Show policeman traps burglar around 5 a m last saturday policeman wm win while on his rounds on upper main street noticed that the night lamp always left burning in the bank pool hall was out and as he turned on his flash light through the window he saw raw a mau man duck in an effort to get out of sight immediately the officer went around to the back door of the place ticking kicking it in and fleshed flashed his light in an effort to locate the fellow who had hid behind the counter policeman thinking the fellow had made his getaway gli the front door again went to the front of 0 the building and finding ending the door locked ran to the back door again just in time to meet the robber face to face instantly the boffl officer had his gun on him demanding hands up the hands went up with the cry of dont shoot officer im unarmed officer marched the fellow in n front of the king farlow cafe and there to the heavy iron post which holds up the sign he ha handcuffed hand cuffed him going back to the bank place to see if more crooks were mixed up with the affair and to telephone marshal st jeor the marshal and policeman anderson were soon on the scene and as they passed the fellow handcuffed hand band cuffed to the post the he latter exclaimed hey chief beter ter release me from this post the officers hastened on however with the thought that policeman might be in need of help later the prisoner was taken to the jail all where he gave his name as billy ivans evans and Is undoubtedly an experienced crook he had all but drilled through the safe of the pool hall when discovered later a complete burglars outfit was found cached near the safe and a few minutes more the contents of the safe cafe would have been in possession evans was turned over to the county officers and monday plead guilty and d was bound over to the district court in the sum of and taken to coal ville monday afternoon credit Is due officer tor for his neat capture it required nerve to tackle a burglar single handed and alone but bill has plenty of it as it has been often demonstrated in the past I 1 |