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Show Patrolman Carlborg went upstaire and discovered the other housebreaker In the .bathroom Both burglars wero arrested at the point of a revolver. Apparently believing that they had plenty of time In w hich to operate and cet away before members of the Johnson John-son family returned, the b irglarg had tied expensive wearing apparel !du bundles. Costly Jewelry and a quantity quan-tity of silver also had been done up lu neat packages. A pair of silver scissors and two razors wero tho only articles found 03 the men when they wero fcarched at the police station. The peculiar feature of the attempted attempt-ed robbery is that neither of the burglars burg-lars knew that the other was in iu house. Anderson fald that he ha! gone tr the Johnson home to ask for something to eat. Receiving n.i response re-sponse when he rang the door bed. be went to the rear of the resldonci and crawled Into tho cellar, he says. Hide From Each Other. According lo h.s story he ran upstairs up-stairs and into the bathroom when he heard some one downstairs Tuc noise ho heard appears to have h?pn made by Myer. who says he went to tho house In quest of food, also, liver liv-er laughed when he told the officers that he had hidden behind the furnace fur-nace in the cellar when be heard An derson go upstairs. The two burglin weie hiding from each other whea the police arrived. Kach of the houfo-breakers houfo-breakers declares that he had no In tentlon of robbing the residence wh-n he entered It, but the sight of ti silver, line clothing and Jewelry tempt ed them to steal. Before they rat-sacked rat-sacked the house, however, they bifi visited the pantry, which was well supplied with delicacies, they say Lieutenant John Hernpel remained at the residence until members of ta? family returned. It later develcel fiat the burelars had called at a nun-to- of homes In the neighborhood to icarch of food, before visiting tte Johuson residence. UNIQUE CAPTURE IDE BY POLICE Two Young Men Are Nabbed In the House of Maurice M. Johnson. Salt La';e, Nov. IS Two daylight burglars were captured at the home of Maurice M. Johnson, expert mining j eimineer for tho Ncwhoiioe interests, j fl 2 East Second South street, shortly after 2 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, I by Lieutenant John Ilcmpel. Patrol- j man C J. Carlborg nn.i Ditectlve j Frank Wheeling Neither of the burglars burg-lars knew that the other was In the hou-.e. The men arrested gave their names ns Charles Myer, 2 4 years old; 1 and Ed Anderson, 22 years old. J Miss Marguerite RIchmon 1, who, lives across the street fom the John- j son residence, noticed one of the burglars burg-lars as he was entering the houso : through a rear cellar window. Sho 1 telephoned for the police. The olll- j cers answered the call in Chief Bar- 1 low's automobile. The Johnson homo was locked when the police arrhe-1 the firmly ' being up town, apri thev were 'o ced to crawl thro i!i a window to get j into the hoi.c. Eurbrs Are Fcund. While Deie.tive V.'h.-el'n went through th-' room-. oownMalrs, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Hemp-! r-Tvnrc'-.ed the cellar, where ho fot.nd one o:' the burglars. |