U v,a..ccd, finding that drawora had been emptied and their contents strewn upon the tluors. Dining his Inspection ho discovered that notio of tho Bllvcr-ware Bllvcr-ware bearing tho family mark had been plnced Into tho Backs. Deeply concerned ns to tho hc-about hc-about of Miss Lotz, ho stopped can tlously Into tho basement. Near the door through which the coal had been dropped ho found her. Detecting o fulnt respiration ho carried tho )oung woman to her room. Mrs. Fnrnsworth then nrrlved home nnd after a physician physi-cian had been summoned, a call was sent to tho police. Deteotlvo Hugh L. Glenn was de tailed to make the first Investigation. From neighbors he obtained a description des-cription of a man seen piowlln? nbout Sixth avenue and F street? during the early afternoon. It Is declared de-clared this description tnllles wtlh that of an accomplice of n man whom the assistant district attorney was particularly active In prosecuting for burglary about six months ago. Detectives De-tectives would not reveal last night the Identity of tho man they suspect. Tho coal was delivered to tho Fnrnsworth resilience by William J Yank, an employe of tho Citizens Cor.l company. Ho drove away from hf residence before the attack, as Miss Lotz described. He declares that he saw no ono enter the basement ns ne left. Before leaving he gave Miss Lotz a receipt for the coal money. The gng used by the burglar vviib constructed of napkins which MIbs Lotz had wnBhed early In tho day nnd the rope he used In binding hr hand and foct wns found to be part of a long clothesline which had lain In the bnsement. i , For live news read tho Republican |