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Show MINER'S P0GKETB00K STOLEKON TRAIM James luliller, Arrested for tho Theft, Says He Found the Book. 'TrtWENTT-FOUR hours after E. M. i Malum made a complaint at ; headquarters of having been robbed of a pocket-book containing contain-ing $30, James Miller was arrested by Patrolman Carlson on suspicion, and he spent last night In Jail. Mahan, who Is a miner, Came up from Frisco on Sunday. He cashed a check In Mllford before ho left. On the train he sat next to a suspicious-looking character, but took no particular notice of him and went to sleep. When he woke up he was alone In the seat and his pocket-book, containing 530. a railroad rail-road ticket and other papers, was gone. He made complaint at the police station sta-tion on Sunday night and gave a description, de-scription, to which Miller answers. Patrolman Pa-trolman Carlson had seen him several times up -and. down Commercial street, but each time he seemed to avoid the pollcemnn. When taxed with the crime he at first denied all knowledge of anything connected with It. but after being "sweated" ho admitted having thrown away the pocket-book, but said that he had found it. He gave his name as Miller, but he Is a stranger In Salt Lake. The police claim they have a very good case against him and hope for a conviction. |