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Show OFFICERS FIRE ON INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOYS ESCAPING IN AUTO NEAR SALT LAKE CITY William Ncuteboom. 16 years ol age, of Ogden and Ferd Olsen, 17 years of age, of Lchi, who escaped from the State Industrial school Tuesday Tues-day night, are still at large in the hills near Sajt Lake City or in the city. This is the statement Issued this afternoon from the State Industrial school by George A- Goates, state parole pa-role officer. All the twelve boys who left immediately after Olsen and Xeuteboom escaped, have been recaptured. recap-tured. In the break at the school, Mr. Goates said Olsen and Ncuteboom had about thirty minutes start on the others. oth-ers. The pair came into the city and arc believed to have gone to the garage ga-rage of G. D. Knauss and attempted to take his car. When Mr. Knauss appeared suddenly with a revolver, the two made their escape. It is believed that they went in the garage of the father of the Ncuteboom boy and stole the car in which they left the city. A second shooting affray, in which the two runaways figured, occurred i later that night at the outpost of the fSalt Lake county sheriffs department In North Salt Lake.. Here, according to the information given to Mr. Goates, Neuteboom and Olsen passed the station sta-tion at a high rate of speed and refused re-fused to stop when commanded to do so by the officers. Tho officers fired two or three shots to frighten the boys, but to no avail. The officers jumped into a car and started in pursuit. pur-suit. Seeing that they were pursued, the boys left their car and escaped to the hills. Descriptions of the boys have been furnished the officers of the city and county of Salt Lake as well as the towns along the line of the Salt Lake route, as it is believed that they will attempt to escape to California. The authorities of the state school are of the opinion that the boys will be recaptured re-captured within a few days. Mr. Goates said that fourteen boys in one dormitory and 35 in another dormitory refused to join the boys in the break, regardless of the fact that they were called "yellow," cowards and terms of contempt by the leaders In the break. |