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Show ! BOYS TURN H0R5ETH1EVES AND , ' DO A BIG BUSINESS UNTIL j HOUNDED UP BY TDE SHERIFF ' After steady efforts dating from the first of tho year to solve the mystery of the ninny thefts of horses and harness, Sheriff Herbert C Peterson . yesterday completed his round-up and last night placed in jail the entire gang of horse-thieves, who proved to be five boys, captained by Andrew Smith, 17 years old, the other lads ranging in ago from 13 to 16 years The sheriff and Chief Deputy Charles Pmcock located the boys at Brigham, where they had gone to sell some horses to the fish hntchery management, man-agement, for use as bait for tho Dolly Vaidcn trout. Mr. Pincock went to Brigham and brought, the boys to jail. Each of them confessed to the sherifr. Names Withheld. Younr Smith, the leader of the juvenile ju-venile outlaws, is sufficiently responsi- I ble for the crimes to justify publication publica-tion of his name. The other names are withheld by Tho Standard to avoid stigma upon tho future of tho youngsters and Ihc humiliation of their parents. ' Mysterious thefts of horses, harness, etc.. have occurred throughout the last year. Strenouous efforts were made by the police to capture the daring thieves. The sheriff and his depu- I ties have been studying tho problem ever since they assumod office Eight horses were stolen in the last few s weeks. Fed 'Em to Fishes. 1 Wondering why anyone would steal horses which were practically worthless. worth-less. Sheriff Peterson and Chief Depu. ty Pincock finally thought of the fish hatchery. Dolly Yardens horse-meat, S they said, and, sure enough, the hunch was correct. They set a trap and the ,boys fell into it. Two horses wore recovered and returned re-turned to their owners The boys had taken them to the fish hatchery to sell Thoy usually obtained an aver- j age of 5 per nag for fish-fattening. , |