Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-26 | Page 2 | Wire Thieves Give Police Merry Chase

WIRE THIEVES GIVE POLICE MERRY CHASE Two wire thieves discovered covered at Eighth West and Ninth S South Uth streets this noon led ltd the police a merry erry chase for more than Jan a mile during which i Several shots were fired after them and tin finally n ally escaped in the Rio Grande Grando yards A report was as sent to P police pollee headquarters headquarters head head- quarters that thieves were helping themselves to Copp copper r wire in the vicinity vicinity vi- vi iy of tile the streets named Motor Motor- and Hendrickson were soon on the scene About yards away they saw two men making off a sack over their shoulders Immediate pursuit fol fol- fol lowed The men ran rapidly through back yards and over fences sometimes some some- times In alleys and sometimes in n streets Orders to to- stO stop were disregarded disregarded and nd shots fired into the time Sir air r proved of no avail Half the tile neighborhood joined in the tit chase hase with the officers and followed to 0 the yards where trace of the men w was s I lost The Time two thieves arc are known to 0 the lile police pollee