Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-03-21 | Page 13 | Street Bandits Rob 2 S. L. Young Women

Street Bandits Rob 2 S. L. Young Women Girls Halted and Armed Thugs Take Valuables Soon After Victims Leave Street Car iwo armed youths were sought by police Tuesday after two young women reported they were robbed of their purses In the Mrs. Primrose, a widow, said she discovered the telephone wires had been cut outside the house and that aha used a stepladder, reportedly placed under the bedroom window by tha assailant, to descend ta tha ground and call police from a neighbor's neigh-bor's home. She said tha reason for the attack aa her apparently was robbery. She was wearing three valuable diamond studded rings at tha time, tha detectives reported 800 block on Hollywood avenue.' Victims of tha robbery, reported about 10:48 p. m. Monday, were the Misses Ruth McDonald. 20, of ltfts Slxth Esst street, snd Dorothy F. Linton, 21, of ltlg Peek street They told Radio Patrolmen Earl Worlton and James 8. Ramsey they bad alighted from a street car at Seventh East street snd Hollywood svenue and were walking to Miss McDonsld's home when two youths, each with a gun, stepped from the shadow of a tree and demanded their purees. Both turned and ran after grabbing grab-bing the purees, disappearing down an alley, the victims said. - Miss McDonald aaid her puree contained about $2 worth of street ear tokens and personal effects, while Miss Linton aaid her lose waa about (1 and personal effects. Both assailants assail-ants were bareheaded and wore sweaters, the police report stated. r V-::." ' , yU' v. I Also sought Is the swarthy-faced, middle-aged woman suspected la theft of a ring valued at (40 from the O. C Tanner Jewelry Manufacturing Manu-facturing company, Atlas building, M West Second South street. The company reported the woman had asked to sea aeveral rings Monday afternoon and that tha theft waa noticed after she had left Other thefts were reported by Karma Be lew, letVe South State street said her purse, containing M cents and personal effects, was stolen from a dressing room: Mrs. bcth Mcdonald j She lest ear tokens ) r ' V. P. Johnson. OrdeviUe, Utah, who reported theft of her puns, containing 12. keys, valuable papers snd personal effects, from the counter coun-ter of a downtown department store; by Werner Hales. 222 Gold place, who said his wallet containing contain-ing 225, waa stolen from a counter of a cafe at (72 West Fourth South street snd by Harvey Carroll, Black foot-Idaho. guest at a local hour, who aaioMiia gold watch and chain and a pocketknife were stolen sto-len from hie room. Police Tuesday ware Investigating a reported robbery attempt oa the person of Mrs. Ethel L. Primrose, 57, of 1720 Michigan avenue, who waa treated at the police emergency hospital for cuts en the scalp, forehead fore-head and face and other injuries she aaid were inflicted by an unidentified un-identified esssltant Detectives J. Rose Hunaaker aad Jack X. Blaasard aaid. Mrs. Primrose Prim-rose reported she waa asleep ia tha bedroom of her Home when she waa awakened shortly before midnight mid-night As she spaaed her eyes, shs said, she waa slugged aa the head with a heavy - instrument She screamed aad the assailant lied. h : I DOROTHY F. LINTON I Bandit took dollar I