Williams news., 1920-08-06
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saw no one emerge from either door. In this operation he made noise enough to have frightened the burglar away. Smarting under the disappoint- ment of having failed to iden- tify the man, and realizing that he was no closer to a SO. lution of the mystery than be. fore, MT. Spellmire prepared to sleep again, altho feeling very much inclined to descend and make a tour of the store. While indulging in these re- factions, he was again amazed to hear noise in the shoe de. partment, and a moment later the overturning of three CT four boxes indicating plainly that the thief had returned for a second load. This time the party visited in addition to the shoe department, the silk gooda department, ladies hosiery and mems furnishings departments.
 By holding his watch and fashlight under blanket, MT. Spellmire learned that the hour was 40 A. M.
 After waiting a few minutes longer, he arose and made 9. tour of the store. This com. pleted without finding anyone. he again lay down to complete his nights sleep. It now oc- cured to him that the intruder must have entered from the rear and that he had gone out that way after getting the dresses and other articles, so that he had not heard the dis turbance or he would not have returned the second time. When dawn broke, MT. Spell. mire arose and looked about the store to see if he could learn what was missing. Hear ing noise in the bakery, he proceeded that way with gun in readiness, only to find that the baker had come down early to do a little work there. Exam ination showed that the spring lock on the back door of the bakery had not been pulled en- ] tirely- shut and this convinced MT. Spellmire that the burglar had entered here and must have possessed key.
 A telephone message was sent to the Sheriff's office ask. ing that two men who were mot afraid of the muzzle of a gun," be sent down that night. It was deemed best not to say anything about the matter To- cally in order to preclude the least possibility of the thief taking warning and failing to appear this night. When night came Messrs George and Ed. Spellmire drove out and met l the two deputy sheriffs at the Grand Canyon Railroad cross ing. From there the deputies were brought in in MT. Spell. mire's car. Before reaching town, MT. Spellmire got out and | walked in. He opened the door to the hardware depart ment and later admitted MT. Iverson and the deputies. A council was then held in the gents furnishings department in utter darkness.
 Eventually. ranper-deDIltVl | Thompson was stationed in the mems toilet near the bakery. Deputy sheriff Campbell stood l guard in the balcony at the rear of MT. Spellmire' office | behind a pannel of sheet iron. while MT. Iverson and MT. i Spellmire were stationed in the furniture balcony, armed with pistols, shot gun, and a rife, at a point where they had con- mand of the main body of the store.
 Then with the stage all set. the watchers had but to await the entrance of the villain. So far the drama had worked out | with the perfection of motion picture scenario, and from this | point it moved off with the pre- cision and the spectacular side lights of the screen at it's best, galloping rapidly to a climax. then halting with perfect dra- matic pause. after which it de-