Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-25 | Page 17 | Salt Laker, 76, Robbed of $30 by Roving Trio

i 76 R OB D OF 30 I IF y ROVING TRIO 1 Second cond Intended Victim t. t 63 3 Foils Thieves f in Battle Hand d of gypsies riding in a new brown sedan robbed a 76 ld Salt Lake man of 30 30 y afternoon but were It Jen n noff off in a second attempt on oner er elderly man Friday morn- morn f te first victim was Robert 1 t 76 of J street who told xe e he lie was approached by the theto to bout about 4 p p. p m. m Thursday I ith one foot foot on the running- running d 1111 d of the car he answered request for directions ns to a awl wl hospital hospit l hilt but t while whiTe he was d in pointing the woman who 9 beside the man behind the thes s 1 I removed Mr Ridges Ridge's walE wal- wal E 30 30 The car was wasn Wn n away before he could att at- at t to recover his loss he said I. I Foils Robi Robbers ers It L Cooley of 1151 West Fourth lh h street who Is 63 was the thed aid d victim but repulsed the thea ea a after a stiff battle in which e e from the moving car id he was walking in front home shome Friday morning when IE Jan bearing Illinois license sand i and answering the 31 f the machine used in the P Qi theft was halted at the curbing mg With ione one root loot on the running- running r Cooley gave directions a n answer r to their questions about 1 of a church ch but his hisel i el bew Pew cold as he felt his wallet 11 W slipped sUpped from his pocket r f Gets Money oney Back Backe ack me e woman in the front seat J taken my wallet and was I out t ut to hide it but I was i tl last for em said Mr Cooley I the trio looked like Imade her give me back the thet t but out she returned only part J money While I was count- count n the driver started the car starting away so I jumped il m he and grabbed jest of my money I fell feU off Iest a they wey got going good but I Iy Iy Spy y money back the back the whole he told ague detectives as a police gency hospital attendant troI 4 d the minor cuts and bruises i E ri E. E H. H Smith 44 East Sec- Sec South South street told police pollee a aB B about 21 years old weighing Pounds and wearing gray e and a white shirt Santed UK ed her r Purse as she was mB lIlg In the block on East j if na South street The victim 5 and Personal O papers t said that when hen Mr Mr- Malis Mat Ma Ma- lis ij tt recovered ere consciousness both e about 1 1 1 and n his containing L i had vanished