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Show otocoats s'tolen and FOUND ' Two overcoats, stolen from the l-ropenn l-ropenn hotel a few days ago, were i recovered by tho police yesterday from a Salt Lake City pawnshop and the thief, P. M. Rutherford, is now locked In the city prison, having confessed to the theft. Rutherford was arrested a few days ago on suspicion of having stolen tho coats, but at first strenuously denied any knowledge of the missing garments. gar-ments. Saturday evening he made a full confession of having taken the coats and told of having disposed of them In Salt Lake City. Detective Pincock made n trip to Salt Lake and found tho coats where Rutherford said they would be found. One of the coats belonged to Denny Smyth and was valued at 50. The other garment belonged to one of the guests at the hotel and also was quite valuable. Rutherford is commonly known as "Slats" and is believed to be addicted to morphine. |