Show Aar ir Ground Chase T Trays Looter A man in his late thirties id id- id identified as John M Clinton was sentenced to Utah State Prison following a break in at the Jones Hole construction camp and an aerial and ground pur suit Sunday by Utah highway fn did the Uintah i t h County Sheriff SHERIFF Norman Fletcher reported the pursuit began when Alvin Anderson of Higgins Con Con- Construction Co met a late model tan Cadillac with a single oc- oc occupant occupant its driver leaving the workers camp at Jones Hole fish hatchery site northeast of Vernal Upon reaching the camp Mr Anderson found the trailers broken into and rifles and a quantity of other items missing Hurrying hack back up the road he met Forestor Dean Rowland and his family who reported seeing the car in camp earlier MR ANDERSON NDE pursuit followed the escaping vehicle to Vernal After an un successful attempt to flag it down he took the license num her bel and called the Sheriffs Sheriff's of ef Lice fice at 4 pm i M t lr sel bH QU at the Utah Colorado border and at Roosevelt by the Highway Patrol but no results prompted a call to the local radio station asking citizens operation cooperation c In locating the vehicle RONALD WALLIS of Maeser shortly after the broadcast reo re ported seeing a car of that des des- description description south of Ouray travel travel- traveling ing east to Red Wash A Approaching p pro a chi n g darkness prompted Hugh Caldwell patrol radio dispatcher to suggest us us- us using ing his airplane to speed the I search Within moments he heI I and Mr Wallis were airborne airborne and soon spotted the man hid I ing his car just off the Bonanza road just at dusk Sheriff Fletcher and trooper Ray Herrington were directed by radio from the circling air air- aircraft aircraft craft to the mans man's location where the arrest was made t i l bL G a C uS reported stolen from Thorn Thom i aston Maine on November 16 was loaded with contraband taken from at least six or seven camps from here to Wyoming and Montana Sheriff Fletcher reported The suspect who refused to disclose any information other than an alias of Douglas Dougla Olsen and residence in a the north north- northeast east states was later from fingerprints by the FBI as John M II Clinton HE WAS charged with grand larceny and violation of the theD D Dyer er Act prohibiting interstate transportation of a stolen Ie he and was convicted Tues Tues Tues- Tuesday day by District Court to a prison I sentence |