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Show IToBBEHF $B Thomas Grier Tells Police of Struggle on Viaduct With Two Men Accosted by two men at the west end of the viaduct this morning at 1:30 o'clock, Thomas Grier, a youth of "West Ogden, told the police he was robbed of $6. The men were not armed arm-ed with revolvers but one had a knife and threatened to slash Greer's wristj If he resisted, he said. This did noti Stop the youth, however, and in tho melee that followed he lo3t his hat and coat and his shirt was torn to ribbons. rib-bons. True to their threat, the robbers rob-bers slashed his wrist but the wound was a mere scratch. Grier described his assailants as a I tall and a short man, both wearing soldiers' sol-diers' trousers and leggins and wearing wear-ing blue shirts, no coats, and caps. One of the men held him after hel had been overpowered while the other; ranBacked his pockets. Because of his! strenuous opposition, the robbers freed him before they had entirely rifled his clothing, having overlooked $1.25 that he had in another pocket. No trace of the pair was discovered by police who investigated Crier's story. The thugs evidently removed Greer's hat and coat from the scene of the struggle, as it was not found. oo |