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Show Traffic ftkaps Take 38 Lives In Utah Ctaiy Thirty-six deaths by accidental and suicidal means occurred in j Utah county during 1936, Sheriff I E. G. Dumell's annual report, pre-I pre-I scnted to the city commission I today, shows. During the year 531 adults were committed to the county jail together to-gether with 59 juveniles. A total of 416 investigations were conducted con-ducted during the year, with 374 arrests. Car accident investigations totaled to-taled 260 with traffic offenses reported as follow: Drunken driving, driv-ing, 15, reckless driving, 10, speeding, 2. Twenty cars were reported stolen and a like number num-ber recovered. Stolen property recovered totaled to-taled $2,814, and fines were reported re-ported at $2,019.46. Money collected col-lected as fees in the civil division, amounted to $2,25.63. Auto accidents resulted in 16 deaths, the greatest individual cause. Other causes were: Accidental Acci-dental shooting, 4; by train, 2; by falling from wagon, 2; by drowning, 2; and by train and auto, full from tree, gravel pit cave-in, electrocution, falling under un-der tractor one each. Gun fire and poison gas caused two suicides and jumping from a building resulted in a fifth. Arrests included the following: Second and third degree burglary, burg-lary, 16; assault and battery, 10; disturbing the peace, 12; fraudulent fraudu-lent checks, 17; juvenile delinquency, delin-quency, 28; intoxication, 25; petit larceny, 40; wilful neglect to provide, 10; arrested for outside officers, 15. Forgery, 3; carnal knowledge, 2; embezzlement, 2; insanity, 7; grand larceny, 8; robbery, 4; desertion, de-sertion, 4; manslaughter, 2; hit and run driving, 2; depriving owner of car, 2; vagrancy, 5; and contributing to minor's delinquency, delin-quency, contempt of court, attempted at-tempted rape, arson, adultery, and highway robbery one each. In 25 cases arrests were made where there was failure to prosecute. prose-cute. Fourteen cases of larceny j where no prosecution followed occurred. oc-curred. "During the year we have had excellent cooperation from all departments," de-partments," Sheriff Durnell stated in submitting the report. "The courts, the district attorney, and the Provo city police department have aided us in every possible way." |