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Show DEPUTY SHERIFF s LANDS CRIMINAL Salt Lake City March 22. George Parry, pardoned convict, confessed to Shorlff Joseph C. Sharp last night that he brutally assaulted Lydla. Alrastedt, eleven years old, of 1450 VaiBuron Avenue, Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, at the Buona Vista race track. The confession followed his sensational sensa-tional arrest and later identification by the Almstedt girl, wno is Btlll weak from her terrible encounter with tho former convict. Parry recited re-cited his story to tho sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs Axol Stoelo and John Corless. With some difficulty tho sheriff managed to convince Parry that the evldonco against him was unbreakable unbreak-able Then ho told the shocking story of how bo lured tho little girl to follow fol-low htm into tho Buona Vista rnco track. Ho told of tho efforts ot his victim to pray after she had given up all hopes of wrenching hersolt from him. Sheriff Sharp drew him from tho subject by asking numerous quostlons regarding his movpmcniB prior to nnd after tbo assault. He would talk less freoly undor this phaso ot tho examination, but admitted admit-ted that ho left tho girl crying at ths race track and hastened to a stroet car, going directly to the homo of his sister at 1038 Eighth East street. |