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Show !S0LDIERS TAKEN ! Ill PUREST 1 Three Escape From Fort Douglas Captured by Sheriff in Weber Canyon Members of the sheriff's department ' last night proved that they wcro in-' in-' deed "on the job" when within an hour front tho time the office here received a telephone message from Salt Lake, that thrco soldiers, two of whom wero prisonors and one their guard, had scapod from Fort Douglas, the three men wero captured and the army authorities au-thorities notified of their apprehension. apprehen-sion. Names given by th? soldiers following follow-ing their arrest wrre: Earl Roten. I 19; Robert Mulling. 21; prisoners, and I Frank Harrison, 20, thoh guard. ! The success of the expedition which was responsible for the speedy cap-I cap-I ture Is due to the quick thinking of Sheriff H. C. Peterson. Immediately with the receipt of tho telephone message mes-sage he organized a force Into two I parlies and sent them In tho dlrcc-1 dlrcc-1 tion oC "Weber canyon. Deputies William Brown, Ray "West 1 and Bert Crltes, in one party, were I driving slowly along tho road near the canyon, when Crites saw the heads of three men bob up from behind a bush some distance from the road, lie ! stopped the car and the three deputies j began to maneuver toward the hiding ! plane. They were soon near enough ' to the men to command them to stand I up. which they did. The men had been under arrest but j a few moments when Sheriff Peterson , and Deputy Sheriff Joseph ChudwicU J came through an adjoining field and ' joined the party. The officers also took I into custody a girl. 3 7 years of ago, j who lives at Clcarfhild. and had joined I the soldiers with the intention of run-I run-I nlng away with thorn. It was said. She was taken to Clearfield last night by I her faf".'er. j Tho soldiers were taken back to Port Douglcs this morning by Deputies Chadwjck and C'rltpp. 1 |