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Show X,..' ?f obtA,nl H8 And tho S ! Wh,ch were afterward re-? re-? The pollce w-c notified Immediately Im-mediately and a number of plain ciot&cB men and patrolmen went to the scene of the. robbery, but failed m f,ny cIue t0 the m&"' Identity. Mrs. Hansen and her daughter were returning to ther home, when the negro ran up behind them and demanded de-manded their purses. The women refused re-fused to comply with the request With a string of vile oaths, tho negro discharged his revolver above the heads of the women three times aud, after threatening to kill them if they did not comply with his demand, h? snatched the purses. After reporting the robbery to the police- Mrs Hansen and hor daughter daugh-ter went to their home. They were Informed shortly afterward by telephone tele-phone that the 6tolen purses had been found on the grounds of the city and 1 county building by a man, who would return them Thursday morning. The purses were empty. Plain clothes men are working on the case. NEGRO HIGHWAYMAN HOLDS UP TWO WOMEN Salt Lake, Feb. 10. Firing into the air and threatening to kill both women wo-men unless they gave up their purses a negro highwayman held up and robbed Mrs. E. M. Hansen,' residing at No. 2 Fairmont avenue, and her daughter, Clara; Wednesday night at 9:20 o'clock, on Fourth South street, between Third- and Fourth East |