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Show LEFT IN BURNING BUILDING. Robbers Bind Woman to Chair and Leave Her to Burn to Death. Heedless of entreaties for mercy, Mrs. Barbara Young wns bound to a chair and loft to burn to death by two robbers, who ransacked her houso at Altoona, Pa., and, In their anger at finding no booty, sot flros In tho upper floors of tho structure. Mrs. Young's plight wn3 discovered by a man whoso attention was attracted at-tracted by tho smoko which pcu'red from tho windows. Among tho flro-mon flro-mon who responded to tho alarm was her Bon, who aided In carrying his mother from tho houso. Tho robbers escaped. Two well-dressed young men called at tho Young homo, which Is In the center of tho city, nnd nsked for lodgings. lodg-ings. Suddenly thoy nttneked Mrs. Young. When she told them sho hnd no money they tied hor to a chair and searched tho house. Before they departed de-parted tho men started flros In soveral beds. Tho houso was saved. Llttlo of valuo was taken by tho robbors. |