Show THEFT SUSPECT HELD FOR TRIAL M. M Man an Nabbed in S. S L. L Salesman Robbery Special to The Telegram ST. ST GEORGE Nov 16 A California California California Cali Cali- fornia hitchhiker was ordered held for district court on a robbery charge here Wednesday after he allegedly robbed a Salt Lake City salesman who gave him a ride from Las Vegas into Utah The man named in the complaint as Jack Herman Gordon about 26 from a security card found in his pocket was arrested late Tuesday by Sheriff Antone B. B Prince of Washington county and State Highway Highway Highway High High- way Patrolman Lee Owens Draws Gun Gordon flourished a gun as the officers approached him when he descended from a bus but he did not fire and they arrested him without wIthout without with wIth- out trouble At an arraignment before Justice of the Peace George F F. Whitehead Wednesday morning Gordon wa was identified by his alleged victim G. G W. W Simmons Seventh avenue avenue avenue ave ave- nue nue Salt Lake City ty Parole papers from the Colorado state prison were found in the mans man's pocket according to Sheriff Prince but Gordon denied they were his his' but were given to me by another man His social security card was issued from San Diego Waives aes a es Hearing Gordon waived preliminary hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing and was held for lack of a 1000 bond His fingerprints and photograph photograph photograph photo photo- graph have been sent to the state bureau of identification at Salt Lake City the sheriff said Mr Simmons told Patrolman L L. D D. D Squires at the state highway patrol patrol patrol pa pa- station at Santa Clara that the man whom he had picked up in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning drew a gun on him as they passed the Utah state s 's s ate line Or Ordered Ordered l Out OutI OutI I r I was commanded to stop top the car he said and stopped it so quickly I killed the engine He or- or Continued on Pa Page e Ten Ten Column Four THEFT SUSPECT HELD FOR TRIAL Continued from Page One dered me to get out of the car on hIs ils side I IThe The salesman said he was forced to o walk a half mile along a ravine off ff the highway where his assailant assailant assail- assail ant nt ordered him to bind his ankles with his Simmons' Simmons handkerchief Then according to Mr Simmons' Simmons story tory Gordon tied his hands tightly behind him with Gordons Gordon's chief hief Gordon then took a wallet containing containing con- con 40 Mr Simmons said and i started back toward the highway I He returned Mr Simmons said as the latter was attempting to work loose from his bonds to ask him lim how to start the automobile then hen left a second time A few minutes minutes min- min utes tes later the salesman freed himself him him- self elf and made his way to the Santa Clara station and notified officers Gordon was arrested on a tip a strange man had boarded the bus busat busat bust at t Washington between Santa Clara and St. St George Mr Simmons Simmon's automobile was later later latr lat- lat er r found in the hills near Washing- Washing ton on The salesman left for Salt Lake City shortly after arraignment of his lis assailant Victim Is Salesman for Eastern Firm G G. W. W Simmons robbed by a hitchhiker in southern Utah Tuesday Tuesday Tues- Tues day is a salesman for the Sharp Dohme company of Philadelphia and works the intermountain territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter out of Salt Lake City his sister Mrs E E. E R. R Callister said Wednesday Mr Simmons had been making his lis home with the at Seventh avenue |