Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-12
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Additional Details Of Bloody Raid of HeartleSS Burglar Who Used Knife on His Prey et Prescott.

murderous burglar who recently raid ed the city of Prescott and made ; ! IIrSHUtul assa0IS Ssss l1SIIpSE
 that place show taat the thief wa one of the most desperate aNd bruta 1 terminals that ever operated in tn, southwest The Prescott Journal
 Miner thus tells the story of th' i Iatrocity;
 Robert Ludley, a carpenter, aget
 2, seriously. and perhaps fatally
 wounded. 8 score of other lodging
 house tenants robbed of money and
 Vaiuables. the total oE waieh will mol
 amount to over SIC. and the police
 officials securing the country are the net results of a series of lodging
 house robberies, at an early hour yes terday morning by one of the boldesi
 and most desperate burglars thai ever operated in northern Arizona
 Ludley lies in a ward at the Sis ters' hospital, suffering from four knife wounds inflicted by the bur glar, and is in very precarious con dition. He has a gash. diagonally I from forehad to chin, whica almost severed the nose from his face. A cut extends across the jaws and mouth, almost from ear to ear, which severed every tendon in his face, allowing his chin to hang limp on his chest, before being operated upon. In addition, his left lung was pierced ! by the robber's knife. and ne received d deep abdominal wound that may yet prove fatal.
 A few minutes before ? o'clock yes terday morning Ludley, who was oc- cupying room 20 at the Schuerman l house, was awakened by the presence of someone in his room. He sprang from the bed and grappled with the intruder, who was in the act of rifling the pockets of his trousers. The thief turned upon Ludley, witl a vi- cious oath, and slashed at him with a long keen-bladed knife, inflicting the wounds mentioned above, before Ludley would release his hold of the burglar. who, breaking from his grasp fled down the back stairway of the hotel and escaped through the alley before the other inmates of the house, aroused by the sounds of the desper- ate struggle, came to Ludey's assist ance
 They found the latter in the hall way, bleeding profusely from his gaping wounds. He was carried into his room and medical assistance sum moned. George Schuerman. proprie- tor of the hotel, at once called in the police, who arrived within a few min utes alter the robber had escaped. The physician dressed Lndley's wounds. and he was later removed to the hospital. where he now lies, with but small hope held out to him for re- covery.
 Within twenty minutes after his es- cape from Lndley, the murderoUs bur glar entered the lower floor of the Brinkmeyer hotel, where he proceed ed to ransack several rooms. the doors of which he found unlocked. | He first entered the room occupied I by Bob Epp, a waiter at the hotel 1 The latter awakened by the noise noise made by the intruder, asked what was wanted, and was assured by | the thief bending over him as he lay in bed, and telling him that ne was a l highwayman and wanted money, and that unless Epp diyulged the where abouts of his coin, he would cut his throat
 The same knife that had just cut poor Ludleys face into ribbons. was ] pressed against Epp's side and tho latter promptly told the robber that l all the money he had was in the pock- cts of his trousers. The thief SC cured this then turned to Epp and de handed:
 Where is your wateh?r
 Epp responded that he had none 1 whereupon the burglar replied:
 Well, it doesn't matter; I've al ready got all I want" at the same time displaying to Epp's gaze two i watches, which he took From his
 trousers pocket
 After making Epp cover his head with the bedclothes, the robber back ed to the door, warning Epp not to move, as he had a partner in the hal
 who would plug him if ne made .
 move"
 As the robber stepped into the hall
 Epp declares he heard him say, in g
 loud whisper: "All right, Bill; IT
 be with you in a minute. Keep on guard" Epp is of the opinion rnis
 was but a bluff of the robber. who after leaving Epp's room entered thai occupied by guest named Miller
 who was relieved of $40 and nj;
 watch. according to his statement tC the police. Two dollars was all the
 robber secured from a third room
 after which he left the building and
 disappeared down the alley.
 Previous to this it Is believed ths
 same thief entered the room occupied
 by Fred Thompson. at the Globe
 lodging house, about 1 a. m. Thomp
 son was awakened at the opening o
 his door. He started to rise in bet
 when he was commanded by the in
 truder to lay down, and cover up, O
 Tn blow your block oil = Thompson
 replied that he had nothing to "eoye
 upr for, saw he was confronted by
 man of nSdium sisss. broad shoulder
 ed. and strongly built. with a heav.
 dark moustache. which ne judged t be false The intruder asked ThomI
 son where his trousers were. and al ter he had secured and ransacke. them. finding only 50 cents, lookei lat the coin, and contemptously said Fl sYou fellers are a lot of pauper down here. I'm going up among tn aristocrafs, and if I make raise IT come back and hand you a dollar O twoy
 The thief then departed. and j6ds ing from reports to tae police whic came in yesterday, must next hay tackled the Cliff house. as roomer there stated they heard someone tr, ing the doors about 1.1S or 1:3 o'clock Tae same reports were mad by roomers in the Head house, wh Il |-.- -amM .