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Show POLICE FIND MEN WITH STOLEN GOODS Salt Luke, Jan. 13. By the arrest Thursday afternoon and evening of Charles Fina, a bartender, aged 2S years, and Peter Fluce, 2G a tailor, otherwise known as "Mexican Pete,' the Salt Lake detectives took into custodj two men who were utught with goods from an Oregon Short Line freight car last November when fine silverware to tho value of ?1,500 was taken. - - Both unrests were made by Captain of Detectives Beckstead and Detectives Detect-ives Ripley and Cleveland. Fina was, located in his room early Thursday afternoon and Fluco wad picked up shortly after 10 o'clock In tho evening. even-ing. In the bottom of Finn's trunk was packed choice silverware approximating approx-imating $200 in value. He was held with no charge placed against him and a search was began for Fluce, with whom he had beon associated. When first arrested Fluce maintained main-tained silence, but finally admitted to Captain Beckstead that he had placed tbe sllverwaro in Finn's trunk and tbat be knew the goods wero stolen. He claimed to have bought them from some one he did not know and. whoso description ho refused to give. What Fina said to the officers is a3 yet one of tho department's de-partment's Becreta. The silverware found in Finn's trunk Is part of a consignment from Chicago manufacturers to the firm of Albort Stemm & Co., Dillon, MonL Tbe car containing It was burglarized about November 15, Bomewhero between be-tween Kemmeror and Dlamondsville, Wyoming. Identification of the plunder found in Flna's trunk is positive through tho fact that many parcels of the goods had never been unwrapped and the original numbers on the packages, as well as the numbers on tho articles, correspond to the list furnished the detectives for tho purpose of tracing, tho stolen goods. on |