Show CACHE OF I GUNS FOUND IN RAID ON STill Two Held as Officers Seize Liquor at Ranch Near S. S L. L I Discovery of or what they called best armed bootleggers puzzled puzzled sheriffs sheriff's officers Wednesday A cache of more than rifles revolvers and shotguns of all ages and conditions was uncovered by Sheriff S. S Grant Giant Young and his men when the they raided a still sUll at a turkey ranch on the salt saIl flats northwest of the cit city Tuesday night Herman Roberts 55 and Charles Jackson 60 were arrested in the raid Both have prison records the sheriff said Roberts Robert having served time in the Utah and Illinois state slate prisons on burglary charges and Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son in the Utah prison fort for a statutory offense Refuse to Talk Why the big arms arms cache was kept kepton on the ran ranch r remained i unexplained p ain d. d Wednesday y aft afternoon rn h. h the men stubbornly stub refusing fo to talk At least 20 of the weapons were workable modern guns Sheriff Young said ad All were loaded and a large store of assorted ammunition was found nearby Other weapons on the he place in included lud- lud ed a graduated collection beginning with ancient flintlocks One was a finely made Merlin Ballard trig set ger rifle rine dated ven Conn 1861 Most of the older ones were badly rusted and in disrepair I According to the sheriff two stills and 47 gallons of illicit liquor or were found in one of the outbuildings One still had a capacity of 25 and one of 50 gallons Face U. U S. S Charges The men will willbe be held at the county jail pending federal liquor charges officers said Whether the ranch is headquarters for a gang we dont don't know Sheriff Young said We had no idea the arsenal was there we stumbled stumbled bled Died across it when we went ther there thereto to search f for r ra a liquor still The sheriff said the ranch also was a veritable storehouse for all kinds of property A search of outbuildings disclosed Continued on Page Two Raid Reveals Array of Weapons r J z- z r C i I s L a k I L I I ft I I 4 1 1 y S d y Custer Ouster fought with one like this sal's George Beckstead thief deputy sheriff left J examining a apIece apiece apiece piece from the he gun xun un arsenal seized when officer raided a still on a a. salt flat turkey ranch northwest BIG ARMS CACHE I FOUND NEAR SL SILl Continued from Iron Pate Pue One ODe a store of new lumber several large and other heavy y construe construe- ion Hon equipment dentists dentists' implements implement carpenters' carpenters and butchers' butchers tools and andall andall all manner of or hardware The deputies when the they took Roberts Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- Rob Rob- erts to jail Tuesday night brought in n 12 rifles and six revolvers all of which were In excellent working condition They found them hangIng hang hang- ing ng on the wall of oC the About 75 other weapons mostly in poor condition were left at the ranch anch The officers a also o brought InH in H 14 large cigar boxes filled with ammunition am am- and about unopened boxes of oC cartridges Return to Ranch Young George Georce Beckstead chief deputy and T. T A AJ Callicott agent of the federal alcohol tax unit returned re re- turned to the ranch Wednesday morn morn- ing ng taking Roberts Robert with them The officers went in an attempt to o identify the property found on the he ranch Tuc Tuesday day night they seized a still sun and 47 gallons of illicit liquor While Roberts refused to give Jive further lurther information he admitted there were vere at lea least t firearms on on the place the officers said aid The is a acre 20 tract known as the Roberts' Roberts turkey r ranch The Theas as the Roberts Roberts' turkey ranch The deputies said Roberts had served time in Utah and Illinois prisons of or Salt Lake Lak City Meanwhile 1 Sheriff Tonne examines ex cx- amines a highly effective modem modern carbine from the oddly a. a assorted batter battery A few of or the big store of weapons t are seen leaning against a shed with a copper still till in the foreground |