Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-21 | Page 7 | Crime Career Leads to Jail

CRIME IE CAREER LEADS TO JAIL The ambitious criminal career embarked em cm- barked upon Monday b by two Salt Lake youths under the asserted leadership leadership lead lead- of an older man when they allegedly robbed two dair dairy officials o of in cash and checks had ended ended end end- ed Saturday in the city jail where the three were held on robber robbery charges The two youths Arthur L. L Larkin 20 Fourth avenue and Len Reese 18 F street con confessed essed police police po po- po lice announced to participation in inthe inthe inthe the daylight holdup o of Roy E. E Brown 34 and Isaac Isaae McConnell 25 officials of the Clover Leaf Harris dairy late Monday afternoon in place Sam 30 alias Sam Gold Goldberg Goldberg berg former New York salesman named by the youths as the brains behind the robbery refused to talk although he and Larkin were identified tied fied by the victims as the robbers Reese police said admitted driving the car ear in which the others escaped after the holdup PLANNED OTHER JOBS JOns Larkin and Reese not only confessed con con- to their part in the sensational holdup last Monda Monday police said but admitted that they had planned with to rob the R-K-O R Orpheum Or- Or and Capitol theaters in addi addi- tion ion to other crimes The three were arrested late Friday afternoon with Marie Ballstaedt 18 reported as missing from her home homen In n Buena Vista since Monday in ahouse ahouse a n house louse at B street which baum and the girl posing as man and wife rented Monda Monday afternoon after alter noon loon a few hours before beCore the holdup City Detectives Lester F F. Wire J. J Ross Hunsaker M. M D. D McGinness and W W. v E. E Eggleston the arresting officers Continued on Page Pace Twelve e CRIME CAREER LEADS TO JAIL Continued From Pare Pace Seven found the gun and knife used in the robbery and a number of tile the stolen checks in the house About was found in baums baum's possession while a search of Larkin and Reese yielded an additional additional addi addi- In addition a box containing con con- taming was found in a closet in lie he house FAILED ONE TIME Larkin and Reese said the dairy holdup had been planned several weeks ago but on one occasion had been foiled by the failure of the vie tims to follow the usual route to a bank with collections When the car halted for a red light at Fifth South and State streets Monday Monday Mon Mon- day however Larkin confessed he and jumped on the run Larkin covered Brown with a gun and menaced McConnell with a knife it is said Reese followed the dairy car in a stolen machine he admitted Brown was forced lo to drive into place intersecting Fifth South street between Second and Third East streets where it is alleged al al' alleged he and McConnell were slugged and robbed of three sacks containing the money After the holdup Larkin said Reese drove him and to the B street house The Ballstaedt girl was reported missing by her father Fred C. C Ball Bali of Buena Vista on Monday but police did not connect her dis disappearance disappearance dis- dis appearance with the holdup suspects until the raid on the B street home She was held in the city jail as a ma material material witness Police Chief W. W L. L Payne said the three would be questioned further pending the filing of formal robbery complaints against them Monday 5