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Show BOYS ARRESTED FOR STEALING H AUTO Salt Lake, Oct 16 Patrolman W. II. Hendrlckson of the local police force arrived In Salt Lake City yesterday yes-terday afternoon from California and Nevada, having in custody three prisoners pris-oners who are charged with having stolen an automobile belonging to the Telluride Realty company. Bert Downie, aged 15; Chester Dean, aged 15, and G ("Swede") Carlson, Carl-son, who gavo his age as 18, all well known to the police, who were arrested arrest-ed by the authorities at Truckee, Cal . a wepk ago, were the prisoners returned re-turned by Hendrickson. The car belonging be-longing to the Telluride Realty company com-pany was driven to Susanvllle, Cal , where it was abandoned At this point the trio appropriated another car, which they drove to Reno, Nev. They then 'switched" again, stealing still another car in Reno, driving it to Truckee, where thoy were apprehended. appre-hended. Burglary also Is charged to the three young men by the Nevada offi-"ers. offi-"ers. according to Officer Ilendrick- 'on. who states that an effort will made to return them there for tri-1 tri-1 when the Utah officers have fin-hed fin-hed with them. A house was bur-''arized bur-''arized near Reno, and among the articles stolen were a shotgun and fvo revolvers These were found in possession of the three young men when arrested at Truckee. Hendrickson, after locking the prisoners pris-oners In jail at Reno, journeyed to Susanvllle, where he secured the Telluride Tel-luride Realty company's car. It was found that the thieves had run the car Into Susanville without lubricating lubrica-ting oil and the cylinders were badly bad-ly burned, necessitating repairs, Hendrickson Hen-drickson then drove the car to Reno, picked up the prisoners and made the trip to Salt Lake City overlanding, chaining his charges to the car and acting as his own chauffeur. The trip was made without incident, other than considerable hardships encountered encoun-tered across the desert. Downie and Dean are in the custody of the juvenile ju-venile court officers, while Carlson Is in jail awaiting a trial on a grano larceny charge. According to Officer Hendrickson. the three confessed to thefts of thirty-five automobiles in Salt Lake and vicinity during the past year. Nearly all of the stolen cars wero used for a time and abandoned, they said. Tony Pleascia and Lafayette New-bold, New-bold, aged respectively 17 and 16 years, were brought back from Smith-field, Smith-field, 'Oache county, by Patrolman R. C. Willey They were arrested there on Information from the local police, and an automobllo belonging to F. S. Hickman, which was stolen from In front of the Keith apartments a week ago was found in their possession. pos-session. They wero turned over to the juvenile court authorities. The stolen car was returned by the patrolman. |