Show CATCH DESPERATE TE THIEF AFTER SEVERE BATTLE BAffLE BA TIlE TIlEA A chicken thief operating nightly near 24 West J irs South street was captured yesterday esterday morning by a dog three men and several boys The cap capture capture ture turo was effected only after a terrific struggle In which the thief was nearly killed No sleuths of the Salt Lake po police police lice department were present For or over a week Charles Mowrey and others had missed chickens Early yes yell yesterday yesterday morning Mr Mowrey saw the th of ef making a hurried getaway To escape from the yard he had to either climb over or through a high board fence Soon B B Brown and A 1 D Buckingham joined Mr Mowrey and the attacking party cornered the thief He turned and showed fight Then a large dog was turned loose and the thief was driven Into the tha corner While the dog kept the attention of the thief directed toward him the men got a pronged stick and placing It over tho the neck of ot the thief forced him to the ground He was the prettiest specimen of o othe the badger family seen In these parts for some time At the present time he heIs heIs heis Is safely lodged Jn In n a deep hole which he be dug since being tied up Ut upI I |