The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-19

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a revolver. and fred, but his hand
was stayed and the weapon wrested
from him. He was handcufed,
but in desperation reached toward
his hip pocket and whipped out a
second revolver, which was taken
from him. With two pairs of hand.
cuffs on him, the prisoner tried to
get third. weapon into play, but
was defeated In his plans and was
unable to injure any one, as he evil
IDENTIFY wished to.
Davis, not yet. willing to sur.
render, put up one of the most des-
perate fights in the history Of the
police department. He smashed
Captain Slovers glasses. cutting the
officers nose, and made such a
struggle for liberty that it was nee.
essary for the policemen to club
him into submission before he
would submit to 60 to headquar-
tiers. @ -,
The police have no hesitation in
branding Davis, the youthful pris.
onet, as the celebrated "pink dom
inon burglar, and they declare that
evidence is at hand to prove that
he is the man who, on March 26,
entered the home of N. w. Roun.
tree, go Ella street, and so brutally
beat and choked Mrs. Nellie Roun-
tree, after she gave him her valu-
able diamonds to save herself from
bodily harm at his hands. A re-
ward of 81 900 is out for his arrest,
that sum having been posted by Mr..
Rountree.
| Davis is also declared by the po-
| lice to be the man who has contin-
ued to terrorize the residents OF
Mob Hill district as no other burg
lar has for years succeeded in doing
| and they declare him to be the per.
sonswho visited the home of P c.
Patterson. I'll Everett street, April
2, at which time e. G. Giltner fired
several shots at him. IL :.
Another sensational crime charg.
ed against him was the daring rob.
berry of Henry Hahn, at the latter's
residence at the head of Lovejoy
street two weeks ago, when Mr..
:. Hahn, after submitting to the af'
; fair, turned his weapon upon the
!. highwayman and emptied the con-
! tents at the fleeing criminal.
i Numerous crimes, the complete
number and particulars as yet un.
known, are counted against tht
youth, but the latest and most cen
:. sational of the entire series was tht
+. binding, gagging and robbing of ]
; q. Dufresne in the latter's apart
ment In Moore's, photograph gal
lery at an early hour yesterday
morning. He tied the victim hant
and foot with strings, quickly man
> ufactured from lace curtains, which
: he tore from the windows. He es
capped from a Gordon of police by
q hairs breadth.
81 Davis is also the man, it is de
u clared by the police, who entered
the home of William Sherlock
Twenty-third and Washingto,
streets, the night of April 8, an,
! who was confronted by Miss Sher
e lock at the door of her room, an,
: frightened eway by her piercing
screams. The intruder in that in
h stance wore the pink domino mask
81 Numerous small crimes in tn
!. burglary line are said to lie a
v Davis door. He bad jewelry fror
Ie q front-street store that YVES bul
"a glarized- several nights ago, and
- watch that is evidently stolen prop
4 erty. The revolvers are thought t
be stolen property also. Their
4 were two rifles in his room tha
I. were taken from the Portland Hard
!, ware Store recently.