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Show mess .. i? m& ragsa :: , i - Victim Picks Out Suspect as Leader Of Daring Holdup 15 Prisoners Arrested by Police Parade at "Show up Room" Bandits who robbed J. R. Dona, manager of tha J. C. Penney company tore at 1033 East Twenty-first 8outh street of $800 on .' e. December 3 were jds ""xV -allegedly Identified fT . A Thursday as 15 I f 1 1 us pec ts arrested 1 I by police during It T the past three days .V eJ i'!i,paraded through 'the "show up" - i- ,, i room at tha city I f. Jail. 'svn. ' ' These 15 prls- . oners are believed (to be members of V va "mob" responsi-" responsi-" "i lble for nearly 1 avery major crime i ' It I in Salt Lake dur- s ' ing tha past six f i i f "- according to Chief of Police H. LaFray W. L. Payne. Harry LaFray, alias Len Huggens, 20, believed to be the leader of the gang, waa identified by Mr. Done as the man who confronted him near the Penney store and forced him to drive to Liberty park. Mr. Dona appeared uncertain as to whether the second bandit who accompanied ac-companied LaFray was J. E. Mandell, alias James E. O'Connor, 32, or Herbert Her-bert Ward, 23. Mandell and Ward were again Identified Iden-tified Thursday by three University of Utah watchmen as two of the four men who overpowered them Sunday night and escaped with cash, bonds and stocks valued at more than $10,000 after breaking open two safes, police report LOOT RECOVERED Loot valued at nearly $4000 was recovered Tuesday when police arrested ar-rested the two men and Mrs. Mandell. Man-dell. LaFray had never been arrested before in Salt Lake, but identification (Oontlnmd ee Pas rearleeal son residence In Graham court after! abandoning the Done machine, and there obtained another car in which they made a getaway. Page appears to be the "cat" for the gang, according to officers, who trailed him for several hours Wednesday Wednes-day night The duties of a "cat" are to keep tab on the night watchmen and sea that everything Is clear before be-fore his companions start to work. SUSPECTS ARE IDENTIFIED (OeaUaaed trass Pas Mias) records revealed he has served a term in the Nevada state prison, for grand larceny and also has served a "stretch" in th Idaho (tat prison. Police officials from several adjoining adjoin-ing state are expected to arrive In Salt Lake shortly to cumin th suspects sus-pects In connection with crime committed recently in their localities. locali-ties. Denver police have asked that a complete list of the picture and fingerprint fin-gerprint of th recently arrested persons per-sons be sent as soon as possible. The arrest ot the Msndells and Ward Tuesday followed the apprehension appre-hension ot four persons suspected of being involved in the Handy Comer service station double murder on November No-vember S. These four Included W. S. Davis, 38; Jack Cannon, 33: Roy Mathews, Math-ews, alia, Davis, 29, and Mary Smith, 40. Evidence uncovered later by police led them to believe the aafe robbery suspects and the quartet arrested for investigation In connection with the murder ot John Stami, and Gregory John at th service station in Tooele county were member, ot th same "mob." MAKE S ARRESTS Working on thi theory, police arrested ar-rested eight men and a woman late Wednesday and Thursday. LeFray and Wlllard Rose. 42, were arreated at a downtown hotel at 1:30 a. m. Thursday. Th seven other. Include Ed Anderson, An-derson, SO, arrested at Twenty-first South and Eleventh East streets; Ed Johnson, 37; W. P. "Swede" Johnson, 34; Mrs. Alice Johnson. 27, all arrested arrest-ed at 627 Graham court; D. L. Page, 30, apprehended at 57 East Broadway, and George Valiente. 23, arreated at Second South and State streets. The bandit who robbed Mr. Done re believed to have fled to th John- |