Show MOTOR CARS STOLEN It IN 8 S L L IN IN PAST YEAR nAB Value Estimated to to Be ARE RECOVERED Seventy Cars Returned to Other States There were automobiles valued valued val val- at re recovered during 1926 by the automotive bureau of the police department J. J E. E Woodard Woodard Wood Wood- ard dele tive sergeant in charge of the bureau announced Saturday I in his annual report I Slightly more than 98 93 per cent of all cars stolen which numbered I with a a. total valuatIon of were recovered hy by the department department depart depart- 1 ment during the year are still eighteen cars with a a. valuation of missing In addition n to securing the cars stolen in Salt Lake the department recovered seventy cars for other cities The rhe theft of accessories amounted amount amount- ed to several thousand do dollars Bars more than in 1925 due to the Increased number of machines the report states HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS There were arrests made by bythe bythe the bureau during the year in addition addition ad- ad to the hundreds of arrests made for traffic violations The rhe arrests are as follows six Seventy for stealing automobiles three fifty for stealing gasoline and torIes ories one for attempted murder eleven for burglary three for violation yb- yb lation of the Dyer act three on bad check charges one on a rape charge six for highway robbery eight for attempted grand larceny one for petty larceny one for embezzlement embezzlement em- em and nine on In analyzing the report port it is disclosed disclosed dis- dis closed that more than 30 per cent of those arrested had been arrested for tor previous crimes Fifty per cent of those arrested were minors SHOTGUN SQUAD BUSY The shotgun squad which works at night during the winter months in patrolling the city In automobiles automobiles automo- automo biles has been for many arrests and has prevented ted much crime Mr Woodard states in his report One of the most important cases during the year was the apprehension sion of Harry Edwards Burt Hansen Han Han- sea sen Malory Jensen Mrs Jensen and Mrs Edwards on March 6 by Sergeant Woodard and Motorcycle Officer S. S Falkenrath These arrests arrests ar- ar rests resulted in the recovery of nineteen automobiles and the clearing clearing clear clear- ing up of seventeen robberies corn com in Salt Lake City and county A large amount of merchandise merchandise mer- mer chandise was recovered In view of the fact that the automobile automobile auto auto- mobile problem is growing anti statistics show that 90 per cent of the major crimes are committed with the aid of an several sev- sev eral additional men are n needed eded in inI inthe the department Sergeant Woodard I declares |