Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-11-06
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hUbtii isuuicN. A rdfp'nl'l, hp'h "'s seriously. and perhaps fat ally. wound. ct. score of other lodging house t'n- ants robbed of money and valuablrs, the total of which will no, amount to over SlO. ard the police officials securing the country for inc robber. without effect. so far, are the net rc. suits of n series of lodging house rob' berries. at m early hour. yesterday morning. by one of the bol1cs. and most desperate burglars that eyer op' erateI in northern Arizona.
 Ludlcy lies in n ward at the Sisters hospital. suffering from four knife wounds inflicted by ih. burglar. an | is m q very precarious condition. H. has gash. diagonally, from forehead to chin. which almost severed the nos' from his face. \ cut cXicnls ucrOsS the jaws and mouth. almost frum ear to ear. which severed every tendon in his facS. allowing his chin to hang limp upon bis chest. before being oP. erated upon. In addition. his left lung was pierced by iho fohher 's knife. and he received a deep abdo'u' inal wound that may yei prove fatal. \ few moments bcfore o'clock. yesterday morning. Iudley. who was occupying Room %. at the Schu'rmaI I l. Ia. 70 Q of someone in his room. Ila sprang from his bed and grappl"d with th' | intruder. who was m the art of rifliug the pocket, of his trousers. The thief ' turned upon Ludlcy. with vicious oath. and ~lashcd n, him with long kecn.bladed knife. inflicting ths wounds mentioned above. before LJd lev would release his nold on th" bu glar. who. breaking from his grasp
 flcl down inc back stairway Of ih'
 hotel, and escaped through the alley before the other inmates of tho house
 aroused by tbc sounds of thr icspor
 ate struggle. came io l.udloy's assist
 ance.
 They found the latter n thr nall
 way. bleeding profuscly from his gap
 ing wounds. He was carricl into hi
 room. and medical assistance sum
 moned. George Schucrman, propricto
 of inc hotel, at once called m th" p' lice. who arrived within few minutc . after inc robbcr had escaped. The ph, 7 sician dressed l.uIlcy's wounds. an ' he was later removed to ihe hospita l where he now lies. vita hut sma b hope held out to him for recovery. ' Within twenty minutes after h
 escape from i.ndley. the murdcr0r '- burglar entered the lower floor cf tt '- Brinkmcycr hotel, where he proceed' 1T to ransack several rooms, the doors [ which he founL unlocked. He first @ z. tered the room occupied hy Boh Ep e n waiter ut the hotel. The latte IT awakened by the noise made ny tl
 intruder, asked what was wanted. a'
 was answered by the thief beudil
 
 T over him as he lay in bed, anl tellii
 him that he was a highwayman al ?. wanted money and that unless Epp ii vulged thc whereabouts of his com, l., would cut his throat.
 X The same knife that had just e ld poor l.udley's face into ribbons, W O. pressed against tpP's side, nna { 'i latter promptly told the robbeT n of all the money h. had was ,n the poo ,n cts of his trousers. The ibief seeut A this. then turned io Epp and 'd mandcd;
 IT. "Whcre is your watehi'
 Epp responded that he had no Ip- wbcrcupon ihc burglar rcplici; rs. "well. II doesn't matter: I've ,,. rcndy got about all want, at IA. same lime displaying to Rpp's ', Inf two watches. which he took from ,d. trousers pocket.
 os After making Epp rover he h'
 with The bed clothes, tne rohbor ha he ed to inc door warning Epp noi h. move. as he had a par ner 10 the
 who wouil "plue him if hc made nd move.
 A- the robber stepped into the
 Epp declares hc heard bim say, in rer loud whisper "Al rigni, Bill Inc be with yon in minute. Keep
 a guard. Epp ,s of The opinion ry. was but blun of the robher, who. in ter leaving Epp's room, entered [ ws occupied by gucsi nsmed Miller. ' ur. was relieved of so and his watch, ta. eording 10 his statement io ihe
 lice. Two dollars WAS all the iob