Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-20 | Page 2 | Crooks Run Gauntlet of Fire

CROOKS K R RA RUN A Officers Auto Is Slow Sho Shots s Fail to Bring Fugitives to Stop in hi Hasty Dash to Cover PISTOL batt battle e between A j deputy sheriffs and men it ir ita ir ira a fleeing automobile the latter latier said to contain th tl essence e c ence of of John Ba Barleycorn l disturbed the residents of North Salt Lake Laki shortly before sunrise sunrise today Deputy S Sheriffs R. R M. M Beckstead Beckstead Beck Beck- stead and J. J T T. T R Raleigh leigh alighted from their machine when A they saw an automobile standing at atthe atthe atthe the side of of tl the road and the the- occupants acting suspiciously They jumped from their machine and in doi doing g so ore so ere discovered by two men men who fled in in the automobile Th The officers immediately gave ga chase in their car an and pulli pulling g their guns sent a fn fusillade of shots in in the direction of the fleeing automobile The speed of the deputies deputies' car was i not great enough to keep pace with the car ahead and they soon lost sight of the men The sheriff however today is is looking for a bullet ridden ridden car