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Show MEN SAID TO HAVE ROBBED SLOT MACHINES Bingham Utah, .In. 16 L Godfrey, I .1. Hocking and Frank J. Daj were arrested here tonight by Chief of Po lice S S. Jones at the complaint of a number of slot machine owners ot the city who averred that this trl had robbed their machines. In (Jodfrey'a pockets were found $S6 so in nickels and quarters, said to have been stolen from a score of slot machines in the saloons and pool halls about town. In Hocking's pockets were found a small gimlet, two pairs of tweezers and some wire hooks. According to the police, one of the men stood in front of the machine playing the machine, another stood beside him to block the vision of the proprietor or bartender, while the third slipped behind the machine and robbed it This was done, according accord-ing to the police, by boring a hole into the machine and releasing the lock with hook. permitting the thieves to help themselves to the contents. con-tents. Day's home is said to be in Seattle. Seat-tle. The others did not say where they came from. The three had been in camp only a few days and all the thefts occurred today oo |