Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-16 | Page 1 | Soldier Jailed in Holdup Quiz

Bandit Suspect j fv - i I A. J. ROONEaV Police tolknr W to arrest SOLDIER JAILED III HOLDUP QUIZ Confession Is Claimed by Police A married aoMler who told polios he needed money for aroearles was hsld In tha city Jell Tuesday, aasert-edly aasert-edly having confessed ta robbing a clerk at tha Garden Gets Ice Cream company, S2S East Ninth South street, Saturday. The suspect, A. J. Rogness, 28, was arrested at his home, MS University Uni-versity street, by police acting on a "Ud." Jack Farrell, 371 Harrison avenue, ave-nue, the clerk. Identified Rogness at a "showup," police said. Reports to police aald $0 waa taken by the Ice cream company bandit, who whipped out a pistol after posing as a customer. Rogness, Rog-ness, however, contended ha took only U. Stationed at V Rogness waa arrested by Detectives Detec-tives J. & Bardole and D. G. Johnson. John-son. Army officials said he waa on the "detached enlisted men's list," or not on regular duty, and had been stationed with the University of Utah R. O. T. C Several other arreeta were made aa police sought to clear recent crimes. I Frank L. Gunn. SS, waa held for! Investigation after police aald be was found In possession of tools stolen from the Granite school, Thirty-third South and Fifth East streets. Robert Lindsay, SO, was arrested at 1:40 a. m. while assertedly prowling prowl-ing halls at an apartment house at 104 First avenue. Violet Eng-berg, Eng-berg, custodian, reported nothing stolen. Loot Sale Soepeeted Thomas Steele, 28, and Carl Fullmer, Full-mer, 31, were arreeted while assertedly assert-edly trying to sell merchants groceries gro-ceries police believe msy havs been stolen. E. G. Thompson bf the American Detective Agency said he saw two men run from the rear of the Los Gables Maytag company. 534 South (Centlnuou on Para Two) (Column Tnraa) SOLDIER JAILED IN HOLDUP QUIZ (Ceatiaues I rocs Pass Oael State street, leaving a washing machine behind. Roy Knowles, 28, was held after he allegedly stole a Green taxlcab be had summoned to 27B Second East street The alleged theft occurred oc-curred when the driver, L L. An-(treason, An-(treason, left the machine. U V. Peart Ogden, reported theft of a First Security Trust company checkbook from his automobile, parked at the rear of the capltoL Seeing a man breaking Into her car, parked at South Temple and West Temple streets, Mrs. Bud Smith, Ely, Nev, seised his arm, but be broke away and ran. A money bag containing $30 cash and checks was stolen from the office of the Baker Motor company, 279 East Broadway.