Show Kamas lamas Lumber Check Thief Taken in Idaho Swift investigation and outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing cooperation between Summit County Sheriff Ronald Robinson and Deputy Leon Wilde and the law officers of Garden City Nampa and Boise Idaho have resulted in the Jailing of one suspect in a November lOth Lumber Company robbery in Kamas and the identifying of another William Ray Barrett 24 of Nampa Idaho to Coalville soon to stand trial for for of the Union Timber Timber Timber Tim Tim- ber Co and H o 0 Y t s Store ir it Kamas His par partner t n e r has been bee n identified and is presumed to tobe tobe tobe be in Idaho A warrant for his arrest is out in all s surrounding areas 1 Barrett was picked up by the Garden City Idaho police after a shooting spree in front of the Pink Elephant Tavern in that city He was linked to the Kamas by a check found in his possession According to information re revealed revealed revealed re- re by the investigation by Sheriff Robinson and the Idaho police Barrett and his partner partner partner part part- ner broke into the Lumber Company Company Company Com Com- pany office shortly after midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night on the of November Among the items stolen were a Check Protector and a number of blank checks They cashed one check at the Millstream Motel in Ogden that evening Motel Manager Adrian Wright became suspicious of the check in the amount of 79 7 9 and called Isaac Smith Lumber Company Manager about it Smith im immediately immediately immediately im- im mediately notified the Sheriff who went to Wright with the pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures and ide iden identification n t if i c a ti 0 n of several suspects Wright identified the check casher as Barretts Barrett's partner still being sought A call from the Garden City police requesting information about the Kamas check found in possession of Barrett gave them the authority needed to search Barretts Barrett's car further The Check Protector and part of the m missing i s s. s in g checks were fo found md between the back seat and the back fender Further investigation disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed the two men had bought a car in Nampa Idaho at 12 noon on the of November The tavern brawl which resulted in Barretts Barrett's arrest came at 5 pm p.m. the same evening Barrett has been incarcerated incarcerated incarcerated periodically since he was 13 with his first offense in 1952 Since that time he has racked up a total of 16 arrests including Grand Larceny bur bur- shop lifting and the present present present pre pre- sent one lodged by the Idaho police aggravated assault The partner and a woman also involved ved have been identified and the man is a former inmate of the Utah State Prison Sheriff Robinson also re re- re ported that James Wey Weyand and Joseph Henry Flint were sentenced sentenced sentenced sen sen- November 15 by Juvenile Court Judge for the charge of Contributing to to the Delinquency of a Minor They were given six m months 0 nth s which is the maximum sentence for this crime They were two of the three young men apprehended mit County about six weeks ago with t three h r e e year old girls who were under the in influence influence influence in- in fluence of drugs They had ad administered administered administered ad- ad ministered the drugs to the girls |