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Show GANG OF BOYS GUILTY OF MANY LATE GRIMES Fearful Exposure of Youthful Degradation iA'West Salt Lake Made by the Police in Tracing Down Store Robberies. tfhc arrest by the pollco yesterday of Andrew Tonnesen, 15 years olU on suspicion sus-picion o having- been Implicated In one or more; of tho series of store burglaries which have been perpetrated.' recently on the west side, has,resultcd In the discovery dis-covery that the burglaries have all been committed; by a gang of young desperadoes, despera-does, most of whom left the city with tho Twelfth infantry iaat Wednesday. Tho gang mado several raids on west side stores, stealing tobacco, cigars and) canned goods, which they took to a cave down on the Jordan river, whero they spent most of their spare time In real outlaw fashion. Finally they burglarized the Fifth Ward Co-op store, at 370 West Seventh South street, where a large sum of money was secured, and then they made their plans to decamp. The Fifth Ward Co-op store was burglarised last Monday night. The robbery was not reported to the police until the following day, 'and then tho full extent of tho loss was not given out. A Bub-Btation of the postofllce is located in the store, and the haul of the burglars consisted of 5130 of postal funds, beoldes ?30 in cash and a quantity of goods belonging to the store. A special agent of tho Government is now in the city working- up evidence, so that the burglary will be mado a United States case. Young Tonnesen has confessed- that he was engaged with the gang of boys In burglarizing the store of Jenkins Nash-by, Nash-by, at Second South and Seventh West streets, last Sunday night, but denies that ho was with them in the burglary of Monday night, when the United1 States fund?s wero stolen, although al-though he saya tho others told him of having secured tho money there and of their intention of running away. He says that three different ralda were made on tho Nashby store, but that only merchandise was stolen from the place, with the exception, perhaps, of a few pennies that had been left In the money drawer. . The boys implicated (by Tonncsen in one or more of the various burglaries are Claudo Jones. George Bates, Tom Cosgrove, James Edgar. Walter Edgar, R. Husbands and Francis Parrott, their ages being from 11 to 16 years. Ho claims that only James Edgar and Francis Parrott were actually engaged in the Fifth Ward Co-op burglary. It 19 believed that all of the boys mentioned men-tioned have left the city, with the single excoptlon of Parrott, who was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion and Is now being held In the county Jail on tho charge of incorrigibility. He has nn excellent chance of standing trial in the Federal court. A boy named Davis, 11 years old, who was raid by Tonnesen to know all about the Fifth Ward Co-op burglary, was taken In custody last night and submitted) sub-mitted) to the sweating procc&s by Chiof Lynch and other officers. Davis at first denied all knowledgo of the crime, but finally admitted that one of the boys had told him that they got ?60 from a store "down south." He also admitted having run with the gang to some extent, ex-tent, and said they camo to his home after him Sunday night to assist in the Nashby job. "My sister overheard what they Bald, though," explained DavlB, "and the folks told mo if T went out that night I ncedn't.come back any more, so I didn't go." Rather vigorous measures will doubtless doubt-less be employed to bring back the "boys who have fled, particularly the one unquestionably un-questionably engaged in tho robbery of postal funds. k |