Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-11 | Page 25 | Eight Railroad Men Sentenced

EIGHT RAILROAD MEN SENTENCED Are Found Guilty of Petty Larceny by Judge Roberts Sp lal Ogden den Jan 10 Seven Seven railroad men who pleaded guilty to charges es of or petty pelt larcen larceny were each ench sentenced toda today b by City Judge D. D R. R Roberts Roberta to serve sene 11 lays days in Jail an and to pay fines of each cacho Rn Ray J. J Cole tho the eighth man said to be bo implicated and who also pleaded guilty was sentenced to serve erve two months in Jail and to pa pay a fine of or Tho The men cre arrested recently on charges implicating them in boxcar boxcar box boxcar car robberies between Wells ells Nov Ne' e and Ogden In which loot consisting of or merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise and valued at thousands of ot dollars was ws stolen Tho The merchandise was recovered b by Sheriff H. H C. C Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son on and returned to the tho Southern Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- railroad In passing sentence City Judge Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts said that lint in view of the tho men pleadIng pleading plead plead- ing guilty to the tho charges of or peLt pott potty larceny larceny lareen lar lar- een ceny and that seven coven of ot them had ram fam am- am Illes tho the court was inclined to be len lea lent Testimony showed showe according to the tIre court that Cole was not Implicated in the tho robberies to tho the degree of or tho 0 others t h a rs Sheriff Peterson Intimated that more moro arrests would follow In the tho ho near future To date moro more than t twenty three railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road men have been examined with a aview view of ot obtaining facts on the caso case