Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 5 | Police Seize 'Taxi Bandits'

POLICE OLICE SEIZE TAXI BANDITS BANDITS' k Special to Tho Telegram I L ST. ST GEORGE Jan 9 A 9 A wild cross country ride by three alleged California taxi bandits was brought to a sudden halt here early today with the arrest of J Jy John ohn Cal- Cal y boon boon lioon William and Byron f I Themen The men according to Sheriff John H. H Cottam hired a taxi In San Bernardino Cal Cat Wednesday afternoon afternoon and threw the driver out of the cab when he drove L them em to the outskirts of the city They drove the cab to Las Vegas Net Ne where after an attendant had serviced the machine they robbed the station of 47 locking the attendant attendant attendant at at- In the station Advised by Sheriff Sheri Joe Keate Sheriff Cottam and Special Officer Sam Bam Fullerton met the bandit trio on the outskirts of St St. George Although Although Although Al Al- though the men were well armed they did n not t resist arrest the officer officer er said aid The men were taken back to Las Vegas later in the tho morning by the Nevada sheriff who arrived an hour after their capture