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Show I' LOCKS MAN IN a AND ROBS HOUSE ill Salt Lake, Sopt. 24. "Pull tho cov- 11 ers over your head and keep 3till or I I'll blow your brains out," commanded I n burglar revolver and dark lantern I ln hand of F. W. Wilcox at 240 ! South Third East street at 4 o'clock I Sunday morning Mr Wilcox did as f requested. Calmly continuing his operations, Jl which had been Interrupted by the awakening of Mr. Wilcox, the burglar I pocketed a watch and some coins and I warning the man In the bed to keep I ' r,till, ho locked the door from the out- II side. II With the effrontery of tho legendary I "thief In the night," the burglar jl Bought out the other sleeping rooms In the house and calmly continued to I burgle. The place Is a boarding house I ' run by Mrs. J. X. Murray. No one I else was awakened by the prowler, I who entered two other rooms with 10 I deeping occupants and departed with - booty of the value of $400. H f When he felt that it was safe Mr. H Wilcox roused the house by pounding M t on the door and calling to be llbernt- I ed. Swift investigation followed. 1 T'rom a room occupied by D. R. Wll-H Wll-H t l eon, clerk of the criminal division of H i V city court, and Clarence Cramer, H three watches, a $200 diamond, a M : watch charm bearing a coat of arms M , nd some cash were missing Mr. 1 ! . Oramor bewails the loss of the dla-H dla-H I mond and Mr. Wilson the watch fob, 1 which wbb valuable to hlra for its ns-M ns-M soclatlons. fl i From another room, occupied by . Archie Bezzunt, a watch was taken. j : Silverware, cut elaBS and a number or M I I valuable guns In different parte of the P ! ' house wero Ignored by the thief. fi ; Other evidences of renowed indus- 5g i ' trj on lhe na,'t of snoak thieves came rTjJl ln tho cases reported to police hcad- All j quarters yesterday LJ i Half a dozen pairs of shoes and as 3 many pairs of overalls were reported M stolen from the barn of A. A. Clark J i & Co., Third South and Eighth West (M streets. 001 fc Dr. H. N. Mayo reported that an fjOj B t overcoat and a pair of gloves wero Tni l stolen from hlB automobllo, "a I W. A. Carpening, 601 South West Jf Tempi street, reported that hie pock- l et had been uicked whllo ho was tfjl asleep at the Dunbar club. ..fll . A kit of carpenter's tooln was re- ported stolen from the McGurrln apartments. |