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Show Officers Start Back for Salt Lake With Kid nap ing-R obbery Fugitives 1 En"Route"Here"After-6oloradoBreak SUSPECTS FAIL HI EXTRADITION FIBIITEFFORTS 3 of Gang Arrested in Colorado Go to Provo Special to The Telegram GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Aug. 20 Utah officers started homeward at noon today with five captures, including two Salt Lake City kidnap-robbery suspects, without bothering about extradition formalities. Protects they would net waive extradition were unavailing as Kinar Johansen, ts, and Harry Edwards, 34, whs were recaptured recap-tured after a Jailbreak yesterday afternoon, went loaded Into cars for return to Salt Lake City. Ralph Myers, Dan Shea and Jack Shea, arrested with Johansen and Edwards 29 miles west of here yesterday morning, were being returned re-turned to Provo for prosecution In connection with theft of an automobile auto-mobile at Payson early Tuesday. Myers Insists Myers Insisted on extradition proceedings, pro-ceedings, revesting he faced possible retarn to the Utah prison for parole violation. . .But the Utah authorities acted under a law - permitting them to remove prisoners, without extradition, extradi-tion, if they were In pursuit of fugitives. Detectives H. Fred Lee and W. E. f ..'.. x - ' i . , , . -1 i : "i ' : ?: i ' E- ' . - I '-' fi - " i . . I r - K . ; I- ;:-..-i. . " i a . ., i -. t I -.v-y:-;;-- ' ' , i v. - v. jf V- . TWICE ESCAPED, NOW ON WAY TO SALT LAKE Harry Ed ward J... Tried to oppose removal SECOND SUSPECT BEING RETURNED HERE Einar Johansen. . .Face charges in S. L. cKKiceion ana nirvunan o. v-hoon v-hoon expected to arrive In Salt Lake City with Johansen and Edwards Ed-wards early Friday evening. The federal bureau of Investigation Investiga-tion entered the case today, with a routine probe, but it was believed all five men would be kept In Utah custody. O-Men Cooperata In Salt Lake City, G-men said they were cooperating with police and lso would Investigate violation of the Dyer act and another federal law making it an offense for a fugitive fugi-tive to cross a state line. A dozen Utah officers, from Salt Lake City, Salt Lake county, Utah county and Grand county questioned ques-tioned the five men here today. J. E. Scheib, deputy sheriff from Salt Lake county. Identified Myers ss the man who robbed a lunch-stand lunch-stand near Little Cottonwood can-yen can-yen several weeks ago. Grand county officials questioned the men in connection with a burglary bur-glary early Thursday at the Desert Des-ert Moon cafe and hotel at Thompsons, Thomp-sons, Utah. The five men were captured at 7:30 a. m. Thursday by a poise from iCotitlnutd on P.m SUf (Column Three) 7;p! "H'fl , ' i ' AS POUCE LEFT. WELL-EQUIPPED, TO RETURN KIDNAP SUSPECTS Detective H. Fred Lee. left; Patrolman R. S. Cahoon, Detective W. E. Eggleston OFFICERS START BACK FOR UTAH - (Coallaue from Pass Oei her as they cooked breakfast In an aroyo near th Utah line. Save for on revolver, they were unarmed, having left two shotguns, another revolver, two bowls kniv and a blackjack In an automobile a Xsw feet from where they gathered around the fire. The car was stolen In Payson. It was taken from th shop of th Duke Pag Motor company. Detective Lee, who, with Detective Detec-tive L. B. Glfford, was wounded aa they chased Johansan and Edwards in Salt Lake City last week, confronted con-fronted Johansen in a cell last night. Puts Question "Remember me?" the officer asked. "I never saw you before." replied Johansen. "How did you hurt your hand?" "I suppose you don't know." said th detective, whose right hand was peppered by shotgun fire from a car In which Johansen and Edwards fled a police trap. Johansen and Edwards broks Jail about 1:30 p. m. Thursday, six hours after their capture. They aawed a ji. ytisi two hanktsu hfa concealed con-cealed in the waistband of Johansen' Johan-sen' trousers. Although In the same cell, Myers and the Shea refused to leave. The escape was discovered within 20 minutes and a large posse was formed, including American Legion members and CCC enroll. Flan Ia Used A plane piloted by Walter Guthrie took part In the hunt Fred Peck and Warren Bush, legionnaires, wer searching through brush in a river bottom when they saw Johansen and Edwards Ed-wards talking to a watchman near the grounds of the state training school. Th fugitive moved off a the possemen approached, but did not run. and surrendered without a fight. Johansen and Edwards face robbery rob-bery charges In Salt Lake City in connection with the holdup of G. A. Brown, attorney, who was forced to drive two armed men aeveral blocks in his automobile before they robbed him and took his car. They also are wanted for questioning ques-tioning la connection with th kid-nsp-robbery of Dean William H. Leary of the University of Utah law school and Dr. Mildred Nelson, I Utah state health official. , |
