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Show Three Thugs Hunted in Wave Of Service Station Burglaries At Least One of Trio Reported to Be Armed; Frightened Away From One Place by Passerby Three thugs traveling in a dark coupe at least one. of them armed were sought by Salt Lake , City policevThursday ' a , wave of service station burglaries was reported. The trio began their tour i at 11 p. m. Wednesday at a Conoco ' station at Fourth South and Eighth West street, but were frightened away by a passerby with a gruff voice. - j, -f; V ', "Get .put.' This station Js going to dose for the-night salt William Wil-liam H. Clayton, 1095 California avenue, who, chanced to be In the station. , . . ' -,' v , One of the trio, who had entered th-station,- obeyed -with alacrity. . He wa described as about, 25 years Old, 5 feet 6 inches tall;- of heavy build, and wearing a woe, suit and a brown overjosU. ,Mr, Clayton (aid he -noticed another of the trio "prowling around the station" a man about 35, partly bald, wearing dark trousers and a Jacket The third suspect, who remained in the coupe, wa described as about 35 years old and wearing a blond mustache, a light brown hat and a brown Suit- coat. Police said a passerby noticed he was carrying a blue steel revolver in shoudler holster. The revolver tentatively linked the gunman with the robbery of a service station at Ninth South and Ninth East streets, where $40 wa taken in a hold-up Monday, police said." Officers blamed the, trio for the following burglaries ' Wednesday night and early Thursday r . ' Theft of $50 in change from .the Utah Oil company station .at. 404 East Third South street. ; Theft of merchandise from Mac-Halt's Mac-Halt's service. station, Third South and Third East street. '.' ". , Breaking of gasoline pump locks and theft of gasoline from the Conoco service station at Seventh North and Second West streets. . Theft of a .flashlight' from the Texaco station at 409 Fifth East street. ' ':''; Theft of merchandise from the Sinclair station at 576 East Fourth South Street, where the flashlight Stolen . from the Texaco station i was dropped by one of tha prowlers. prowl-ers. Theft of a truck from the Joe Casull Motor service, 403 East Fifth South street. The truck was found abandoned on the upper up-per road to City Creek canyon. |