Show c MACHINES AR ARt STOLEN IN S. S o L LI I t THIS YEAR Traffic Squad Chief Urges Urge t. t More Care B By r Owners Owne s as Thefts Increase Twice Twice as many automobiles have veen been stolen In the last year jear ear in Salt Lake as s in tho previous year With the inci increasing easing number of machines brought into use the situation has has become become be be- come come critical according to Sergeant J J. J H H. Warden of the traffic squad machines Six hundred bundled twenty-nine twenty have havo been stolen since tile first of this 3 year ear ear All AU but thirteen of these were were ere recovered through the efforts of the traffic squad and the men under Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant Warden Ninety persons were tried for these offenses both In the police and the juvenile court and every every every ev ev- ery one was convicted Many 1 other arrests were made but because of the refusal of the owners owners to prosecute or ask for a complaint the criminals escape es es- es- es cape I Unless the citizens of ot Salt Lake adopt some safe form of or other locking device deuce the number of machines stolen next year will be enormous says Warden Varden The figures figures fig fig- ures demonstrate clearly that the number of arrests and convictions are areno areno no deterrent to the automobile thief The refusal of owners to prosecute the offenders after the automobile is recovered is another cause or trouble The rhe thief is soon at his old tricks again and some one else is the viC viC- tim The situation is rapidly growing serious and almost the entire time of certain officers is consumed in running running running run run- ning down automobile thieves thie and recovering recovering recovering re re- re- re covering stolen machines When we consider that many cars represent an investment of 1000 or it is hard bard to understand how the owners can leave that much property property property prop prop- erty standing carelessly about without without without with with- out any protection whatsoever from the vandals and joy riders whose regard regard ic re- re- re gard for ownership is as nothing |