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Show ONE OF THE I BURGLARS CAUGHT Hj Salt Lake. March 30.-r-The Iosb of H his lint led to the arrest yesterday of H Mosos Foster, colored, aged 28 years, H who confessed ten minutes Inter that H lie was one of the trio of burglars H who entered the learfleld Merc.in- H tilo storo al Clearfield, Thursday ' H night, and stabbed Watchman James I H Reed H Tho description of the burglars, giv- j H en by Reed, Included a negro, who ! Hi had lost his hat in tho fight with the H -watchman. Shortly after S o'clock H yesterday morning a youth, whoso H name was not learned, telephoned the H police station that a hatlcss negro H answering the description printed in Hj the morning papers, had knocked at j his back door and had begged for a H hat A S(iiQd of polico officers, in- H eluding Sergeant Emll Johnson, Scr- H geant Thomas Simpson and Patrolman H V II. Hendrickson, was sent to iho H address given by (he loy. Foster was H found and placed under arresL H At the polico station Foster said he H "hnH insf arrived ln'fielcht train from H Denver and had lost his hat while H riding the lods H "Thai's a lie." declared Captain H John Hcmpel, pointing an accusing H finger at the negro; "I saw you in H Clearfield Inst night." H Foster opened his mouth in nston- H Ishment,. hesitated a moment and H then confessed. H "1 guess you've got the goods on H me. captain." he said, grinning; "I H guess you did see me sure enough." B He then made a clean breast of the affair, even to furnishing a detailed H description of his two pals. Both H were whito men. jOne, he said, was H William Jackson, and the other he H know only by the name of Charley, H "They got cold feet when tho H watchman tackled us and left mo to H fight It out." said the negro. "I hopo H you get them They went north to H Ogden and T came to Salt Lako. Wo H agreed before tackling the Job to di- H Aide the swag and catch trains In H opjioslte directions. Two freights 1 passed at Clearfield, one going north H and the other south, just after we 1 left the store." H Full descriptions of Jackson and H "Charley have been forwarded to H Ogden and. other towns north of Salt H Sheriff Fred Harris of Davis coun- H ty took Foster to Farmlngton last Hl night He wilt bo given a speedy |