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Show CLERK IN HOTEL IS CHAREED AS ACCESSORY Attempted First Degree Burglary Alleged in Com-f Com-f plaint Issued by County Attorney. HAMBY FAMILY GRATEFUL FOR HELP IN TRIAL Salt Lake City, February 12. 1921. The family and relatives of C.rren 1!. Ilimliy desire ti express their heartfelt gratitude toward the police and city official, and the public In general, who have shown by their kindness and help In this hour of trial, their great love and respect fir our dear one. 1 MRS. LOUISA HAMDY. JOE CLARK, clerk at the Nord hotel, where Detective O. B. Ilamby was murdered and his Klayer, Tom Burns, was killed Tuesday morning, wagjjiarped with the crime of attempted first degree burglary as an accessory In ' a complaint prepared yesterday by I County Attorney Arthur K. Moreton. Clark Is charged with being an ac- I ceasory by harboring and concealing i Hums when Bums was attempting to escape from the officers. Detective Clifford Patten, who fired the first shot that hit Burns, after Burns had killed Detective Hamby, swore to the complaint charging Clark with being Burns' accessory to the crime. PUNISHMENT. The offense is punishable by Imprisonment Im-prisonment in the state prison for . not more than five years, lmprison- ment in the county Jail for not more than one yenr. a fine of not more than $.j000. or by both fine and imprisonment. im-prisonment. Burns was found in the Nord hotel ;ifter the officers had rounded up his three partners who. early Tuesday morning, attempted to break Into the .1. C. Penney store. The partners have already pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and have been committed to terms. When the officers went to the Nord after Burns, It is alleged that nark refused to give them information informa-tion aa to whether Burns was In his room. He inferred, the officers say. that Burns was not in. PLACED IN CELL. After the murder of Detective Ham-by Ham-by and the killing of the slayer. Clark was placed in a cell in the county Jail rind he Is said to have admitted that: be knew that Burns waa in his room, but that he didn't tell the officers because be-cause he wished to shield a woman with whom Burns was living The complaint agalnnt Clark recites that Burns attempted to break Into the Penney store and that Burns, having hav-ing full knowledge of the offense of Burns, willfully harbored and protected protect-ed him when he was beTng sought by the officers. First degree burglary is committed when the burglars use dynamite and explosives in their work, and a large quantity of explosive was in Burns possession when he attempted at-tempted to break Into the store. It Is alleged. |