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Show ADMITS HE IS AN ARMY DESERTER . . . Sergt Roberts and Officer Johnson, while searching a State street rooming-house rooming-house for a petit thief yesterday made an unexpected catch when they ran on to Fred Baker, who was visiting there with his sister-in-law. Baker when questioned admitted that he was a deserter de-serter from the United States army. Baker considers himself to be in hard luck. .After -working up from a private to a quartermaster-sergeant he was sent out in charge of a corporal's detail. He says he resented this humiliation by deserting from the service at -Fort Duchesne Du-chesne a few weeks ago and since that time has evaded the authorities. He was taken to the police station and held for the military authorities. |