Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-14 | Page 13 | 'Rug Racketeers' Leave Salt Lake

Rug Racketeers' Racketeers Leave Salt Lake Rug racketeers posing as sea Sd captains and selling bogus Persian and Chinese rugs supposedly smuggled smuggled smug smug- from the orient departed from Salt Lake at the invitation of the police poUce Thursday following the arrest arrest ar arrest ar- ar rest of two of the peddlers attired In gold braided uniforms Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day daX afternoon E. E E. E Boswell 35 and M. M L M M. Boswell Boswell Boswell Bos- Bos well 54 brothers alleged leaders of or orthe the rug peddlers were taken into custody at Second South and Main streets by City Detectives M M. D. D Ginness and W. W E. E Eggleston After questioning they promised to leave town within eight hours The Thc officers said the peddlers en entertained en- en prospective e customers with deep sea tales and then attempted to sell domestic rugs manufactured In Grand Rapids Mich Web as smuggled smug smug- gIrd products of oriental looms