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Show SALT LAKE'S HOLD-IP MEN Salt Lake, Jan. 2C While Hugh Rooney, the barteuder. was drawing beer and C. W Hanllng, the proprietor, proprie-tor, was telling a story to six customers, custo-mers, two men with haudkerchlefs tied over their faces, entered the social so-cial bur at Fifth South and State street at ll;5o Tuesday night and commanded everyone to hold up his hands. Everybody complied, when the smaller of the two men went behind be-hind the bar, and after opening up the cash register, stole $39 15. and a small .22-culIber rifle, laughing at the spectacle of the men lined up with their hands In the air, the holdups calmly departed After the holdup men had gone, each man looked al the other, and for awhile no one moved, obejlng the command of the holdups to remain In .their "reaching" position foiOve minutes. min-utes. Finally one of the customers took down his hands, which was the signal for the rest to do likewise. The police wore Immediately notl lied and Lieutenant Heiupol and Detectives De-tectives Schultzo and Wheeling and Patrolmen I'arlsbnrg and Fierce went to tho saloon. After taking a description of the holdups and looking about the saloon for possible clues, the detectives and patrolmen searched the vicinity, while Lleuteuant Herupel telephoned the description to the station, whence it was sent to all patrolmen on duty. |