Show ALLEGED SANDY BANK ROBBER 15 RETURNED I Percy Percy Brown Alleged Leader of Gang Brought B Back ck From Tennessee I Refuses to Talk of Bonds Having In custody custod Percy Brown alias Ja Jack k Robert Dillon alleged lea leader eader er o the gang which h held ld up and robbed the Sandy City bank on December 12 12 19 1923 3 Sheriff Sherif Benjamin Benja min R. R Harries arrived In the city this his morning from Memphis Tenn The other two inen men arrested with Brown Hart Brown Hart Austin and Henry Laughter were Laughter were not secured by bY the Utah officer Brown or Dillon denies his guilt of ot th the the- Sand Sandy bank banI robbery robber but reuses refuses refuses re- re fuses uses to talk taik about how how- he came Into nto possession of the stolen bonds bond which were found upon him a and d which Identified as part of ot the securities stolen fr front from m ih ihSan the San Sandy bank l' l h Brown fought extradition strenuOusly strenuously and it was necessary for AR A. A R It R. R Gardner cashier of the Sandy bank ank to make malee a trip to Tennessee to o identify the stolen bonc bonds s and Brown b before the sheriff finally succeeded in having his extradition papers honored by the Tennessee authorities Brown is charged with grand larceny larceny lar lar- ceny cony and receiving stolen property In n the lie complaint issued here but it is stated that a new complaint charging robbery robber wilt will probably be filed Brown probably will be arraigned arraigned ar ar- ar- ar raI ned tomorrow morning Sheriff Harries learn learned d while in Tennessee that hat about worth of alleged stolen bonds were sold in Nashville just before Brown and his companions were arrested and while no trace of these bonds has yet iet been found it is believed believed- by bythe bythe bythe the officers that they may be a apart apart apart part of the lie loot taken from Idaho banks and that the men arrested in Tennessee are part of the tile Montana Mon Mon- Mon Mon- tana- tana Utah tana-Utah Utah band of bank robbers recently rounded up In this city and Havre Mont Austin was turned over to the authorities at Little Rock Ark Arid where It Is alleged he lie escaped from prison a year ago while serving serving serving ing a year three-year term on a liquor charge It developed that he lie had been charged with murder at the same place but but- had beaten eaten the case Canada wanted him for al alleged alleged alleged al- al bank robbery and nd ni made ap application application application ap- ap for him through the state department at Washington but Austin furnished 2500 bond on this charge and was turned over to the Arkansas officers Laughter succeeded in establishing establish establish- ing an alibi aNd the Tennessee authorities authorities au au- au- au declined to grant extradition extradition extradition extra extra- In his case upon the showing of the Utah authorities were able to make e at the time but gave as assuranCe assurance assurance as- as that If the Utah officers would show further evidence warranting warranting warranting war war- ranting it extradition In his case would bo be be granted also |