Show HARD CASKS the authors of numerous depredations captured by the police george peterson and harry packard two youths who are anxious to make a record as criminals are behind the bars of the city jail owins to the excellent work of the local police officers pender and silvey have been on the lookout for about two months but until laet friday the beludo officers or when found had disposed of their booty or cached dt in a safe place Toung Paterson aged ta comes of an ogden family and when home lives at twentieth and grant he now has one brother and one sister in the reform school where he dewia so anxious to go himself it is said another sister has aa inmate of the reform school packard who gives his age as 19 says he came or binally from city mont and was on his way back when he landed in the cooler he tells a straightforward tale and makes a full concession while the feterson boy if anything the worst of the two puts on a bold front and throws all the blame on packard with alie exception 0 one theft packard worked some time this last fall for warren child and lived in a cabin on adaina between twenty sixth and twenty seventh streets some time ago the officers that the numerous robberies were the work of youth old in evil doing and have had the two under surveillance fr a long time oneo they thought they had located a lot of the stolen property in the cabin which the boys frequented but on making a search it was found that the property lad been removed they pretended to abandon their quest but kept up a surveillance and collected evidence enough to warrant the arrest of the parties young packard was arrested saturday and yesterday george peterson was captured he was taken to the jail and questioned closely and finally said ho would confess everything he took a pad and pencil and coing into a cell he made a complete list of all the depredations committed during the winter including as near as he could remember all the articles taken from whence they were taken from whom and by were taken to whom they were disposed of and what consideration era tion the list includes not only dep reda tiong in aden but in the country districts A hog which had been butchered and left outside for the night by a farmer in plain is one of the things which the boy says lie with others put in a wagon and hauled away to give an idea 0 extent of the speculations peculations of the boys here is about one fourth of the list of articles which it is asserted have been taken from different places wallaces drug store five packet books chears toilet case this place waa opened on january ath while the store was closed during the funeral of a member of the family G J marsh co two pairs woolen bocke otto berger one pair kid gloves 2 0 M I 1 currie comb and brush blacking brush parley howell slater ville buggy robe joshua Masur vy plain city brace and bit coop co op wagon machine co numerous articles worth fully 16 geo A lowe various articles bult of ribbon leavitts foundry stone hammer etc the full list would fill half a column young packard acknowledged having while at salt lake stolen from a lady by alie name of Mays in casha gold pencil and a ring and peterson owns up to having stolen a watch scow croff cs which he claims he afterwards sold to empey at the tithing yard for 2 nearly all the artches art cles have been disposed of by the boys in town from time to time peterson says he was getting ready to pull out for idaho falls when caught in fact he says his desire to go north led him to take the watch the officers aay there is a third boy and they expect to have him in custody before night this morning word came mr welch near the hot springs had a coat and vest and brace and teven bits taken saturday bv peterson |