Show DEPREDATIONS PREDATIONS D Of DF I I CHURCH THIEVES THI VES Series of Thefts Reported at First Methodist and Other Institutions I Visited An in organized gang of church thieves seems seem elb to be operating in Salt Lake and have bae M ss far tar eluded the vigilance of those members of the t ie various churches who J have attempted to capture them rather than report the matter matler to the police pollee Several watches and overcoats have been stolen from the First t M E K church oft 64 n East Bast Second SecoRd South street during the last three months montha and on Easter Sunday an overcoat belonging to C W Jq baon a member of the choir was stolen iten aswell w ll a as a pocketbook belong belonging belongIng belonging ing to Mrs William ll of the con congregation congregation This contained a small sum own of St If money noney and a 8 gold watch watell but was later Iter recovered several of the members of the congregation forcing a 8 small email boy boyto boyto boyto to confess that lie lu knew where the thief had hidden the property in the 4 basement of the church The lad denied that he knew anything of the theft or that he knew the name of ot the person who stole the property alleging simply that thet he be had hadL L seen it hidden Owing to the fact that the boy 00 told a straightforward story he was allowed to go without be betas belog belog log tas turned over oer to the pollee police St Marks cathedral has also allO been the scene of several eral thefts recently a ar r number of the tho women of the church and of tile the choir having had the plumes cut from their thir hats liaU which hung In the tire cloakroom during services The cloak cloakroom cloakroom room of the First t Presbyterian Pre church also has been visited The TIle board of trustees tru tees of or the First Methodist church offer a reward of 10 for the return of the overcoat stolen from the Ute church yesterday with the promise that they the will lIl not molest the person returning it Should we find It through our sot own efforts however we will soak the person having It said saidI Rev Re F B Short last lut evening I |