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Show BUNKOED YOUTH ' WOULD ESCAPE TRIAL Jphn Dull, the youth from Tennes6eo who was bunkoed out of a $20 bill Monday by a -stranger who passed himself off for a Mormon mlahlonary. attempted to get out of town yesterday yester-day find thus escape the trial of Ed Murphy against whom he is the sole witness'. Murphy's ball was fixed at JloO at his hearing in police court yesterday yester-day and within a short time the nion-ey nion-ey was deposited and the prisoner was allowed to go. . Thinking that possibly an attempt might be made by Murphy or his two pals to Induce tbclr victim to leave town, a watch was kept upon Bull'o movements and lu the afternoon Detective De-tective Hob Burke observed hi 111 getting get-ting aboard a weBt bound train. Bull, was Immediately arrested and taken to the station. He claimed that he did not have sufficient means to justify jus-tify hla remaining to prosecute tho case against Murphy- but upon the police telling him that they would provide hliu.wlth food and slieltt-r he agreed to, Uy, his luggage belnt; taken care of in the meantime to guard agalnut his changing his mind. |