Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-01
Early Morning Visit to Three Resi-
denCes on One Block,
HEMPSTEAD LOOKS AT GUN
Young Attorney Awakened by Moves
menis Of Unweicome caller Who
Commands silence Under Threat.

Keep quiet and you won't be hurt =
Those were the words that greeted
David Il. Hampstead, the well known
attorney, early yesterday morning up
on being awakened by his wife and In
formed chat someone was In their bed
room. 1t did not take him long to dis
cover that the person was an unusually
bold and neryy burglar and ne was
forced at the point Of an ugly looking
revolver to lie patiently IN bed and
watch the intruder ransacK the room
and help himself 10 whatever happened
10 strike his fancy When an inventory
was taken after the burglars mad de-
parted, Il was discovered that they had
obtained S25 In cash. suit Of clothes, q
box Of cigars and some valuable papers,
The burglars entered the front door Of
Mr.. Hempstead's home. at 2le south
Seventh East street, by means Of skele-
ton Keys, deliberately TUNED on the
lights and proceeded to search for valu-
ables one Of them found his way TO
the bedroom OF MIR and Mrs. Hemp
stead upstairs, while che other one
stayed below on the lookout. After
searching the room he helped himself
to suit Of clothes and bid the occu-
pants of the room "Ta-ta" and with his
and departed for other scenes.
The burglary was committed al about
S;45 o'clock yesterday morning, and II
seems that the pair were out TO bur
glarize that whole block, as It was dis
covered yesterday morning that two
other houses Just north Of Mr.. Hemp
stead's had been entered and about $50
In cash secured.
Upon being awakened, Mr. Hemp
stead said that the burglar command
ed him In bold voice to keep quiet and
he would not be hurt II being dark
In the room he said he raised up In
bed and demanded TO know what the
man wanted and ordered him out Of the
room. He had no sooner spoken the
words than the burglar struck a
match, drew a big revolver from his
pocket. coolly walked over to the bed
and stuck the gun In Mr. Hempstead's
face and said; you order me out,
huh? You don't know who you are
talking 20, If you make singlge move
! will let you have this"
He then walked to the door and shout
cd TO his partner to stay right where
he was. addressing him as Bill. The
other burglar replied "all right" Then
the man struck another match and
walked over to the bureau and COM
menced search for valuables.
In relating the incident Mr.. Hemp
stead said
I,,ft q, tt, ka hAttsa
but | had my gold watch under my
pillow, and | determined to save that
II | could, so quietly slipped my hand
up under the pillow and pulled the
watch down into the bed He saw me
and must have thought had gun
for he walked back to the bed and
watched me with cold glare In HIS
one unmasked eye, until got my arm
Strengthened out again, when he
walked slowly away
"He took his time. and seemed TO
feel perfectly at home. He missed ny
wlfe's diamonds that were IN the
dresser, but walked into little alc0vc
whore my clothes were, and rolled them
up under him arm"
Seemingly satisfied with the Jingle Of
coin in the pockets, Mr.. Hampstead said
the man returned TO the bed then ex-
tlnguished the match and said "Ta-ta
old man" and quietly walked out.
As soon az possible Mr. Hampstead
notified the police department by tele-
phone and the patrol wagon with sew
eral officers soon arrived on the scene,
but the burglars had made good their
escape,
n was discovered Yesterday morning
that the home Of James O'Connor just
north Of Mr.. Hempstead's, was entered
and his trousers with $40 In cash were
taken. The trousers were found later
in the day IN a tent In the yard. where
they had been thrown after the pockets
were rifled.
The home Of w. " Besten, Just
around the corner, was burglarl2ed also
and his trousers containing little more
than $40, were taken.