Show 1 1 Former Accused Of Theft Sundays Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune contained the tho following stOry concerning a well known resident of our city a fe ago Charged with the theft of radium salts trem Ogden ate air service command Field James Carlow Burke Durke 34 or of Garfield avenue a Hill HUl Field em- em Saturday was booked at Snit Salt Lake Lako county Jail pending trial In federal court Burke Durke who exposed hIm hIm- himself self and members of his family to tora to radium ra- ra rad d um rays by takIng the compound was accused of f the theft of two Vials of the salts In a 0 complaint signed before U. U S. S Commissioner John A. A at Ogo Og- Ogden den Saturday afternoon The released later on 1000 bond waived preliminary hearing and was brought to Salt Lake City for trial Field officers said the man admit admit- admitted admitted ted taking the tho two vials December 21 and allegedly took the tho remaining vIals at a 0 later date I have never been In trouble before Burke Burko said sald ns ho he was being booked at atthe the tho Salt Lake Lako Jail AU this has done Is bring disgrace to my wife and chil- chil children dren I I Arrested On Job Arrested on the tho job at Mill lUll Field the tho suspect In a 0 signed confession al- al allegedly told Intelligence officers of th the nets that he be carried the solution containing con con- radium away from the base In his overcoat and cached It In a shed atthe at the tho rear of his home I 1 Alter After everybody started talking about It the dangers of exposure to rays of radiUm I got scared and mailed the stuff stutt back to the field Burke Durko was quoted by Investigating officers The suspect was turned over to federal bureau ox 01 investigation Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day morning and subsequently was charged with theft of government pro pro- perty He was arrested Friday evening at the tho I field neld by army Intelligence officers and after questionIng allegedly signed a full confession Employed recently as a plasterers plasterer's s 's as- as assistant Burke related that he was work work- working ing In the radium room which was being remodeled remodeled I dont don't know why I took It Burke told officers and then explained that he had no market for the loot Became Scared After ho he became scared about the radium he said he wrapped the com com- compound compound pound In newspapers and mailed It to Hill Field from the post office In Murray The missing vials were received at atthe atthe the base FrIday and according to Lieu Lieu- Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant Colonel T. T C. C Bedwell Jr chief of the medical section at Hill Field apparently nobody was harmed by the rays while the radium was at large Colonel Dedwell Bedwell explained that there was only a small amount of radium In Inthe inthe the compound and I feel confident that those exposed to the substance Including postal workers were not In- In However medical officers emphasized th that t efforts to locate the radIum thru I widespread publicity were entirely war war- warranted warranted ranted because over exposure to even this amount or of radium would have harm harm- harmI harmful ful results I Lieutenant Colonel Gordon V V. Hol- Hol Holcomb comb Intelligence officer at the base saId Burke had been under suspicIon I for several days The suspect the army officer said has no prevIous criminal record that we know of I A native of Beaver Deaver Burke was em- em emI employed I as a general mechanIc at Hill Field last November 24 He previously I worked at the Utah ordnance plant In Salt Lake City and for several years wasI wasa was I a miner at Park City Colonel Holcomb said |