Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-22 | Page 2 | Youthful Bandit Tells of Looting Operated between S. L. and Ogden

Youthful Bandit t T Tells ells of Looting Hated to Scare Women in Homes o Operated Between e S SL L. L and Ogden Jack Anderson year old burglar burglar bur buy glar of of Pocatello Ogden and Salt Lake who nearl nearly escaped escapee by sawIng sawing sawing saw- saw Ing the bars of or his his' cell in the Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- den jail Wednesday night has confessed confessed confessed con con- to burglarizing six Salt Lake homes according t to Chester R. R Colborn Coi- Coi born of the city detective bureau Anderson in custody of Detectives Detec tives lives George Finn and L. L I. I L. L Nelson Nel Nd- son was brought to Salt Lake l Fr Fri Friday day to ch check cl up on Oil local robberies and assist in l' l recovery er ot of 01 a a. quantity quantity quan quan- thy of loot stolen in Ogden and pawned at local second-hand second shops Among the homes ho burglarized here hel-e Anderson said was that of or Mrs l W. W D. D Oswald 1251 East Sixth South street On the tot pig of January January January Jan Jan- uary 8 Mrs Oswald and her sister sis sis' sister ter tel Miss l Gladys Cragun were confronted confronted con con- fronted by byn an n armed bandit as they entered the formers former's house about 8 30 A total of JG 6 G wa was taken from the two women an and a pistol was stolen from front one of the rooms in the tile house TALKS FREELY Anderson talked freely and apparently ap arm- made an earnest effort to tv locate houses he robbed Jr In I Salt Lake when officers rs took him hint about the city In a a. police automobile I 1 never used to work after afler 9 o'clock in In Inthe the evening said the youthful ou thul burglar The first shows at picture houses generally dismIssed dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed about that time and people started coming home I 1 didn't like to be found In houses but sometImes sometimes some some- times it couldn't be avoided Anderson pointed out the home of I I Dr H. H HG G. G Brockbank 1128 East Second See Sec ond nd South nd South street which he said he had entered the night of or January January January Janu Janu- I ary 9 shortly a after leaving the home o ot of A. A G. G Brockbank a few I doors away on the same samo street No official report of the Incident at Dr Brockbank's house could be found by the officers but inquiry at the house revealed that a prowler had lad entered it on that night NothIng Nothing Noth Noth- ing lag w was s stolen From the A A. A G. G Brockbank residence Anderson stole a 10 two small saYings savings saY sav ings banks and an overcoat Other homes homes' which he confessed to robbing according to Colburn are those of ot Mis J. J Fisher Thirteenth East street Dec 27 E. E G. G Burdett 1164 East Seventh South street December December De De- De- De cember comber 27 and nd L L. H Hyde de East First South street December 28 IN POCATELLO JAIL Anderson was was arrested by the po police police po- po lice here several months ago at the of ot Pocatello authorities He was ds found In In possession of a a suitcase suitcase suit suit- case containing on many articles allegedly allegedly alleg alleg- edly st stolen len from o home homs The was return returned d d' d to Idaho and served a month in the Pocatello city jail jan he says avs On being released Anderson came back to Utah He spent his time between between between be be- tween Ogden and Salt Lake burglarizing burglarizing burglar burglar- izing residences of the time to obtain money to live upon 1 e I hated to scare those women that night Anderson said In sp speaking of the Oswald holdup but I didn't have muc much choice in the mat matter er I had come to o Salt Lake broke and had to have money to eat and get a bed with that night I J Went vent to that house to todo todo todo do m my stuff arid and the dames walked in on me I got the gat that I used on that hat occasion in n a back bedroom at the same house I a