Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-09 | Page 2 | Officers Hunt for Gang of Oil Station Thugs

OFFICERS fRS H- H HU U UH H- H HI I t J t i ilOR Sr 1 FOR lOR GANG Of OIL mb t v- v STATION THUG Trio of Bandits Bandits' Hold Up i. i tD Two Che Checkers ke an and Secure Se fl 0 cure 1000 v. v 1 N Salt Salt Lakes Lake's ba bandit 1 dit hu hunt t was in t i pressed d with renewed w d vl vigor or t T uia ss' ss i 4 YF day by police and the th sheriffs sheriff force J JT T 5 following g the daring aring holdup a and c j- j robbery of two Bennett Gas and Oil Oil Vt-r Vt Ii vS company checkers at the f I t No 10 station at B B street str et and Sixth J V avenue M Monday afternoon ab about abOut abOut- t f J- J V Y The rhe three bandits working calmly V Vand i and leisurely herded the two checkers cheek check t t ers era erSt J. J H. H I KImball and A. A R R. BC Boyd oyd cland cl- cl C Cand and two station attend attendants Into tl the t i. i station grabbed a leather bag con gon 1 J taming more than 1000 1900 from Ith Iam- f ball cut the telephone wireS wireS' and anil drove away vay In a blue lue sedan hc I automobile 8 stolen oJen from J James ft Jf Leek J. J 1273 73 Parkway avenue on alt h r 5 and bearin bearing license plates plates' fit fi I t red tred to Richard Valk Walker r of ot Bingham Bing- Bing ham was recovered d ab about ut an hour our x- x i after the holdup In front of the t Y home of ot Mrs Carl 11 H. Larsen 75 East t Sixth South street V CH CHECKING ECKING INTERRUPTED J. The bandit trio according to p police po po- rt lice reports droveS drove Into the st station station- lot lr just as as' Kimball and Boyd o d ha had co com com- completed r leaving checking thc tho station and were were- er vv i-vv One of the holdups carrying i. a. a j revolver stepped out of the car ra and d 7 t ordered the time checkers and two two- at- at v. r r Charles Lane and Wil i Ham Beck to get back Into inlo the j station The armed man and o one on c c'S S 'S Sot of ot his companions ns then them f followed bandit s P- P 4 tj them i in while th the thc third who wore dark glasses remained i. i m in tho the auto with tho the motor running running- JJ t ready Teady for a quick getaway ay After getting the money the th tb b s holdups locked the four oil v I S up In hi the l lavatory C cu ct t s Y t- t the telephone wires and dro y without t exciting the suspicion of of 1 people who were ele walking past the dt t tONE J station VJ ONE DESCRIBED 1 1 The robbery victims and ad drS 1 v Larsen furnished a a. good description of one of the men but descriptions de of the other two were meager Thone The The-f 1 one with the tho gun and apparently the leader was described as- as ab about ut f 1 f 2 25 25 height 6 5 feet 6 inches weight J pounds founds dark complexion and and- tj j tanned and wearing a a. bl blue blue- e s rg suit r r t. t The robbery according to Chief Chie Chiei VV i Jj of ot Detectives D. D H. H Clayton was wail wail- p. p skill and V executed with professional skill professional deliberation The fact tact that s several vcr l similarly daring and successful Jobs 5 f have been pulled here ere during the i past few weeks s le leads lads ds I to O th tho belief belIet than an organized and experienced 1 i bandit gang has moved to In Into o. o th thc thc thc-t cit city