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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-14 | Page 1 | Terrorizes Occupants of House with Hatchet

Type issue
Date 1933-11-14
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Terrorizes Occupants of House with Hatchet
Type article
Date 1933-11-14
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text Terrorizes Occupants Of House With Hatchet Rulon Stevenson Arrested for fori Escapade Police Captain Cap Cap- II tam tain Disciplined I Accused of breaking in into o a Salt Lake home and terrorizing its occupants occupants occupants pants with a hatchet Rulon Steveison Stevenson Steven Steven- son 27 of 1063 Ninth East was charged with assault with a deadly weapon weapon and second degree burglary I Tuesday Stevenson was arrested about 1230 a. a m. m Tuesday after police had been called to the home of or Mr and Mrs Anthony East Sixth South street where the said they had fled from their bedroom bedroom bed bed- room when they found Stevenson in inthe inthe inthe the ho house brandishing a hatchet and hacking at woodwork Mr appeared at the county attorneys attorney's office later and signed complaints lodging the two charges against Stevenson Stevenson was arrested Tuesday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- by Patrolmen D D. D F. F Duncombe and H. H W. W Clark and lodged in the city jail on the charges contained Inthe in inthe inthe the complaint Bail Ball was fixed at As an aftermath of the affair Cap Cap- tain thin E. E E. E Brown for four years night police captain was transferred to the day shift by Chief of Police W. W L L. Payne as a disciplinary measure Stevenson was lodged in the city Continued on Pt Pare Two k 9 6 k 4 1 Rulon Rolon Stevenson RAIDS HOME r WITH HATCHET Continued from front Page Pace One jail and booked hold for tor tion Shortly thereafter his father lather appeared at headquarters rs and Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Brown changed the booking to drunkenness and released Stevenson Steven Steven- son to his parent A warrant for Stevenson's arrest was issued after Mr 5 signed the complaints Informed of the action when he arrived on duty Tuesday morning Chief of Police W. W L. L Payne conferred with Stevenson and his father lather for half an hour then summoned Captains Cap taint Brown Parker and O O. B. B Bee Rec ord Change Announced At the conclusion of his meeting with the officers Chief Payne announced announced an an- that Brown hod been transferred transferred trans trans- to day duty and that Acting Captain George H. H Parker had been named to the night post While Thile Brown suffered no demotion in rank his transfer was regarded in effect cUed a demotion As night captain he tic virtually was WM night chief being in charge of the entire night force Mr and Mrs told police that Stevenson entered East Sixth South street vacant half halt of a double house in which they live by smashing a window Then he entered their home through a connecting hall the reported reported re reo ported and started hacking at woodwork wood woodwork work in their parlor with the hatchet Flee Through Window Mr and Mrs arose from bed went vent into the parlor and seeing Stevenson brandishing the hatchet the they left the house through a window they told police Stevenson followed the them t L outside By this time William Christensen Ninth East street a neighbor had been attracted by bythe the noise and ond came cameto cameto cameto to the front yard Stevenson shouted at Christensen Ill kill you too and then threw the hatchet at Christensen Christen- Christen I sen missing hIm the re re- re ported By this thi time police pollee had been called and arrested Stevenson finding the hatchet hatchet on on the ground It was covered covered covered cov cov- ered with blood apparently Stevenson's Stevenson's Steven Steven- sons son's who Wll wa was treated at the emergency emer emer- gency geney hospital for cuts on the hands hands' and face which police poUce s said id probably were caused by glass from the window window win wino dow which he roke Medical Student Stevenson Ste admitted to officers that he was drunk and remembered remembered re re- nothing that happened Stevenson attended the University of Utah as ns a medical student in 1928 Captain Brown joined the police department department de de- in 1915 and was made a captain captain cap cap- tam tain on August 1 1929
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