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Show Kidnapper Caught in Barn by Utah County Sheriff Entire northern Utah was aroused during the week when word came from Coalville that Ellin Rlrhlnn 1.1 had been kidnapped. Word was sent to various county ajid city peace officers of-ficers and several squads of officers searched the hills in the vicinity of Coalville and.Park .City. ...... . The boy was taken from his father's fath-er's sheep camp and held for $10,-000 $10,-000 ransom. Word of the kidnapping was sent to Bingham by Sheriff Clifford Patten, Pat-ten, and Chief Deputy Bert Smith and the other officers searched this vicinity for the alleged kidnapper. After one night with the kidnapper, kidnap-per, the boy made his escape and the following Sunday, the alleged kidnapper was captured in a barn near Salem, by Sheriff John D. Boyd of Utah county. The kidnapper gave his name as Leonidas Dean and prison records reveal that he served seven years In, the Idaho state penitentiary for a similar offense, He will be tried on the present charge in Summit-county, where he was taken Monday by Sheriff Sher-iff J. C. Clark. . ' |