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Show WEBBERS TAKES ' I CAR AND FLEES Man Facing Theft Charge ! Purloins Salt Lake Banker's Bank-er's Auto Here Claus T. Weibers, arrested here by Motorcycle Officer c. e. i,eiser. for the theft of an Bssex automobile owned own-ed at Alamosa, 'olo.. and turned over' I to the federal authorities at suit Lake i for prosecution, stole a Marmon automobile auto-mobile owned by W R Wallace. Salt Luke banker, from the Mai k-Roblnson garage yesterday morning and escaped with It. according to a report made to the police last night . All surrounding towns and lilies have been notified and Weibers description de-scription OS well as that Ol the auto- I mOblle sent them Weibers was arrested on Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street by MO.torcypra Officer Lelser on the afternoon of August jt. after a struggle m the automobile thai the Officer bad boarded and taken to (police headquarters Ho escaped when Motorcycle Officer Lelser took, ,the whCl l Ol tlo- car. and was captured by Sergeant C. L'. Nbble later. liltlM. Mill III I C III RE Vvelbers hud brought his mother and little sister to Ogden In the stol-I stol-I en car ami to procure funds tor then) lie bad his mother pawn his clothing While he In jail. I i in Tuesday last, he was turned over I to the federal Officials and I lot' - states Commissioner Van Pell ol Salt Lake fixed his bond ut IIOUO, allowing allow-ing his mother lo sign the bond. in the meantime; his mother to pro-icure pro-icure the funds hud koio t,, work s u nurse ul the Weber count; i form. W eibers returned lo iddi, presumably presum-ably to await trial ait r being released releas-ed on the ball bond. In some manner, according to the police, not known by 1 1 . - officials 01 the Mack-Hoblnson garage, Weibers secured a t laim , heck, No. 172, forged i the name of J. r. Newton io it, M is alleged, marked H paid, and waiting until the shirt changed, presented It to j. w . Nickson, proprietor, who, the car having been put in the garage on the previous shift, did no: realise that it did not belong to W eibers, and turn-ed turn-ed it over to him'. IT I I I ' UOOI) TK I Weibers, while I" the city jail cre-ate'd cre-ate'd considerable comment among the other prisoners l lus appearance He w.is dressed In good style and in I -cellent uuality clothing, and while In jail, wore Silk shirts und kept himself i : well groomed. L'pon his return to glen. he visited i the jail and shook bunds with the of- i I leers, explaining to them that he was I here awaiting trial and that he had ihtiiKs arranged to clear himself of all charges. Chief or Police Curtis Allison s.nu today that Weibers was one of the j most affable and smoothest prisoners I that have been in Jail in Ogden for I years. RING OF THIEVES I He also voiced the opinion that j there may be a ring of autojnobilp thieves operating in the lnterniountaln section of which Weibers may be a member. Color Is lent to this theory by the fact that recently there have been a number of automobiles stolen The Essex car stolen from Alamo- Is being held by the police for the Colorado authorities. THEF1 S REPORT! I i The police yesterday received re- I ports of thefts of automobiles us fol- i lows: Vera Allen, 2fc03 Grant avenue, reported re-ported u car stolen from the tabernacle taber-nacle ground-. W. P, W hite of Rlverdale reported the theft of an automobile from his garaife ..' that placi J. P. Barbon, 668 Twenty-second street, report, d lie flier, of an auto-nleblle, auto-nleblle, from In front of the Alhambrs t h aire. |