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Show i HOLDUP ROBS A j SALTUKE CAR ISalt Lake, March 14. A lone hold-tip hold-tip staked a nickel against $20 and won, when he took a ride out and part way back on the Jordan bridge car at 11 o'clock last night. The $20 was taken from Conductor Conduc-tor James Hadley of car N6. 433. v Three passengers were not robbed, but admonished to keep silent, sky -"H I marry that girl she will sure ig; have to move to another part ot the sfv " "city," is said to have been the remark re-mark or one young man after the holdup had left the car. The robbery occurred at Thirteenth West and Second South streets as the car was returning from the end of K the line, the car stopping to take on n passenger, who proved to be the holdup. The man wore no mask. '..Conductor Hadley recognized the t ' man as one who got off at Thirteenth West on tho trip out. Instead of paying pay-ing the customary nickel as he did on boarding the car up town earlier in the evening, the holdup presented - a large pjstol at the conductor and ordered him to turn his back -and hold his hands up. Quickly he took the ' money from the change carrier worn by the conductor and from his pockets took $17 of the street car company's money and $3 belonging : to Mr. Hadley. The holdup was the first passenger on the return trip. After robbing the ' , conductor, he stood on the rear plat- form with him. C. A. Rasmussen, an employe or tnc salt Lake" Paint & Glass company, boarded the car shortly after the holdup. He was greeted by the man with the pistol and ordered to take a seat and keep quiet. j J. B. Cardell of 731 South .Ninth. j Kast street got on the car at Eighth t West street and received like treat-, treat-, 7 ment. At Eighth West street the car , fl turned north to First South street A and again cast on First South street . J It stopped at Seventh West street I c for Harry Watson of 730 East Ninth South street to get on, and there tho holdup got off and ran south. No demand for -money was made upon I the passengers. Between Sixth and Seventh West streets the incoming car was met by tho outgoing one. Word of the holdup was passed, and Richard Beynon of the police department, who was on his way home, changed from the outbound out-bound to the inbound car and rode to Fifth West and Second South streets, from where he telephoned to headquarters. Within six minutes an automobile load of detectives were in Greektown searching for the holdup, a description descrip-tion of whom was secured from the conductor and passengers by Policeman Police-man Beynon. The action of the man in riding to Seventh West street before be-fore leaving the car was thought to Indicate that he wanted to get to Greektown, but no trnce of him had been found by the searching officers up to an early hour this morning-He morning-He was described as being about five feet nine Inches in height, slender, slen-der, light, of complexion with thin features and high cheek bones. He wore a gray suit and a black overcoat over-coat with a black derby hat. "He was very quiet about it all and there was nothing to do but obey orders as long as he kept that gun handy for action, which was all the time," said Conductor Hadley last night. Mr. Hadley lives at 754 East Sixth South street. "I saw what happened by the reflection re-flection In the front glass of the vestibule," said Motorman L. Johnson John-son of 42R South Sixth East street. "1 was unarmed and so kept quiet, taking my money and watch out of my pockets and placing them above the number box in the front of the car He, did not bother me, however." how-ever." ' I |