Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-08-11 | Page 10 | Meter Reader is Clever Operator

METER READER IS S CLEVER OPERATOR Fake While Presumably bly at Work Steals From Homes o r I 1 eI ti t TV-i TV i r p pr r was ua r ns LU dc tH 1 I station Tuesday afternoon that hat n a man mar claiming to bo a n. meter reader for lh the Utah Light Railway company was going from house to house reading meters and Incidentally picking up whatever er ho lie chanced to find lying hying loose around th the house Louis Simon of No 34 South Sixth East street reported that the man hud hind come to this home early Tuesday mornIng morning morn- morn Ing and that after he left they missed 1 12 from a dresser diesser in an adjoining room William Bradley of ot No 12 South Fourth East street reported that tho the same fellow rellow appeared at his home just before noon Tuesday and after his departure departure de do- the tile family I I found round that besides reading the meter ho he had taken with him 8 S from one of or the rooms At tho the Utah Light Railway office Tuesday afternoon It was stat stated ll that there were ere no company compan meter readers In the district in ha which the man was working Tuesday It was also stated that in case of ot there being a doubt In III Ina ina a customers customer's mind as ns to whether or not nota a man was a bona tide fide meter reader almost positive p proof could be made by bv the tho meter book In his possession In Incase Incase Incase case the tile statement was made mado that ho he was there thore for or a a. special reading ho he would have o an order ordel from rom the thc general offices