Show Would be Burglars Flee After Officer Arrives on on the Scene Moab police pollee are seeking two or three men chased from the Wagon Wheel Tavern on Moab's Main street str et Saturday morning when a city patrolman spotted them smashing the taverns tavern's Juke box Patrolman Dale Scott fired fireda a total of five shots at the men after atter spotting a man through the front door of the tavern while whale on a regular foot patrol of the business section According to chief Art Sutton Sutton Sutton Sut- Sut ton the patrol officer heard noises inside the tavern as the approached it about am a.m. Saturday Shining his flashlight through the glass he saw a man banging on the juke box with what appeared to be a hatchet The officer played a brief game of seek hide-and-seek with the would- would be burglar who dodged back and forth behind the music box dodging the officers officer's ers er's light The intruder was told to stay put and get his hands up but buthe buthe buthe he and another man who had been sitting in a booth undetected ed until the officer spoke sprinted sprint ed out the back door Officer Scott then fired through the glass door at the man Chief Chiet Sutton said yesterday that a third person must have been Involved because when the officer reached the rear reaT of the tm building a l car was backing rapIdly rapidly rap rap- Idly away from the back door and the thieves would not have had time to get in it and start It Officer Scott fired three shots toward the car and another atthe at atthe atthe the occupant as he abandoned the car CaT and WId fled ned The abandoned car belonged belong to Woody Woodward of Moab who according to chief Sutton had left his car parked In front of his home at approximately 1 40 Saturday morning shortly before the break in The Intruders entered the tavern taw tawern ern owned by Kleth Rieth Barker through the back window They apparently took a small amount of cash seven or eight dollars from a glass behind the bar but did not tamper with the cash register The juke box was badly badly badly bad bad- ly and a booth music musI selector elector box stolen oft off the wall Chief Sutton said it jt appeared that the men made little effort for tor money but committed damage damage dam dam- age t to W the entertainment equip equip- ment Police foUce have Interrogated several sev soy er eral suspects and held one man manfor mantor mantor tor for 43 48 hours Chief Sutton said the police have at least one prime suspect and are continuing continuing ing mg the investigation |