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Show paraphernalia of the genuine "stick-up." "stick-up." At the lime of arrest tho men wore handkerchiefs about their necks in position to be pulled up over their laces when an opportune time came. The capture was made following a telephone call from Ninth Souih and State streets to the effect that suspicions sus-picions characters were loitering about the vicinity. Officers Griffin and Glllisple went out on the call In the police auto and located their men within the course of half an hour on Eighth South and Main streets. The I trio, when they saw the officers, started to run, but a command from the police halted them, and they were ordered to take places in the auto. On the way In Moss started to pull his cannon-llko gun. but Griffin saw the move and too'k the weapon away from him, at the same time getting ready fof instant use his own gun, in which he has more confidence. Carrigan gave his ai:e as 2:1 years, and occupation that of laborer. Moss said he is 2S years old and a machinist, machin-ist, while Jones claims to bo 21 and a laborer. The slungshots carried by the men were made of a pair of tan-colored socks filled with .It-calibre cartridges. Each of the men had a little small change in his pocket. The trio was without doubt prepared and planning to hold up the first man who came along, and from all indications they were desperate enough to commit murder If their holdup plans were interfered with. Moss feigned drunkenness, drunk-enness, but was plainly very sober and looks like a hard character, as de. in fact, all of them. The department feels certain that In catching the gang some very serious seri-ous trouble was prevented from happening hap-pening later during the night. TOUGH CHARACTERS TAKEN BY POLICE Three Men Carrying Guns and Slingshots Sling-shots Neatly Landed in Prison. Salt Lake, Sept. 1 1 What, is believed be-lieved at police headquarters to be one of the most Important ' hauls" of the season was made Tuesday night at 1i o'clock, when l'atrolman W. W. Griffin and Patrolman Tom Gillespie caught and placed under arrest three holdup men, who show all the earmarks ear-marks of professionals. They gave their names as W. .1. Carrigan. Henry Moss and William .tones. The men. when searched at the station, were relieved of a veritable arsenal including in-cluding a murderous .tl-callbre Colls revolver, two slungshnls and other |
