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Show BEAVER POOL HALL LOOTERCAPTURED Following a trail of depredations from Hurricane to Fillmore, Philip Dausner, alias Raymond Blades, was captured in the latter town last week and returned to Washington county, where at a preliminary hearing he plead guilty to a series of robberies, among which was the looting of the Lessing pool hall in Beaver. According to the evidence presented, present-ed, Dausner entered the Hurricane store at about ten o'clock on the night of Friday, November 11. Removing Re-moving his own clothing, he put on a suit from the men's clothing stock of the place, and at about 12 o'clock left town through back streets. Entrance to the building was effected by breaking a window in the back door. The accused continued on to Anderson's And-erson's ranch, arriving there at 6 in the morning. There he caught a ride and spent Saturday night in Cedar City, Sunday in Beaver and was caught in an attempted burglary at Fillmore Monday. At Beaver he entered ent-ered a pool hall where he stole checks, confections and tobacco. He was returned here Saturday by Sheriff Wm. Brooks. While passing-through passing-through Beaver he 'bowed officers where he had thrown away checks he had taken there, and a few were recovered. |
