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Show OFFICERS ANGRY AT REDUCTION OF BOND Decrease In Sureties of Davis, Alleged Al-leged Holdup. Viewed With Consternation. Salt Lake. May IK. Joseph Davis, charged with highway robbery, wa ? arraigned In the criminal division of the cliy court Tuesday and on motion of James Hamilton, his attorney, the ball was reduced from Jl.Oon to $5. VI, and the hearing of the case was continued con-tinued by J-udge J. M. Itowmnn to June 1" Davis is the man whu is said to have boarded a Fourth North sircet car on April 20 and robbed the motor-man motor-man and the passengers at the point of a .112 calibre rifle. He was arrested arrest-ed half an hour later by officers and placed In the city Jail. Immediately after the reduction had been granted, R. I Shannon lieutenant lieuten-ant of police, telephoned to Job P. Lyon, county attorney, and informed that official that he would Innlot on the ball being fixed at the original amount, and suggested that ft be raised an additional $3oit, making It Ji.r.uo. Lieutenant Shannon said that In view of the prison record of Davis that It was an outrage to reduce lh ball, after continuing th case for weeks, and allowing his the opportunity opportun-ity of getting out of jail. Me declared that Davis was a menace to the public. pub-lic. Lieutenant Shannon said that he thought that the matter had been hand'ed with a marked degree of Indifference. |