| Show TWO SEEN EEN IN ii i iI 1 BEfORE I BANK ROBBERY Alleged Burglars in lii Jail May Be Linked With Sanpete Theft Monticello Monticello Monticello Monti- Monti x cello Officers Coming a SUSPECTS WANTED FOR MONTANA JOB Former Officer and Ex- Ex Member l of oJ Montana LegISlature Legislature Leg Leg- Held in Connection Connection Con- Con ion With Band Banditry try Two of the alleged bank burglars held in tho Salt Lake county jail Were were identified this morning as as i having haYing been seen in seen Moroni Moron prevIous previous pre- pre Tnt to the time of the tho burglarIzIng ing of the Moroni bank but defInite definite nite connection between them and the bank robbery has not been made according to information given out by the sheriffs sheriff's officers T i r. r G. G Palmer known as George Dyer alleged leader of the band t arrested here and Adolph Mechle I are the ones said to have havo been seen around Moroni preceding the burglary This partial 1 tion was yas made by Sheriff J H H. oJ Sanderson of Sanpete county and i E E. E A. A Anderson cashier of the Moroni Moroni Mo Mo- roni bank who arrived this morn morn- morning In ing Officers from from- Monticello are are aree e ex e to arrive n in 1 an endeavor en- en deavor ol to identify some of ot of the prisoners i In connection with the recent Monticello I bank robbery EXTRADITION ASKED C 1 It Is Js also expected that of the sheriff at Bozeman Mont will arrive tonight with ex ex cx- I tradition papers for the four men held here who are said to tobe be be wanted in Gallatin county in n connection con con- with the Salesville bank A robbery Six men and two women omen includIng ing a former sheriff and a n former member of the Montana legislature ure are in jail in Montana held as members of ot the same band of ot In International International In- In bank robbers as the eight men now in jail in Ia Salt Lake City and MantI ManU Utah Information to this effect was received here today Montana l t members of the gang were arrested at H Havre vre last Wednesday night and are now being held 1 at Bozeman by i i the county sheriff in con with robberies of the banks at Salesville Gallatin county November November No No- vember 10 and the robbery of the bank at Valier last May The list of those arrested in Havre Includes Billy Coffron CoUron said to be a a. Canadian Roy Hauger railroad fireman of Havre Ed Marshall former Havre saloonkeeper saloonkeeper saloon saloon- keeper Henry Loranger former sheriff of Hill county Montana Florian Forian Carnal former member of the Montana legislature and once county attorney of ot Chouteau county county county coun- coun ty Montana l Doc Walkup who Is said to have ha recently arrived arrived d at Havre from Spokane The two women arrested Include Rae Davis said to be the wife of Fred Davis who was sought Bought by the Utah officers officers of of- as a member of the Utah branch of the gang but who I hall not yet et beep been apprehended and May Bond abOlt whom little Is known Tracing of about worth worth worth-of of stolen Liberty bonds said to have been taken from the Salesville bank led to the arrest of ot I and Loranger who it Is claimed sold the bonds' bonds to a Havre ban bank About worth of bonds are said to have been taken from the Uie Salesville bank A quantity of holdup and burglar equipment including sawed off orf shotguns fuses explosives and the like was recovered when the thear the ar arrests rests were made at Havre it is re reported re- re ported A series serles of more than twenty twenty- four bank robberies and holdups in Montana Dakota and Canada preceded preceded preceded pre- pre ceded the investigation which has brought about the arrest of fOUl bun J teen men and two won wom Utah ti tind and nd Montana for suspected Implication iI J cation In bank robberies In Utah and Montana H. H The investigation in which A has led led to the wholesale arrests was In Inaugurated inaugurated In- In by the Montana Bankers Bankers' X 1 association under the direction o ot of A. A T. T Hibbard ard secretary of the association as- as with headquarters at t y Helena v Sheriffs Sheriff's officers officer of Utah and Montana aided by Burns detective operatives es In the two states have liao been working night and da day clay for tor weeks to bring about the arrests which have hae been made Still sun other In members em bels bel's of the gang are at large It H Is said and every effort is being put pu forth t tc hend n. n t them 1 |
