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Show Three Men Arrested, Charged in Theft Of Beef From Field Vest of Town Only a few hours after three "cattle rustlers" brought their loot to their respective homes, the men were in the hands of the law and charged with grand larceny involving the theft of a"S calf, according to report by C. A. j Spafford, state livestock inspector, i who worked on the case in cooperation cooper-ation with county and local officers. offi-cers. Ironically the stolen dressed-out beef belonged to the state livestock inspector. First indications of the theft came when 'Elden Bartholomew, traveling on the lower road from Provo Sunday, came upon the head of a baby beef: He brought the head to Mr. Spafford for inspection and he recognized it immediately as one of his own calves. With Deputy Sheriff Harold Hansen, Mr. Spafford went to his fields west of Springvifle and they saw where the animal had been taken over a fence and through a barrow pit to be loaded in a car. Car tracks and other information led the officers to one of the suspects. sus-pects. Later with cooperation of Sheriff Theron Hall and Officer Reed Rigtrup three men believed involved, were taken into custody. Booked on the charges of grand larceny were Buford C. Acocks, 37, 739 No. Main, Springville; Victor Vic-tor Delbert McNish, 38, 275 East Center, Provo, and Edmund J. Lunceford, 29, 506 So. 4th East, Orem. In Provo City court, the men were arraigned and waived preliminary pre-liminary hearing. Bail was set for each at $1000 cash or $2000 property prop-erty and the suspects were placed in the county jail, according to Inspector Spafford. |