Show ALLEGED HOLDUP A man found amisey and unconscious near acir the jefferson building claims to have been assaulted ind and robbed friday morning excitement was waa rife 01 er the rumor that a man had been held up an and d robbed of 15 00 the story as told re retold old addled to and magnified until it was poss possible fill a to gut get any story desired from a plain hold up to murder in tire first degree tho the facts are arc thursday night about 90 0 L K L clapp and lor loranzo anzo on their may is ay be home on auml OL a mart man groaning in ill IL a bolt biml cc conscious condition condl iloa on tho south slue side of tho the I 1 jefferson school building th tin aide malk and the dilding lending leading into tho the sub basement of 0 that luro fare i tho the man was mas built Lar larsan a minor lie ho appeared Bonie what daled and the gentlemen aho found him do bided to telephone tho the police george kelly and john potts responded d thoy they questioned larsen and ill hia story mas that alle on his way homo home a man loan sprung from tho the darkness knocked him hill dona doan and robbed him ot of lie he exhibited a rather bad bruise on the temple la in support of at this and upon searching him tho the officers found him without a cent ot of money lie vas aas taken to his room and admitted to mr air kelly that he had been dnn king but not to excess ho said that he hid had left town tor for hta his room shortly alter after S 0 clock this story hoi elor is contradicted for several saw the mau man around tile tho saloons after aine din a lie he could give no description of the man who ho he bo claimed assaulted him and 1114 actions and contradictory stories make ma ke the ho officers suspicious and they are confident that the holdup hold up story Is not true and that lawn larsen lost hla his money lioney in other way than by bo be ing ng robbed jn investigation sho n ed 10 evidence of any struggle whatever where the man loan was mas found arid and his louies clothes bero in hi no DO way may ruffled larsen made no effort in assisting the ho officers to locate tho the robber but went to work as usual friday morning the officers are arc investigating and it ft is hoped that moro more light will mill bo be thrown on tho the affair later laler |