Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-04-29 | Page 5 | Masked and Armed Burglars Rob Jap

of the man before ho hid hi.'? face, could only tell that both burglars wore masks. It Is tho opposition of the police that the robbery was committed by compatriots of the Japanese who knew that the latter had tho $30 In his possession. pos-session. The premises at 321 West Second South street arc. occupied as a Japanese lodging house, but apparently appar-ently only the one room was entered by the marauders and no other roomer room-er was disturbed or robbed. In the absence ab-sence of the slightest description of the men or any clue the police have been unable to get on the track ct the burglars. MASKED AND ARMED BURGLARS ROB JAP Lodging House Entered and Robbttr Poke6 Gun In Nippin's Features. " y Salt Lake, April 2S. Awaking suddenly sud-denly from a deep sleep this morning, a Japanese occupying a room with three companions at' 321 West Second South street, was startled to see a masked man standing by his bedside and leveling a gun at him. while another an-other man was softly tiptoeing about the room. In a paroxysm of fear and stricken dumb with the sudden fright, the Jap buried his face beneath tho bed covering cov-ering while the marauders ransacked the bureau, and it was not until about two hours after the burglars had left and daylight broko that the frightened man found tho courage to throw aside the bed clothes and awaken hi3 companions, com-panions, who had slept throughout tho affair. A hurried search of the room shov-c-d that ihe robbers had secured $30 in cash, a gold watch and a pair of trousers'. Tho police were notified shortly after G o'clock, but the Japanese, Japan-ese, because of bin fright and of the fact that ho had only caught a glimpse