Salt Lake Herald | 1903-08-21 | Page 7 | Boys Arrested

BOYS Two Young Men Hen Charged With Stealing Horses Sheriff Bailey and his deputy Joseph Belnap yesterday afternoon a effected the capture of two boys wanted by the slier sher sheriff itt iff of Salt Lak Lake county for the theft of ofa a couple of horses in Salt Lake about I midnight Wednesday night The Thc sheriff received word from Sheriff Emery about 10 yesterday morning A good description was given of the men wanted together with the information that they had headed northward Sheriff Bailey went south by way of the sugar factory I road and Deputy Belnap by way of the road struck the trail of the boys at Riverdale where they took dinner and followed It through the city the lads turning to the tho eat cat at t street and got goIng up n rth on Monroe aye ave avenue flue nue to Twentieth street so as to avoW going through the business pert part of to town n nOn On comparing notes with later Bailey took the motor line anti and rode to tile Hot Springs Belnap following the trail The boys were Intercepted by Bal Bai Bailey Icy ley at th the springs spring submitted quietly to arrest and were brought back to Ogden last night The hors hora s were too t ed to tasvel and were left at the At the county Jail the boys gave gare their names namee as an John Orsel and Richard Baker They state that their homes are in Salt Lake In lit explanation of their conduct they said that some Mormons In belt fawl Lake ow owed d them money and they tool the of two other Mormons to set get even They stated that they were pins by trade an and l intended to i KO go up un north of f Brigham City In search of work Each was armed with a pistol strapped about his waist and each had belts of cartridges They also had a let of other dime novel paraphernalia such as deter detec detective five tive badges pocket compass and the like