Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-09 | Page 17 | Family of Three is Held Prisoners, Police Are Told

Family of Three Is Held Police Are Told Continued from page 1 I said She aSk d me what the trouble was wall I told h her r to com come in inthe inthe the front room There here was n a man waiting at the back door for m m father As he entered the man put jut puta a a. gun againSt him and marched him Into the front room where we we were This was about 1130 They put chairs In a a. row for fOl us usand usand and ordered us to sit with our faces to the wall They resumed questioning questioning ques- ques me about the store and asked wh when n the went vent off duty Did you give us us' the correct combination one ot of them asked d. d It If you did not we will fill all three Of you full tull of lead Then I told them the correct corn com One of the men went out while the others held us prisoners They passed us cand candy and said to make comfOrtable They brought us a drink ot of water OTHERS RETURN Melvin Mel told the police that o'clock two men returned and AnI otle nile was heard to rEmark that the job was done and everything was O. O K H Ha said the bandits bandits warned them to stay In their chairs for a a. few minu minutes tea The only description of the men Melvin could give was that one was tail and two were short One wore a cap he said anti and the other two Wore hats One had on a raincoat and the other two wore overcOats A man lie he could not describe He expressed the opInion that the bandits waited until the watchman left near daylight and then opened the According to information supplied the polIce every diamond In the store was taken In additIon to the theother theother other Melvin wore vore a 0 valuable I able ahle diamond rIng and watch while his parents possessed other jewelry which was not taken The report has recalled the robbery robbery rob rob- bery of Moe Diamond a jewelry jeweh Salesman who was marched out or of orthe the Hotel Utah at the point or of a agun agun gun several weeks ago but the police po- po lice do not believe belie that there here is any between the two rob rob- berles