Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-25 | Page 16 | 30 Burglaries Cleared, $5000 Stolen Goods Located in Arrest

I Confessed One-Man One Crime Wave and Loot Loop tr 1 a s 's i V 14 Lf I fr t V r 4 I Ij j 4 r PILLOW SLIP MYSTERIES 1 SOLVED Detective Detective E. E J J. Blazzard left Detective D D. D G. G Johnso and pillow v slip loot Jack Lovell Hale Haler lower asserted suspect su 30 Burglaries Cleared I i Stolen Goods Located in ill Arrest Confession ConCession of 23 Salt Lake City and seven Ogden burglaries bur- bur over over the last three months and recovery of worth of loot was claimed by police here Friday upon arrest of Jack Lovell Ha Hale e 36 who was just getting ready for retirement With the arrest Lieutenant E E. A. A Hedman claimed n not t only clearing up of a recent petty crime wave but solution of the so-called so pants burglar and pillow slip burglar mysteries Hale was arrested by Detectives E. E J. J Blazzard and D. D G G. Johnson late Thursday at West North Temple street where they said they found him attempting to sell a stolen radio Fingerprints on window window window win win- dow sills were said to have led to identification of or Hale in the mug book Loot recover recovered d included 11 radios valued from 55 to each 16 silk dresses two women's coats three throe jewel 17 watches jewelry and household effects including vacuum cleaners cameras rugs bedspreads bedspreads bed bedspreads spreads linen blankets and tables and chairs Loot Waits aits Owners The loot is at the police station awaiting identification by owners Hales Hale's pl plans I 8 for or retirement after he le had disposed of his loot were revealed while he was being fingerprinted finger- finger printed p d Friday at the bureau of or identification He had done his last job he said and planned to return to a sweetheart theart in California California California Cali Cali- fornia with cash in his pocket He was charged with burglary and held for further investigation Despite his wealth Hale appeared appeared appeared ap ap- at the bureau In a dirty shirt overalls and tattered shoes He never carried a gun he said The pants burglaries he as as- as confessed were effected by means means 0 of a long stick with a wire in in the end with which he would snare trousers from windows windows' The pillow slip crimes Involved use of pillow slips to 10 tote away radios and other household loot Hales Hale's record goes back to 1922 when on May 8 he entered the state prison on a burglary sentence to be paroled October 21 21 1922 He was returned February 7 1923 as a parole violator sentence terminating ing June 20 19 1924 4 Prison Terms He next appeared at Folsom prison January 18 18 1925 for a one oneto oneto oneto to 15 year term for burglary and was paroled June 10 1929 Another LOS Angeles a arrest rest January 26 1931 resulted i in a one to 1 10 lv year term erm he being taken first to San Quentin then to Folsom with no indication as to when he was re- re leased eased Hale took Detectives Blazzard and Johnson on a tour of Salt Lake City residences he said he had burglarized and the detectives jotted down the following addresses addresses addresses ad ad- dresses North Tw Twelfth West Vest Vest street Gale street 1316 Jefferson street 1492 South Eighth East street 1496 South West Temple street Edgemont avenue Jefferson street 1373 Browning avenue Goshen avenue 1621 Jefferson street Oakley street 3 Adams place 1157 West Vest Fifth North street 1165 Windsor street street- West Third North street two burglaries Washington street South Eighth West street Park street Green street West Sixth North street and South Eighth West street The detectives Friday left for Ogden to pick up loot where Hale reportedly said he lie had cached it after burglarizing burglarising ing the seven homes there I r knew my luck couldn't last last he said id while being fingerprinted I r knew they'd catch up with me That's why hy I planned to retire fr v 14 9 4 a ty n 44 Q r