Show robbers caught on several occasions during the past two wo months the barber shop of MI alsa ethel james just south of the city be hall has been robbed of various articles during the absence of miss james and a assistant si miss MIBS bernice alter after the closing ot of the shop tuesday night thieves entered the shop and afat aber r stealing various tollet toilet articles had the audacity to take the bullets from a revolver which miss james always keeps in her sleeping apartments wednesday night miss james decided to try and trap the thieves after clods ing time she and miss left the shop but later miss james quietly returned alone sitting in the dark with loaded revolver handy and awaited results about 1030 2030 the lady heard the prowlers and soon the trap door leading to the basement was raised and a flashlight turned on by the thief it was then the fellow evidently received the surprise of his life by being greeted with pistol shot mot from the revolver ol 01 0 miss james and the two thieves beat a hasty retreat miss james firing more shots at them before they got out of the building the sheriffs office was notified of the attempted robbery and sheriff dark clark who happened to be in the city with his deputy frank payne and officer W R jefford Je flord gave chase from the description of the thieves given by miss james suspicion pointed to bart duke 19 and elmo peterson 18 16 who later were vere found at the home of duke and both placed under arrest by deputy sheriff payne and jefford Je flord after close questioning by the two officers they admitted their guilt not only of robbing the barber shop but other robberies including the stealing of chickens wednesday night from the rear of the senate restaurant they had their hearing this morning before precinct justice jim don and duke was bound over in the sum of 1000 00 to the district court and peterson Is held until juvenile officers determine what action to take the chances tor for a term in the state prison tor for both of 6 them are very promising duke Is the stepson step son of mr E titus of this city and peterson Is also a park city boy whose parents are now making their home in salt lake |