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Show ' BOY BROUGHT WL FOR STEALING AUTO Completing a four and one-half days' trip in an automobile from Lincoln, Nebr., Desk Sergeant Barlow B. Wilson Wil-son and Chauffeur Gold AVheat of the Ogden police department, arrived home last night, bringing with them John DeWitt. The car in which they made the trip Is the property of J. A. Ferraro, of 2329 Monroe avenue, and DeWitt is niiPfPri to stolen it from in front of the Alham. bra theatre on the night of August i. .Luc juuug man was arrested August Au-gust 22, at Lincoln, Nebr., with the car in his possession. He denies that ho stole the car, however, and declares de-clares he was in Salt Lake City whon it was stolon. He is a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, and is 19 years old Following the arrest of the youth, requisition papers for his return to Utah were obtained from Governor William Spry and the two local offl- j cers departed for Nebraska a week ago. The requisition papers were j honored and they began the return trip in the recovered automobile last Tuesday. They traveled only in tho daytime, having arranged their itin-erary itin-erary so as to reach- a town each ' night, in order to keep their prisoner in a jail so they might sleep In NTe j braska, the officers said, the roada j were good, but in Wyoming they wera i in poor condition. Yesterday they drove 176 miles, from Green River to Ogden. A brother of DeWitt reached Og- 1 den ahead of the officers and will j make every effort possible to save the ; youth from conviction on the charge j of grand larceny. J |
