Show Bandit S. S L. L Police Autos Auto Smash Up Robbers Escape Occupants of Both Cars Uninjured Collisions Colli Colli- Collisions Follow Spectacular Chase A spectacular automobile chase of or four bandits who robbed two stores In Garland Utah ended early Wednesday morning when the bandits' bandits autom automobile and another carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing three pursuing Salt Salt L Lake ke police officers crashed in North Salt Lake within If feet et of or each other The occupants of both machines machines' miraculously esca escaped ed injury ih the ba bandits ban I escaping when they abandoned I their loot filled automobile which vas 1 of the police car car when it cr shed i into UJ a standing oil a short distance off t the e Salt Lake highway The ch h se taken up by peace oW- oW cers cerin i Brigham City Ogden and Salt Lake began shortly after the bandits held up p night watchman of Garland Gatland and robbed th the Coombs and Clothing store and the Hyrum Jensen Furniture comp company ny there j a W WATCHMAN IAN BOUND Binding and gagging the watchman and placing him in a rear room of the tile clothing store the bandits took 11 overcoats 12 2 suits and about two dozen shirts Then they went to the furniture company and entered through a front door They apparently apparently- were frightened frightened fright fright- en ened cd by Hyrum Jensen the owner who heard them and entered through a rear door In their theil flight they took tooka a gauge shotgun and a caliber rifle rille The watchman freed himself to see seethe seethe the thc men drive south in a maroon coach and with the furniture store owner he called Sheriff John Zun H del at Brigham City and Ogden po po- lice The machine evaded Brigham City officers and continued south to Ogden Ogden Og- Og den where police watching at atthe the north city limits pursued it unsuccessfully through the city POLICE ON WATCH The Ogden police called Salt Lake police headquarters at a. a m mJ and Detectives E. E R. R Apel en and W. W C. C Smith and Special OU Officer Scott ScoW Anderson An Anderson derson derson- drove to the Salt Lake Davis county line At Becks Beck's Hot s springs r gs I they posted a radio prowl car car carrying carrying carry carry- ing log Officers G G. C. C Bray and H. H L. L Burton Button Bur But ton As the bandit machine sped past th the Lm the latter took up pursuit pursuits firing a shot in the air a as s Continued d on Pate Pace Two POLICE BANDIT CARS GARS SMASH UP Continued from front Page Face One Ont they neared the springs to warn the prowl car However the bandits evaded the prowl car and turned off the highway highway high high- way near dead mans man's curve and proceeded south on Chicago street At the intersection of Duluth avenue ave ave- nue the bandits were unable to negotiate a o sh sharp rp turn continued across two railroad tracks plunged across a gully and crashed headon eadon into the Two hundred feet behind Detec Detec- Detective tive Uve Smith driving the detectives detectives' car was unable to stop and careened down the railroad tracks after alter passIng passing pass pass- ing lag Duluth avenue His machine left the tracks plunged over a t ten foot embankment and crashed Into a pile of concrete blocks FIND CAR DESERTED By the time the detectives reached the bandits' bandits machine a short distance away the bandits had fled ned taking the stolen weapons but leaving the cloth cloth- ing In their machine was found a toy cap pistol which the police officers said probably was used to hold u up the Garland watchman Sheriff Zundel arriving shortly afterward said that all aU the stolen clothing was found in the bandit ma ran- chine The abandoned coach was IdentifIed identified fied fled as one owned by Andrew E. E Jensen Jensen Jen Jan sen sea of Simons place Salt Lake and stolen about 7 p. p m. m Tuesday from Second East and South Temple streets according to police indicating the bandits left leet Salt Lake some time Tues Thea- Tuesday day night for Garland 1 |