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Show Champion Wrestler Runs Down Thieves C;: ; r: -Mr. H. D. Theiu'ison, on closing his place of lustr.v?s, left las new Ford coupe .turn ling in front of his home. In a 'few minutes he heard it start and (looking out saw the thieves drive ; north on the highway. He at once ! called Mr. O. W. Gale, a farmer, two rules out and asked him to stop the theives. Mr. Gale tried, but failed, as the theives nearly ran over him. I Hi; at once reported to Mr. Thomp- son, who then called Mr. Jo. Patterson Patter-son at Mauderfield. He, also, was al- most run down as the theives passed pas-sed him at a high speed'. Mr. Patterson Patter-son then informed Mr. Thompson, who then got in touch with County Attorney, Abe Murdock. Mr. Mur-.lock Mur-.lock at once called Mr. William Keshr at Cove Fort and asked him, iCesIer, to stop the theives. Mr. Kes-ier Kes-ier placed a timber across the highway high-way and armed himself with a gun: Even tiiis did not stop them, although al-though Mr. Kesler took a few shots it them. At this time Mr. Ira Dern appeared ap-peared on the scene with a high-1 high-1 powered ear, on his way to Beaver. ' .vir. Dern at once tooK up the chase overtook them, put them under ar-re ar-re t and returned with them to the weaver officers. j On examination of the thieves they proved to be three boys who had escaped from the industrial : school at Ogcien. Their names are, ! Dill Jolly, age 17; Frank Heinnie, 'age 15: and Bert Finnie, age 17. They stole a new car at Ogden on Thursday, drove it to St. George, 1 got cold feet and started to return. jThey got back as far as Paragoonah ; but the car ran out of oil and re-! re-! fused to go further. They abandon-I abandon-I Hi it and caught a ride to Beaver. Here they took Mr. Thompson's car i o finish their journey to Ogden. The officers at Ogden were notl-.:, notl-.:, .: of their capture and came to 'caver and took the prisoners. On Tuesday they returned to Ogden Og-den to face a charge of larceny. They were without funds and had very little clothing when arrested. L'iil Jolley is the son of B. Jolley, Jol-ley, who used to reside in Beaver. Bill was born here and lived here until he was 12 years of age. The family then moved to Provo, where Mr. Jolley now lives Beaver Ciiy Press. |