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Show RECOVER BOOTY IN SALT DIE Salt Lako, Dec. 19. The booty obtained ob-tained as the res m of as many as twenty burglaries, comprising costly furs, siherware, cutlery, wearing apparel ap-parel and real hn-r switches, In all valued at $3,000, was discovered and attached yesterday afternoon In a "fence," or receiving: place for stolen goods, atl.C8 West Second South street by Sheriff Joseph C, Sharp, Sheriff Frank Harris of Davis county and a corps of deputy aheriifs. J. J. Eldredgo, aged 38 years, pco-,prletor pco-,prletor of a seoond-hand store at 1G8 West Second South street, and his father, Thomas Bldredget aged CO year3, wero placed under arrosi on the charge of receivinc stolen goods. 'For three years," said Sheriff sharp last night, 'T Tiave suspected tho exiBtenco of this fence,' but it was not until today that, evidence camo into my hands which Justiflod arrests and tho soarchlng of the premises. "That this 'fence has been discovered discov-ered is largely duo to the work of Sheriff Harris. He located a man in davis county yesterday who confessed con-fessed to having disposed of stolen goods at the Eldredgo establ.shment This man was brought hero and ho pointed out the second-hand store, where he said ho had sold certain stolen articles. This resulted In tho search and arrest of tho Eldredges. "Eldredgo is specifically charged with receiving stolen property which was taken from the store of Baron & Co. at Garfield, which wbb robbed on October 23. It Is alleged tho ptolon goods wero sold to Eldrodge the following day There is no doubt that many other charges of a similar nature will bo brought against tho younger Eldredgo." Stolon Property Identified Among tho articles which were taken tak-en to tho sher'if's office last night from the second-hand storo aro thoso which have been Identified as having hav-ing been stolen from the following stores: Rnmpton General Merchandise store at Bountiful, which was robbed on October 29, Tho .Merrill Lumber & Hardware company's store at Dr.'gham City. Baron & Co.'s stoio at Garfield. The Stowart & Burton storo at KayBvlllc, which was robbed last June. It Is bellood that a nuautlt of tho stolon property was taken from Den-vor Den-vor &.RIo Grande freight cars. No fur robbery has takon place recently in Salt Lako and It Is believed by Sheriff Sharp that the costly furs havo been shipped Into Salt Lako probably from Snn Francisco or Los Angeles', where a number of fur rob-berlos rob-berlos lfavc occurred within the last six months. At :i o'clock yesterday afternoon Sheriff Sharp. Sheriff Harris ami Deputy Sheriffs Corlcss. Eddlngton. Steele, Seager, Hedge3. Schettler and I Butler went to the Edrcdgo second- ;H hand storo. 'H Tho two Eldrodges were placed un- H dcr arreBt and takeiirto the sheriff's office to await developments. "When H a search of tho storo was begun by H tho officors It seemed that their of- H forts woro to be fruitless. H plunder Hidden in Store H Tho first find was a satchel con- H talnlng fourteen hair switches, which H were Identified as thoso stolon last H August from tho Morris hair store in H tho Eaglo block, corner of Second H South and West Tomplo streets H Following tho large quantities of H stolen goods were found hidden all jH over tho store, under piles of rags, H on dust-laden shelves and in trunks H and suitcases. H Upon a sable fur, valued at ?S0 H was a note, pinned there by the sec- H ond-hand man, tolling that tho fur H was to he sold for $S and that $4 had H already bcoti paid as the first in- H stallment Other costly furs -wore H marked to bo sold at 1 per cent of H I their Following Is an inventory of the ,H 1 stolon property:: Two blue potti- H I coats, five broadcloth skirts, black: H eight fur muffs, sable, sealskin and IH others; fivo fur collars, ono open jH mink muff, two complete sots of furs, iH sixty yards of broadcloth, one over- H coat, one raincoat, seven men's suits, H six pairs of trousers, 200 dozen neck- 'H ties, 300 pockctknlves ranging in ,H value from $1.50 to $4, fifteen pairs tH of shoes, ono set of White sewing jH machine fixtures, four carving Bets, 'M fivo watches, twelve rarors, twelro ,H purses, fourteon hair switches: 300 :H pairs of gloves, one caso of silver- ,H ware and many odd pieces or. savor- h ware, nlno sets of Gilletto safety -M razor blades, three dozen handker- ,H chiefs and ono dozen ladles' silk muf- H Long In Business Here 'B J. J, Eldredgo has been tho pro- r:H prietor of second-band stores in Salt H Lako for the past nlno years and at .H present Is also the propriotor of a 'M rooming house at 244 West First H South street. He established himself -H in business here nlno years ago on ;H South West Templo street H Shoriff Sharp believes that tho el- H dcr Eldredgo has beon. in chargo of H tho otoro while his son was abroad H seoking unlawful business. H Deputies from the sheriff's office H vestorday visited a man, whose namo H thoy refused to divulge, who lives on H Eleventh South street, between Main H and State streets, and whom, it Is al- H legod, furnished horses and wagons H to tho Eldredges that tho stolon prop- H erty might bo taken to their Btorc. H It is believed that Eldredgo was in- struraontfll in hiring these vehicles out to robbers who had cached stolen m goods outside of tho cHy, thus furn- lshing them a means to transfor their booty to this city without giving riso to suspicion, -'M |