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Show COHEN PACES ARREST RERE Ogden Merchant Charged in Complaint With Buying Stolen Property Ben Cohen Twentv-flfth street met-- j chant, was charged with buying goods stolen from PrOvo stores by George Knight and John Doe Martin. In a) complaint Issued today by Countv Attorney At-torney Joseph li. Bates. Knight is serving a sentence in the Utah state penitentiary for burglar) and Martin is still at large. ih. specific charge against Cohen Is the purchase of (lire, rn.-n Mill.- ami riv. rain cosa. alleged to ie pari oi the I'rovo loot, which constitute! felony; The warrant for ''ohon's arrest wai expected to bo In the hinds ot the -dieriff this afternoon, MKls vDMlSSIOX. According to admissions, said to j have been made by iohen In the pt.s-ence pt.s-ence or his lawyer, Joseph Chez ami Officers assigned io tho case. Cohen' bengal 14 suits for $14 eaih 12 over-' s for $14 each. 100 ladles waists, for 1 each and 14 i am. oats lor $7; ... h, from K nig lit Ti,.' waists alone! it i said, would i . a 'i us nign ns or ?iu. .vn ot tne articles were or good quality and were vvoith several limes the HHH Cohen Is alleged io have paid tor them, the1 county attorney said Cohen Is alleged to have Shipped the stolen goods to stores operated by three sons-in-law at Green Liver, Kock Springs. Wye., and Salt L.k. .much of he loot has been recovered by the sheriff's department. I County Attorney Bates aald Cohen' 'admitted that he bought the goods, tun Said they were sold to him by Knight, , vv ho represented himself as a travel-; Ing salesman from California.. Iv M( . II I COX'FKSSES I Kniglil confessed to the looting of i I the K A- Chrlstensen an.l J. C Pen-ny Pen-ny stores at I'rovo. Mr. Bat. s said ACCOrdlng 1 Kniglil, (be goods were pile.) Into an automobile and brought I ,10 Ogden, whero th.-s 'were disposed ol to Cohens Three trips were made, !lt is said. Knight vva arreslc.l in California and returned to i'rovo where he was tried for the burglary of a Jewelry store there. He was sentenced to the; l state penitentiary. j After he had implicated Cohen, de-teCtlVee de-teCtlVee and members of the Weber county sheriff office had Cohen In conference con-ference on several occasions t'oben finally admitted the accusations it was reported ut that Line, an.l he agreed : to return as much of tne loot as he could get hold of. |