Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-12-12 | Page 12 | Thug Snatches Purse, Escapes

THUG SNATCHES PURSE, ESCAPES i Salt Lake Citr police Tuesday Investigated another pun snatching, snatch-ing, the third In two days. , Latest victim, Mrs. I. J. Griggs of 809 West Eighth South street, told officers she was knocking on the front door of a friend's home at 830 South Second West street, when a large, shabbily-dressed man vaulted the porch railing, grabbed her purse and ran through an adjoining vacant lot. The purse contained about 70 cents, bankbook and personal