Show Robbers Take From Store I N Near ar ArteSi Ane t I Moffat and Uintah county peace ace officer were alerted late ti Saturday t Ud and d continued C hued a search March WI t tWo iwo men mon cn who the the Mountainside Grocery store at tit Baxter Springs at in t pm pan Saturday Two men ben inen one tall and the theother Other stocky tacky entered the gro gro- very ery store tore when no customers were were Vere nearby and at the point poin of a gun aun gagged and bound boond A H R R Aldredge 4 store proprietor Themen The Themen men wore wore- wor flour flour sack muslin over their faces They dumped Mr Aldredge behind the meat count count- counter er then rifled the cash register Of approximately turned out the lights and fled ned Mr Aldredge unable to call for help because of the gag in his mouth struggled under his bonds bond until he kicked klc ed his legs free then hurried to the nearby Chief Jones residence From the Jones Jone residence peace officers in Moffat and U t 1 tah tab county were notified n Sher Sher- Sheriff iff lff Butch Johnson responded from Craig Crair and Sheriff H M Snyder and Sammy Hatch came to Baxter Springy Springs from Vernal Sheriff Snyder set up a block block- blockade blockade ade on U S 40 at Jensen and checked all cars which were en- en route west r L traveled to Price where one of ot I the party left the car and was apprehended The remaining three fled to Castle Gate Gatej then headed north toward the Uin Uin- Uintah tah Basin In the meantime Sheriff Jo J Jo- Jo Joseph o seph Dudler of Carbon County notified Duchesne County Sher iff Arzie Mitchell that the trio was headed his way Sheriff Mitchell in turn his deputies Jack McArthur and andRoe andRoe Roe McDonald at Roosevelt to tobe tobe be on the alert alert As McDonald was talking b over the phone Mc Mc- McArthur Arthur glanced out of the win win- window dow and saw the fugitive car flash by on Roosevelt's Main Street The pair immediately commandeered a taxi and drove off in pursuit About a mile mlle mile east of Roosevelt they attempted to pull abreast of the fleeing ve ve- vehicle hicle and were forced off oft the ve-l ve highway when their quarry abruptly swerved into them Continuing their flight night the escapees passed Lt Hatch and Marshal Boren about five miles east of Roosevelt The officers immediately gave chase and fol fol- fol followed lowed the fugitives for about three miles mUes over icy roads until they encountered a dry stretch of highway where they attempt attempt- attempted ed ed to move alongside the other car The youths according to toLt toLt Lt Hatch then tried to force his ha car off th the road hv b by steering into it It The patrol car however dropped back and continued the pursuit the remaining 22 miles to Vernal The fleeing vehicle according to Lieutenant Hatch maintained a steady 80 60 to 85 miles an hour speed over the many icy hairpin curves be be- between between tween Roosevelt and Vernal The three were turned over overs over overto to Salt Silt Lake Lak City CUy police poUce officers Saturday afternoon aft oon and were returned to Salt Lake City along with the fourth escapee who was WB held beld in the Price jail jaU |