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Show Two Cars Stolen On Jan. 10; Thieves Caught The Sheriff's office reports that two cars were stolen in the early morning' hours of Jan. 10. The first, a 1935 Ford sedan belonging belong-ing to Leo Barton, and the sec-cond, sec-cond, a 1934 Chevrolet pick-up belonging to Harry Gentry. Barton's car was taken about 2:30 a. m., and driven to Washington, Wash-ington, where it was abandoned when it ran out of gas. The thieves then returned to St. George where they stole the Gentry pick-up. This was driven through Zion Park and ran out of gas about three miles the other side of the Zion Park tunnel. tun-nel. The men then proceeded on foot and were picked up by the Sheriff at about 4 p. m. Sheriff Prince brought them back and lodged them in the county jail. They gave their names as Eddie Ward Jr., of Los Angeles, and Melvin Hugh Budary I of Denver. The attention of car owners is directed by Sheriff Prince to the danger of leaving keys in cars or leaving cars so that anyone can get in them and drive them away. In almost every stolen car case this is found to have been the fault. |