Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-08 | Page 9 | 'Is My Face Red?' Ask Duped Police

Is My Face Red Ask Duped Police Boy Wonder Tells How Officers Officers' Officers Officers' Officers Officers' Of Of- Charity Aided Crime Flight Deep blushes adorned the faces of several Salt Lake policemen Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day when it was learned that the sup- sup holdup vie vie- r w t j. f. f t am for whom they k d f. f raised a fund a aj j month ago was a ak k X criminal wanted in k fk f San Francisco for fora i A grand ii grand larceny a aAi f. f x-j x 1 Aided by the f money given him himI by I local police 1 by o William 22 t to Renfro if- if 34 1 Breached reached G Grand l' l and Wi i Junction Colo Cob behe bej be- be fore he was apprehended rt j i rr i He and Inspector J j Michael Desmond 14 of the San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco police W. W v Renfro stopped off oft in Salt L Lake a k e for t three h r e e hours Thursday en route to the Pacific Pa Pa- due cine coast and that is how the story leaked out Renfro was held in the city jail between trains and spent much of ot hi his time explaining to the other prisoners how he had duped the local officers TELLS SAD STORY He lie reported to local police on October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 30 that he had been slugged by bya a h hitch hiker and robbed of near I Wendover er For four days young Renfro frequented frequented frequented fre fre- the local police station and finally a fund was wa raised to enable him to continue his bis journey In reality he was fleeing from San Francisco at the time having allegedly alleged alleged- ly stolen 2200 worth of musical in instruments instruments instruments in- in and Bibles from tram the Glad Tidings temple where he had attracted attract attract- ed considerable attention as a boy wonder revivalist He abandoned th the car in which he had started his flight traded two trombones for another machine at Hayward CaL loaded the r rest t of the Continued in n Page Sixteen YOUTH TELLS OF DUPING DOPING POLICE Continued from Paw Pare Nine loot in his newly acquired car and fled toward the Rocky mountain states MAKES l BAD SLIP I His f foot ot s supped slipped however when he told the auto dealer to forward the bill of sale to a Grand Junction address for the San Francisco police learned of at this and had Co Colorado orado authorities arrest himI himI him I haven't attracted so much attention attention atten atten- tion lion since I started preaching at at atthe the temple Renfro said Thursday Cocky and sure self he seemed littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe abashed by the prospect of a prison term but seemed to take the entire affair as a huge joke I I 1 was going to start a band he said explaining why he stole 16 musical musical mu mu- steal instruments including an viola He might have wanted to start a temple too for Bibles were Included in included included in- in in the loot All of the musical al instruments had hac been disposed of and all aU but eight o othe of th the Bibles were gone before the youth was arrested Inspector Desmond said ESCAPE BALKED An attempted escape when Inspector tor lor Desmond called at the the- city jail jai to take Renfro to the train Thursday afternoon failed because the inspector tor knew his prisoner by face as well wel as clothes When Renfro's name was wa called Fred Kohler 16 who is bei being g held while police continue an tion of suspected burglar activities stepped forward in Renfro's clothes Not you budd buddy I want that kid kia ov over r there Inspector Desmond said sale pointing to Renfro who was lurking In inthe the rear A hurry up change was made anc and Renfro was taken to the railroad sta sta- sta lion J