Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-30 | Page 4 | Suspected Deserter Pleads Odd Excuse

I SUSPECTED DESERTER f PLEADS ODD EXCUSE i Arresting Officer Gave Him Opportunity Opportu-nity to Escsape, -Which He Embraced, Em-braced, He Says. Suspected nf being a deserter from the : T'nited States army, t'larenre Edward j i ia tes. 4 -In West Seventh outh street, wns picked up by Patrolman .rthur Mer-' Mer-' rick about noon yesterday in "Greek- town'" and lodgeu in the city jail, j Gates spi ang a surprise nn Chief of ! Detectives Sharp when, in the course of j nn examination, he said he was the man ! who ran away from Specl.jl Agent W. K. , Vlgus of the department of .fust ice sev-i sev-i era! weks ago. when Yigus arrested him : on suspicion of being a slacker, j "Yes. I'm the man Vigup arrested, but jit isn't true that 1 broke away from him 'and ran."' said Gates. ""The fact is, that Mr. Yisus stopped at a store on the road. ' and very obligingly a.-ked me 10 wait outside while he telephoned for the pa-i pa-i tro! wagon. 1 saw no good reason why ' should accommodate him. and as soon as he entered the srore f heat it. I have pa ssed Mr. Vie us on the si reel ;i dozen times siive. bu' he never recognized m1." Gates will r-p turned over- tn the federal fed-eral authorities and his case will be Investigated In-vestigated ny Spct-ia Acent I-eou Hone.