Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-27 | Page 11 | Youth Invents New Joyride, Police Assert

YOUTH INVENTS NEW JOYRIDE POLICE ASSERT Clifford J Jones Authorities Say Pretended to Be Buyer Seeking Car I I Clifford Jones Tones 20 O. O is in the city Jail I Iad on oil a charge of oC having obtained goods under false falgo pretenses The rhe nature of or Ms Is allowed alleged ed offense is raid mid b by the tho po police pu- pu lice to bo be unique In local an- an nals His arrest followed what is reported rc- rc I ported to have been the second complaint com corn plaint made a against him within a few rew lays On Ot tho first occasion aslon the police because of oC tho peculiarity o of the thc char charges es were Inclined to overlook the alleged act but a repetition within a 3 afew afew few hours made summary action Im Imperative Imperative Im- Im If it- citizens were to be protected protected pro pro- teete against us the whims of the Jones ho boy lOV the police pollee explained The Roods goods he hc is Ig Char charged ed to have hav obtained arc gasoline oil and anel the convenience con of an automobile driven about forty miles an hour and the time of or tho the owner sa say the pollee police S Seemed d Eager to nUT hay The manner in which Jones operated operate e ed ewas was vas explained d b by the police as follon's follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows lons Seeing an nn automobile of a certain make he ho would approach and com compliment If- If ment tho owner on his selection of or a acar acar car car remarking tJ that at he ho himself Siad iad ad been desirous of or obtaining Just such sucha a to machine The owner o would Inform Tones Tone of oC the name of the agents for that particular car to which h the bo boy would reply that ho he- had called on them and thAt I they hoy were vero oversold He appeared anxious to to make an ito purchase and carried the conversation conversation conver oon to a point where tho the owner would remark that thal If tC Jones Tones would ra l' pay a 1 price he might have hAYe the car Jones is said to have Introduced himself sis is a 51 sn of or former Mayor or 71 1 Thompson It Is char charged that wh n n the tho price of or a car was wan named l he would agree rC that It was w reasonable and would remark that if fC it drove o all I th they could coull run down to his fa fathers father's fit ra- ther's Cr's office of where he would obtain a check n In 0 o Suburbs port nt-port He lie is said ld to have hae caused car owns own- own rs r s to o drive J him lm to Murray Iu ra 1 ac I salt alt j and otner points on tho the outskirts of oC tho cit city He Ito was never nc ablo able to locate hl his adopted fa rat ra- ra a- a t her ther It Is reported It t la hi thou thought ht that hat hatlie he lie hoped the owner would eventually tire o of the tho hunt and tell ht to take lake the tho car and bring a 1 check when he hc got Gol it Me lie Is alleged allege to have e selected only wealthy victims but neither of or the two tuo wo satisfied lila supposed expectations expectations' The Tho authorities believe however about three years a aaro ao o Jones Jone sold H H. 4 ar car belonging to a local physician to a Greek k tr r 10 for or Which oCI of- of fons ease he hc 8 ser served od a i term In the thc state I Industrial school It is c charged