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Show L Utah Bank Robbers A re Captured CHASE SOUTH OP SILT LAKE 1 j LEADS TO JAIL Quartet of Robbers Uses, Stolen OqcJen Automobile to Speed Away . BANDITS LEAVE MOTOR NEAR PR0V0 CANYON Some of Gang Said to Have Confessed Crime: Part of Money Found SALT LAKE, Sept. Z'j Four men, who yesterday morning robbed the Sugar Banking company of Sugar-house, Sugar-house, and who are though' to have robbed tlie aafeti deposit boxes of the First National bank of Morgan, jwcro arrested shortly after midnight I this morning und ure now in the Salt Lake county Jail. The men give their I names as F. J. Rogers, 2. C P Smith. 46; William H. Bonney and H A G rive 1 1. The bandits were taken into custod; a little more than twelve hours after i the Sugarhouse robberj and less than twenty-four hours aft r the looting of the Morgan bank's aft deposit vaults. Attention was first attracted to the men, which later developed Into .' chase, when the men wen- seen speeding speed-ing south In a now Nash touring" car. which was stolen from the PaclfiO-N'ash PaclfiO-N'ash Motor company in I 'gdbli last Wednesday morning POSSES .l l I i: UL Heports of ihe speeding car were dispatched to different o.t. s who were working in the vicinity nd a plan was devised to capture the robbers rob-bers in Prove canyon They abandon-eti abandon-eti 'he cur, however and made their way out or i no capyon ey toot The car was found abandoned on tho Clyde ranch near Provo. It carried the i igdon dealer's number. )Z'. When found on the ranch the back curtains jof the car were found to huve been i slit in such a Way SS to permit observation ob-servation of a in pursuing machine and uils to permit pus-'ible shooting at anv pursii) rs by the bandits ' The Btolen car was driven through i the towns from Salt Lake and Provo lat a speed close to fifty miles an hour ami it Was this excessive speed which ha'd much to do with tracing the ban-, ban-, tilts, for It Was report.-d to peace officers off-icers as far south as Provo, ami they J were watching for the fugitive car. 'Besides, a description of the car had (been also sent out and the men could 'not have proceeded along the highways high-ways farther than they did. without ; capture. HIDING IN R I Rogers and Smith were captured last night about 10:10 o'clock by Sheriff John Cdriess and Deputies Bd Parson and Frank Barnes of Suit I Lake; Deputy Sheriff Wilford Rasmus-:sen Rasmus-:sen of L lah county and Lbi n Mann. Juvenile officer of Provo. The men (wen- found hiding In a railroad box car at Orem. Officers brought them ilo Salt Lake The two men arc said to have confessed con-fessed i heir crime to Sheriff Corless and ih stated that they were un-as un-as Isted n iht- bank robbery at Sugar-house. Sugar-house. They did not know at the Unit however, that their pais hail bet-n arrested ar-rested at Linden and were then on their way to Salt Lake. e Rqgera -'"'i mlth, Sherlft Corless found three rolls of currency which totalled (2843 From the two men at Linden ourrenos , totalling $i'Ss4 was recovered. The latter two were brought to Salt Lake . i ere i in io line, an Ivlng al i ;3 5 o'clock. Tin authorities believe that the four men also robbed the bank at Morgan but they have no direct evidence evi-dence to bear out their belief, they admit ad-mit Il Is believed that the bandits hlil a considerable amount of silver before they were captured. AND OLI OFFENDER Grivell, who was arrested at Linden with Bonnes, wis recently released from the countv Jail and Is an old offender, according 'o the police. These two were captured after they had attempted to steal un automobile on Provo bench. They were traced i from this point. The four robbers went together to I Orem, where Smith and Rogers were liter captured. Bonney and GrlVell I continued along the tracks toward Lln- 'den officers saw the two nun run I from a truck and crouch behind a I milk platform. The officers thew a fl ishlight on the men arid ordered 'their hands up. The order was obeyed without resistance I The arrest of Rogers and Smith was made at the Pleasant GrOVC Canning company's plant at the edge of Orem. MORGAN ROBBERY MORGAN, Sept tt. Estimates differ dif-fer as to the umount obtained bv robbers rob-bers who dynafcnlted the .safely deposit vault yeserday morning and pried I open fifteen deposit boxes, The estimates esti-mates range fro I10Q0 to 5 1 u.J007 but there will be no loss to the boxbold-ers boxbold-ers or the bank, as the Institution it 'protected by insurance Cashier Charles Heiner says ho expects the I loss to he less than $2S0ti. The exact figures will not be known until owners of Die boxes make a care- IXul check of their holdings. |