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Show MASKED ROBBER CALLS Of P A DOG Then Quiets the Children by Talking to Them, as He Ransacks the- Rooms of Oapttun Knapp of the Salvation Army Obtaining $35 and Makmg Good His Escape. Talking to the children to qulot their fears, and fighting off a watchdog watch-dog at the sJimo times a masked thlof searched the quarters of Captain C. V. Knapp of the Salvation Army nnd robbed him of ?B5, which ho was saving sav-ing for rent and provisions. The thief entered tho rooms In the rear of the Sahatlon Army hall whllo tho captain was holding services on the street. In tho rooms nt tho time weie the two children of Captain and Mrs. Knapp, with a watchdog near by. With a mask and a lantern) the thief entorod end quieted the rrlghtened children In bed by soft words while ha searched. The dog entered tho room and bo-came bo-came vicious -at sight of tho stranser, but the dog was also quieted. When the money was found, the burglar loft the place a3 quietly as he entered. The robbery and loss were roportod to tho police soon after the evening services, when tho captain and wife went to their rooms. Captain Knapp fe-els tho loss of his savlngB In his position ovory dollar that he gets mii6t be wisely expended lo socure provisions for his family and to pay rent. This money was to (pay up back rent and buy necessities (for his family and he thinks that If jtne thief knew his situation, tho money mon-ey would not have been taken. i |