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Show 0 MYTON BOY SAID TO BEjtlNGLEADER Salt Lake and Local Officers Arrest C. J).' Barker and Son Rc-poswes Rc-poswes Nine Care. C. E. Darker, 30, formerly of My-ton, My-ton, alleged ringleader of a band of automobile thieves, whose thefts are believed by officers to have totaled more than $500,000 worth of automobiles auto-mobiles and parts, was returned to Ltah Sunday by federal authorities and lodged in the Salt Lake county (6'ail. Barker is said by Deputy Sheriff R. II. Giles and Motorcycle Patrolman Patrol-man Sherman Falkenrath, of Salt Lake, to have headed the ring whi'ch stele and sold at least 100 machines in - Utah, Nevada, California and Idaho. Last week Sheriff Mitchell, wiih Y H. Clark and M.-J, LTitt of the national automobfle theft bureau, arrested C. D. Barke-r, lus two sons Melvin and Calvin, and repossessed nine alleged stolen cars in Duchesne county. Tho arrests and recoveries iof cars brings the total to eight men now toeing held and 54 cars re;, . r-ed. r-ed. Officers are inclined to jelivc the ring is a part of that recently broken up in Los Angeles,' in which six men were jailed and 70 cars recovered. re-covered. Mr, Brilt declared that during t? 0 last six 'weeks more than $200,000 worth of cars stolen in the vicinity 1 of Salt Lake cud Ogden had been taken over. The gang has c-e.in.'l detection before by buying wnc'wl car-; aiv! stamping the old ninnlhvs en 1 1. c stolen cars, the officers il?tc.I. David L. Ilitosman, his sn Frank Ernvit cf Salt Lake and C. D. Barker and for.s are under arrest in connection with the riii?. |