Show POLICE fOLICE PROUD OF 1933 WORK Three Run Hit-Run Auto Fatalities T. T Only Unsolved Major Crimes of Year I No No major crimes that occurred Ir Ix Salt Lake during 1933 remain reman unsolved un solved excepting ng four lour fatal run hit-run accidents Chief Chie of Police W. W L L. Payne credits this impressive e record to effective liaison between pollee police the sheriffs sheriff's force toree count county and district attorneys' attorneys offices and the courts Major crimes declined noticeably during the year partly because the cases that did occur were handled speedily and the courts Imposed adequate adequate ade ode quate sentences Chief Che Payne said We arc are especially proud of the 1933 record because Salt Lake being on the main man route between the cast east and the coast attracted nationally na na- na tonally known criminals such as the Roger Touhy gangsters of or Chicago linked with the mail robbery at the Union Pacific railroad yards April 28 T Two Killers RUlers Escape EscapeS S Two Iwo 1 1933 murderers are still at large but their are definitely known police report Seven homicides homi horni- took place in the city Arrests AtTests for the year are more than 1000 behind the persons apprehended apprehended in 1932 largely because of or a marked decline in the number of traffic violators booked Lack of an effective e speeding ding ordinance ordinance nance nanee and defects detects in several other traffic laws came to light early earh in inthe inthe inthe the year ear but it was not until October 26 that changes to remedy the situation situation situa situa- tion were made Death Drivers Escape run Hit motorists responsible ble for forthe forthe the deaths of John S S. S Ottinger 55 Third avenue on March 19 of ot Errol Holtby 38 Sherman avenue on July 23 and of Mrs Ed Edith lh Granger Barber 27 North Main Mam street on November 8 S. S have not been headed bended Only one unsolved run hit fatality occurred in 1932 none in 1931 and one In Jn 1930 Jack Beard 35 a cook accused of shooting Clyde Watson East For For- ty eighth South street t to death and wounding Miss Clara Charlesworth 32 of East Broadway June 20 In m a jealous rage is subject of ofa ofa a nationwide search Negro Escapes The other accused murderer still a i fugitive from justice is Willard W. W I Bryant ant 36 negro who allegedly killed J. J B. B Burke East Seventh South street with a razor February try ary 16 4 Outstanding among the major robberies robberies rob rob- berles solved during the year ear were the University o of Utah safe burglary January 15 the mall malI robbery at the Union Pacific yards the holdup in which bandits obtained at the branch of the First National bank August 25 Bad and the 2000 holdup of two Western States Grocery company officials August August Au Au- gust 22 Two men accused of ot killing Mrs Freda Preda Gibson aged recluse after attempting at tempting to plunder her home West Vest Seventh South street March 27 and then endeavoring to conceal the crime line by setting the house afire have been sentenced to 40 years ears In the state prison Sherril Dunkley 30 was convicted con of s second nd degree murder charges and Fred Nobel Endel 34 whose testimony convicted Dunkley pleaded guilty to similar charges Kills Wife and Self seu Daniel 74 South Tenth West street fatally his wife two months ago because she Instituted divorce proceedings against him then turned the pistol on himself and committed com corn suicide The wife Mrs Magda Festin 54 died a few hours later Ches Chester r Hougesen n 34 proprietor of the C C Coffee shop West Second South street and Clinton Purcell 30 4 Third East street were each sen to one to 10 years in the state prison for voluntary manslaughter as the result of ot killings growing out of drunken brawls Hougesen shot Frank Miller 32 of Pittsburgh Pa in his cafe ale ae May 30 Purcell stabbed J Joe oc D. D Lovato 34 of Bingham to death October 11 I Alta Bobby Carlston 19 is servo ing a year in the county jail for Involuntary manslaughter alter after being charged with first degree murder for fatally stabbing Hugh Nelson alias J. J C. C Jensen 24 during a quarrel ai at South State street May 21 Deaths Increase The run hit driving fatalities featured fea fea- a year in which the number of automobile accidents and injured persons per per- sons ns decreased as 03 compared with 1532 while traffic traffie deaths increased Up until December 15 1933 29 persons had been killed in 1260 acci dents reported to police as against 24 fatalities In 1354 accidents prior to 10 the same date in 1932 There were wert 87 37 deaths death and 1457 accidents in all ol cZ last year Arrest and fining of 32 per cent beer seer venders vendors after the brew was Wa legalized le le- legalized by the federal government fe featured t e the he prohibition e. e enforcement t worK or 01 captain j. j i li i moralS morais squad Retailers Retailer who paid 25 fines and wholesalers against whom 5 50 was levied le contributed nearly to the city coffers in police court Thefts Decline Automobile thefts declined In hi 1933 largely because of the threat of ot speedy pursuit by the radio patrol and the effective investigation of ot youthful riding joyriding cat car car thieves by automotive bureau men In 1932 there were 1190 car thefts in the city but this number numbe had dropped to up until December 15 1933 Less than a score of th the stolen machines have not been ered The radio prowl car system opera lag ing in its first full year proved a valuable addition to the department |