Show I NAB CRACKSMAN IN BUIlDING AT U. U Watchman Discovers Burglar While Making Rounds and Calls Calls' Police Salt L Lakes Lake's k s phantom safecracker met his his' V Waterloo early Thursday morning when he was captured by pol police Ice as US he climbed through a n V V t tIn basement window V VIn In the Park building build f fing V ing tug at the University V sit sity of Utah VV VVAn An accomplice VV apparently warned 7 V l of the approach of Y p v t VV- j o officers cers ma made d e his t 1 getaway and Is the V object of an V s I 1 v- v re v-e wide city V V search fl V The accused safe V burglar Is Earl K KI V Stice 24 alias allas t Charles F Pre Freed r C e d di dit t t. t Fork te telegrapher telegrapher te- te t. American teffY and convicted convicted con con- V bad check check Earl K Slice Stice passer His capture which V was du due V to the quick wits V of the university un watchman watchman watchman watch watch- man and the timely arrival of ar arresting arresting ar- ar resting officers prevented Salt Lakes Lake's thirty-fourth thirty safe robbery of of the the year It ended police pollee believe what I appeared a hopeless hunt for the phantom cracksman who four times escaped arrest when apparently trapped at work DISCOVERS PROWLER P P. P P Maarleveld eld night watchman at atthe atthe atthe the university telephoned police the news that a burglar was In the Parks building basement at 4 a am a.m. m. m Maarleveld Maarleveld Maarleveld Maarle- Maarle veld making his rounds heard noises in the university postoffice and saw the thc marauder at work in front of the safe Removing his shoes to av avoid id noi noise c th the watchman made his way to an office in the north end of the building building build build- ing and gave the alarm He then left the place and V took up watch out out- side V V Word was was' flashed from poll police e headquarters to the Thirteenth East substation and Patrolmen J. J B. B Ipson Ipson Ipson Ip- Ip son and J. J E. E Daley sped to the university uni uni- City Detectives E. E R. R Apelgren Apelgren Apelgren Apel- Apel gren and W. W Clyde Smith responded from headquarters SPEED TO SCENE A few minutes later the patrolmen arrived at atthe the scene to be met by the watchman Maarleveld led them to the V win dow dow- and V as as th the officers drew drw their guns Stice crawled through Get your hands up was the corn com mand V I Stice cursing refused to heed the order and attempted to escape The click of Patrolman Daley's pis I h tol as he cocked the weapon however how ever brought rought Stice the realization Continued on Pate Fifteen een OFFICERS NAB CRACKSMAN IN BUILDING AT U. U Continued from Pare Pate Nine that escape was impossible and he surrendered peaceably He Ho wore a pair pm of rubber gloves which he tore from his hands in disgust dis dis- disgust gust when he ht was handcuffed His pockets yielded a gl glass cutter used to cut glass glaM on the window which afforded him entrance to the building building build build- ing two pieces of cord a a. box of 22 caliber shells a a. fuse and arid a a. small steel punch and a flashlight I CURSES LUCK I Another pair of ot rubber gloves evl dently used to avoid leaving fingerprints finger prints prinis also was found in his posses posses- sion Just my ray lu lucki kl off cers quoted their prisoner as remark Ing lug Another few minutes and Id I'd have beat the rap Taking Stice with them the off 1 cers detectives who arrived soon scon af at tr r the capture and the watchman searched the university grounds but found no trace of Slices Slice's accomplice Near the safe was found a heavy sledge hammer two pinch bars a awood awood wood wooi chisel two bol bolts and a pair a-pair pair of ot pliers Tho combination dial had been pried off oft two of or the l lock k bolts removed removed re re- removed moved and the lock mechanism Jim but the strongbox door ha hanot hind had hadnot not been opened and nothing was stolen DENIES OTHER JOBS Stice's Slices method ethod of operating his hla familiarity with his legal rights his demand to see an attorney and his refusal to talk detectives reported Indicated that h he is a n professional lonaL Stice denied dented that he had participated in any previous safe Jobs and asserted that he was alone atone in his bis attempt to loot the university strongbox Detectives however said they were certain in that Stice's Slices lookout lookout look lookS out escaped after flashing a warn warn- big hig when he saw the approaching police cars They cited the finding of of two pairs of or gloves the tho cords to bo bl used they believe in lit tying up the wat watchman hman a two-man two job and the fact tact that tha Stice admitted that he did not hear the wat watchman hman indicating that he must have been warned Stice police records show was convicted convicted con con- recently of or passing a bad check He was fined 50 SO and given givena a a. six months' months suspended upended sentence by City Judge James A. A Stump He was booked on open charges and federal post office inspectors were notified of ot his arrest Since th the safe sate was in a post office City De De- Detective D. D H. H Clayton said the tho government gov goy will wUI probably prosecute the thc accused man |