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Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-05 | Page 1 | 96th Case 'Cleared' in S. L. Crime Drive

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Date 1938-01-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
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City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title 96th Case 'Cleared' in S. L. Crime Drive
Type article
Date 1938-01-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text Case Clea Cleared red In S. S Crime L. L Drive i Confession Follows Arrest of Another I B Burglar Suspect in Campaign Solution of 96 crimes in two weeks was claimed Wednesday by police with at arrest est of another burglary suspect LeRoy on 19 of Salt Lake City gave himself up at headquarters headquarters head head- quarters ter Tuesday f n and confessed sed to to taking aking part partin in five burglaries six automobile thefts and and- three grand lar larceny e y cases in the past month It was understood had been implicated by Bert Greenhagen gen 19 of West Broadway arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested Monday night for burglary and automobile theft Credit for solving 79 recent burglaries burglaries burglaries bur bur- and nearly a score of car thefts was given Detectives Fred FredLee FredLee FredLee Lee and E. E J. J Blazzard by Detective Detective Detective Detec Detec- tive Captain E. E A. A Hedman The crimes were solved by arrest of Greenhagen and others since December 20 I want to acknowledge Detectives Detectives Detectives Detec Detec- tives Lee and Blazzard as a credit to the department and deserving of every praise Captain Hedman said admitted he had known I Greenhagen at the state industrial school at Ogden Both are repeaters repeaters re repeaters re at the institution and Greenhagen confessed confessed confessed con con- to automobile thefts and store burglaries in Farmington and likely will be turned over to Davis county authorities for prosecution police said A warrant for them was sent to Captain Hedman by Sheriff Joseph Holbrook Sheriff A. A B. B Prince arrived from St. St George seeking custody of the Continued on Pa KB Three I Column Two T He Surrendered to Police A t w t c. c i 2 j I l i L. L 4 4 IllS HIS ARREST CLEARS MORE l CRIMES LeRoy Surrendered to police 4 I Starring in Drive Against Criminals I ti T L t r 40 c 1 ch a k t tJ ta a R J fin finx x r vo 4 Y s A T THEIR HEI R WORK VORK IN SOLVING BURGLARIES WINS VINS COMMENDATION I Detectives Fred Lee left E E. E J. J Blazzard Broke 96 cases Police Claim 96 Crime Cases Clear Cleared eel in Cleanup Campaign Continued from Page One youths on charges of depriving a an owner of his automobile but it was wa expected the more serious charges charge in Davis county would take prece prece- denee dence The two took a car in St. St George and drove it to Salt Lake Lak City during their return here from California Hackwell Freed Under care of a physician Leste Hackwell 35 of West Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way law in of Greenhagen was released to his home He had hac been arrested with Greenhagen fo for investigation as a fence for th the two youths Hackwell was suffering from an infected arm Investigation into his suspected connection with the burglaries was being continued For the third time in 24 hours police had to use gunfire Tuesday night Traffic Investigator C. C T. T Smith fired a shot at a stolen car he was pursuing and the driver pulled over to the curb jumped out anc and fled The officer saw the car at Fourth South and Second West streets and pursued it west for a block before it was abandoned The car was stolen from N. N W. W Robertson Garden avenue Thefts of watches were reported to police by three persons Ivan Tucker 2024 Elizabeth street said his timepiece was stolen from a service station where he had left it as security for gasoline I Grant Tuckett 2329 Green street said his watch was stolen from a parked automobile John Bene told police his watch was taken from his room in the Hyland dormitory 1310 East Second South street I L. L J. J Hunter Center street to police Wednesday that thieves had stolen a fan two auto robes and a flashlight from his automobile while it was parked in front of his home Thieves took a caliber 22 automatic automatic automatic auto auto- matic revolver and rejected a stethoscope stethoscope stethoscope scope and other medical equipment in prowling the automobile of Dr T. T C. C Bauerlein Bauerlin East First Firs South street the doctor reported to police Wednesday Also taken were an overcoat and a mans man's suit The car was parked in a garage at the Bauerlein address Three bundles of newly finished laundry were stolen Tuesday night nigh from the back porch at the home of Mrs A A. W W. Caine Twelfth East street Mrs Caine told police Wednesday Two burglaries were reported to police Wednesday both occurring Tuesday night c Kids work was the notation scrawled across a report that the Deseret Potato Chip company 2202 Seventh East street had been en en- said thieves had hac tugged on a roll of wrapping paper and festooned the floor with long lengths of it Missing were 50 cents worth of tax tokens Two gallons of antifreeze were missed by the Maxfield service sta tion West Vest Broadway after it was discovered that thieves had kicked ticked in a glass door Youths Youths Sent Sentenced To Utah Prison After hearing themselves characterized characterized charac- charac as 33 dangerous social liabilities liabilities ties and parties to what appears to be one of the most sordid types of companionship Lyle A. A Harris 17 and Lawrence 18 had each been sentenced Wednesday to terms of one to 20 years in state prison iris on They pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree burglary and were sentenced by District Judge Herbert M. M Schiller The judge directed that prison commitments be stayed until April 2 and ordered both youths sent to the he state industrial school at Ogden Og Og- den Second Appearance It was the second time in 10 40 months that Harris and stood tood before Judge Schiller charged with a felony Hoping to prevent a felony record record record rec rec- ord against your names when you were here before I referred your cases to juvenile court which in inurn turn urn remanded you to the in industrial industrial industrial in- in school recalled Judge i I Schiller as he spoke from the bench bencho to o the defendants In approximately three months after leaving the industrial school you ou have committed a greater number number numer num- num ber er of felonies than many hardened criminals have against their names This is the most crucial moment of f your lives continued the judge leaning over the bench toward Haris Harris Harris Har- Har ris is and Warning Sounded If you want to go the way of ofa a John Dillinger or wish to go the way of good citizens this is the moment for your election But you youre are re dangerous social liabilities and what appears to be one of the most sordid types of companionship existing existing ex- ex sting between you must end Before concluding his remarks the judge warned both defendants that if they violated any rule of the industrial industrial in- in school or so much as 33 even spoke poke to each other during the time he ic has jurisdiction over them the stay tay of execution would be revoked and nd the offender sent to prison despite espite his youth O. O H. H Peterson assistant superintendent superintendent of the industrial school took ook custody of Harris and and nd started at once for Ogden Besides unlawfully entering the theome home ome of C. C L 1477 Stratford avenue venue on December 29 a charge to which Harris and pleaded guilty police claim the youths robbed John W. W Worthen 25 of San Francisco of and keys to his automobile
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