| Show BELIEVED TO HAVE RAVE CAUSED WAVE OF F BANDITRY tp i lr f 7 I I TT sJ Left leCt to right J. J F. F Mooney looney 26 John Radford 19 19 and Ed Radford Radford 20 20 all of or St. St Louis Mo 1 and Earl Bybee 24 of Idaho Falls Fall Idaho Bybee and Mooney looney have been identified as the gunmen who staged three recent holdups according to 0 the police The other two tuo are arc believed to be Implicated in these and other crimes police say 4 Suspected Gunmen I Linked i in Robberies I Victims Identify Paroled Convict Convict Con Con- vict viet Second Prisoner 2 Others Held Identified as the gunmen who ho staged three recent holdups Earl Ear Bybee 24 24 of ot Idaho Falls wh who was paroled from the Colorado state prison pris pris- on three weeks ago and J. J F F. Mooney 26 of St. St Louis Mo faced possible highway robbery charges Thursday Detectives Detective W. W F. F Heninger and J. J AMorgan A A. Morgan who spent several hours Thursday in an attempt to obtain a confession from the young men sai said that complaints would likely be filed late in the day The suspected robbers with Ed EC Radford Radord 20 and John Radford Radord 19 o of St St. Louis were arrested at t East Second South street Tuesday They are being held in the city jail jai on open charges while police Investigate invest gate their possible connection with the series of holdups that have occurred oc in Salt Lake during the pas past three weeks I Mooney and the Radford brothers have been in th the city since July but Dy Bybee e did not arrive until two weeks ago following his parole on December December December Decem Decem- ber 2 from the Colorado state prison at Canyon Canon City police report He served time there for grand larceny BELIEVED GUNMAN IAN Bybee is believed to be the gunman gunman gun gun- man who accosted George Provo taxi driver on December 17 17 robbed him of ot 7 and forced him to drive to Salt Lake Detective Heninger Heninger Henin- Henin ger said Suspicion that the men had been Involved in the robbery in which three bandits looted the Capitol theater the the- ater atel safe o of 1200 on December 19 Continued on P Pate Page cr Ten LINK SUSPECTS I IN ROBBERIES Continued From Prom Page Pace Seven was aroused Thursday when Bybee referred to Mooney as Oscar Ray Hendry manager of oC the theater theater theater the the- ater who was by the bandits bandits ban ban- 30 minutes before the robbery occurred told police polite that the leader of the gunmen was WilS addressed as Oscar The revolver found in the room where the boys were arrested tallies with Mr 1 Hendry's description of the bandit leaders leader's gun Detective Morgan explained Robert Bingham attendant at the City Gas and Oil station at South State Stale street identified Bybee as one of the bandits bandit who held him up and looted the cash register of Monday Monday Mon Mon- day night Identification of oC Mooney as one of oC the men who robbed Mrs H H. H C. C Johnson Johnson John John- son of 3 and a pen and pencil set at atthe atthe atthe the Vermillion drug store Ninth East street last Friday led police to believe the four suspects were responsible responsible sible for lor the series o of holdups which followed the of Thomas F. F Snowball butcher at 50 East Second South street IDENTIFIES SET Mrs Johnson also identified the pen and pencil set found in the suspects' suspects room Harold G. G Miller of East ty seventh South street told police pollee that Mooney and Bybee were the themen themen themen men who robbed him o of 2 at Main street and Exchange place on December December Decem Decem- ber 20 The Redford brothers are believed to have driven a car for the other men on several jobs but they have not been identified police said Three lock picks were found in their pockets when they were arrested arrest arrested ed ed however and police are arc attempting attempt attempt- ing to link them with recent burglaries bur in the city |
