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Show gagged me until, T cool Rcarcely breathe. Then he bound me and Btruck and beat me until I was almost Insensible. He threw me in a corner of the room and then stole my pur.-e. and, necklace and' other articles Tbo robbery wag first, investigated by Motorcycle Patrolman' Dan Grnnd-vig. Grnnd-vig. who, accompanied by the girl, found the empty purse, the necklace and a pair of MIsg Prcw;tt's gloves in I the yan immediately west or ihe home. The motorcycle p-Urolmnn Informed In-formed the police hoadquurtern of the extent of the robbery, when Oan'ain P.pckstend and L'etenant .T-hn Hem-pel Hem-pel dashod down In the emergency i patrol to make an Investigation and Cfv."- mi or discredit the burglary if j possible. ' After the burglar bad dashed out of the window which he had jimiuyfd open, Miss Prowl u scrambled to her feet, and still gagged aid boind. walked to the second story of the refil- I denre, where Mrs. S. TV Gaston was reading. I'nable to use lie- hands. ! Miss Prewltt kicked at tlie door with her bore feet until Mr.;. Gaston came out. "The clrl was tied so securc'y that It was all T could not to untie the handkerchief about her nmirh," says Mrs. Gaston. "Her face v.ps nearly blue and the blood had stopped in her arms, which were Hed with several sever-al handkerchiefs. I called the police as soon as I had untied the girl." Mrs. Rosa White, step-mother of j Miss Prewltt, was ai the theatre when the robbery occurred Upon returning return-ing home, she stated that Miss Prew-Itt Prew-Itt had carried a very large s"m of money on her person, contrary to her advice. Mrs. White says that Miss Prewltt had wved considerable of , the money but fnat n majority of the sum bad been given to her by relatives. 'CIBL TiTTLED, PURSE IS STOLEN t Salt Jakc, Oct. 14. Gagged and bound by a burglar who sprang upon her from a window he had opened. Miss Susie Prewltt, aged 10 years, wna struck down arm robbed of a I purso containing SH75 in her apartments, apart-ments, 25$ West First South street, shortly before 10 o'clock last night Fearing that public sentiment will rise against its inability to stem the I reign of crime the police made eery I effort last nlcht to discredit the burg-Ian', burg-Ian', and the girl was put through an examination by Captain of Detectives Detec-tives Rilev M. Ueckstead bordering upon a "third degree." In which ho attempted to make her jay that she had not been robbed. However, the girl stuck to her story and looked the sneering detective detec-tive captain squarely in the face as, she recited the manner in which she I had been robbed. When he finally could find no foothold on which he might discredit the robbery, Captain Heckste.-ul loft the residence and returned re-turned to police headquarters, taking no description of the appearance of the burglar. j Comes Through Window. "I was preparing to retire, said MUr' Prewiit, "when I thought I heard, someone outside my window. I had been guarding my nuney very care-fully care-fully and kept my purse suspended from a bnnd about my neck. As I put on my Kimono I temporarily removed Ihe purse. I prcsum- that the burglar burg-lar saw nie remoe the purse, I went into another room to nrrango. my toilet. toi-let. As 1 returned n man. who I think wore glasses, leaped upon nie from tho window. "He tried to choke me and I Strug ?lod with him as long as my strength lasted. Finally he secured several handkerchief' from my dresser and |