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Show i DARING nURGLAR AWAKENS HOUSEHOLD Salt Lake. May .10. Roused from a l chr slumber by a beam of light re-Fleeted re-Fleeted from the mirror of her dress-ing dress-ing table. Mrs M R. Evans of 7il East South Temple street, became aware of the presence of a burglar at ?. ?.o o'clock yesterday morning "What's i he matter0'' was the sleepy query" of Mr. Evans a well-knowo well-knowo miniriK man. as he discovered his wife Ritting up in bed. "I am just going to see,'' she answered, an-swered, at the same lime giving a resolute tug at the switch chain of an electric reading lamp at the head of the bed. They both saw i the dp---. notable no-table was a man rigged out in all the-approved the-approved habiliments of burglar. He faced round with n sinister looking automatic pistol in one hand, While) I In the other was the flash lamp that I had proved his undoing. "Shut Bp!" MDie a command from behind the black mask as Mr i; invoiced in-voiced a whoop that started the echoes from all parts of the house j and sounded like the shout of a baseball base-ball fan anticipating the roar of the grandstand. Again the burglar told him to shut, up and emphasized it with significant motions of hie gun hand. "Wow"' yelled Mr. Evans, as if the runner had slid to home base. Then the marauder slid, sldewlse out of the door, taking with him $175 worth of Jewelry and $20 in cash, but leaving behind several thousands worth of slushies. The telephone wires were found to have been cut outside the house In the meantime, the shouts of Mr. Ev- 1 ;ms had roused the household of Judge William H Ring, next door I daughter of Mr Evans hurried to the I King residence and her breathless stor was telephoned to police headquarters. head-quarters. Patrolmen J A Egbert. C. . Carstensen and Leon Mayhue were quickly searching the premises and the neighborhood. No trace was found of the burglar, whose running had evidently done credit to the shouting of Mr Evans Th search was eontinued in widening circles and yesterday morning Detectives W C. Zeese and Herbert Lelchler were assigned as-signed to the -case The trail of the thief was found to have been well CpDCealed, neither could a very accurate ac-curate description of him be had The detectives acknowledged last night, however, thai thej had a clew to the identity of the burglar. |
