Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 2 | Holdup Locks Trio in Icebox

HOLDUP LOCKS B Bandit Escapes With Cash in Raid on Hoskisson Hoskisson Hoskisson Hos- Hos kisson Store Number 11 An enforced durance in a refrigerator refrigerator refrigerator for a quarter of an hour was meted out to three clerks of Hoskisson's Hoskisson's Hoskisson's Hos- Hos kisson's No 11 store Third avenue and T street at o'clock Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda night nightS while a to bandit rifled the cash register and escaped with cash and a number of checks The men were vere released from flom their Icy prison by a small boy who had come in to to- tomake make a purchase and heard their cries for help Fred Clyde Copen and Frank Jensen the clerks at t the store were a about bout to close the establishment when the bandit en entered entered en- en and covered them with a big black revolver re He ordered them into the icebox and threw on the latch He then rifled the cash register register reg reg- ister and nd quickly departed taking the money and checks He to be a man about 30 years of age medium height weighing about pounds and wore a black cap and dar dark overcoat with belt He Rc was wa u unmasked masked and was and was of florid com complexion com coin rid and h had d black i r Shortly ater l ter the departure of the robber Donald Donaldl l 11 years old caine cafrie Into the the store tors tor and ond was ira surprised to hear frantic calls IssuIng is issuing Is- Is suing from fr n the refrigerator He pulled the lever an and ancl released the shivering o occupants from among the frozen meats He had seen no noone noone noone one le leaving eving the store Detectives L. L F. F Wire Jack Egbert Egbert Eg Eg- bert and D D. D Beckstead went to the scene of Df f the holdup as soon as the matter was reported to be Informed th that t a man was seen the street from the store and to board a Fort Dduglas bound car They caught the car on its Us return trip but th the motorman reported that he had picked up no passenger passenger ger gel at that point No other clue could be obtained as the robber had vanished d as quickly as he had come