Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 1 | Shoot to Kill,' Chief's Order to Patrolmen

Hi Y NII HOOT TO KILL CHIEFS CHIEF'S ORDER TO O PATROLMEN I o ST STEP P I TAKEN TO i iI I I TOP ROBBERY l tic Instructions F Fol Fol- 01 Streetcar Holdups in inich inich inich ich Bandits Operate of Lines I. I SOFT HANDED IN FUTURE r I. I Ft st V Perpetration Was i Attack on 1 I land d Motorman of s st North Car Carl Carto e l to the second street- street 1 within twenty-four twenty ich ch happened shortly sJ after i Thursday Thu at Fourth North fib West streets street Chief of ot oseph seph E. E BurbIdge any an- an aY y that a heavily ily armed would begin duty ith emphatic orders to M. M id sJ shoot to kill In cases of ot nd burglary handed oft oCt tactics will be b bed bd beby d by bv men placed on this deIH de- de IH said Their mb to shoot to kill kUl We Wela i la ake e explanations afterwards th the tha morgue may be bea bethe a the conference chamber to these se explanations ws DARING HOLD HOLDUPS PS r announcement j the the daring holdup of a West North orth streetcar Thursday I othe end of ot the line Una and a Ibo dup of ot a South Seventh ar Wednesday night at d dot ot the line In Tn each case carried awa away the con- con and arid the company's ox J containing the days day's re- re test perpetration was exe- exe by two youthful bandits aply apty ap- ap ly ty not not much over 20 years masked and one of them Ith a a. heavy blue steel reThey re- re I Tn They y took 15 16 from Q Ancell Linden avenue fare Iare box which contained o nt of money traction corn com com I I officials said they could not I determine I ANY ANY uk OFFERS REWARD i I I l Dicke manager of the Utah I phd pd nd Traction company and and and an- an d d that the 1 I has company post- post IOu reward for tor the j I the Jie e group who h hold bald ld up either I during the past i I lit fa a p o box taken In last nights night's was found b by a motorman I Seventh East street line lino this ig 19 jn in a a. ditch at Seventh East South streets Tho The I nd cash contal container had been ll i pen and all the tickets and moved to Ancell and Motor Motor- A A. A Wilkins East ast Sev- Sev street who were in of the car the bandits ap- ap apI I ltd d the streetcar from the off oft nd nil knocked at the door for mice Ancell told them to go ko hI the other door and then 7 en nv n In lie leader stepped upon the nt nt he be drew a revolver and andI I at Ancell Ancen and Wilkins or them or-them them to stick up their Et End pd keep quiet The Tho car ops op- op s and the second secondI I 1 grabbed Ancell's m e d lifted the fare box from nger jer J ITS is ESCAPE t tins s was then ordered to to tart start back toward 1 the city low speed As AI the car gained um both bandits jumped oft off Continued e on n p page s 4 4 lt TO KI ll S I Continued from page 1 arid I ran so south th on Twe Twelfth West X treet disappearing In III the dark- dark Tess t 4 the he car was run to t Vi the le neatest nearest telephone and police police- o headQuarters head- head Quarters carters was notified at 1212 o clock Detectives C. C W W. W Rosen- Rosen r and W W. G. G Madsen hurried do eto do the scene In an automobile but find no trace of or the bandits t no at was seers seen Jn In n the tWe vicinity by either Ancell or 1 Wilkins it is thought that the rob rob- bers bets had a machine located In the neighborhood a and d were conveyed immediately back to the city after atter i She he holdup Both streetcar men I Bald aid tho robbers were exceedingly while fife holdup was In progress ress and It t is thought they were II r eN at the business busine s. s