Show Sheriffs Sheriff's Office Has Has' Busiest Week I with Robberies Wrecks Runaways Summit County sheriffs were I kept hopping this hIs week with a aI s series rles of ot robberies runaways and andI I I auto accidents according to toI toI Sheriff George M. M Fisher and Deputy De I Wilbur N. N Powell I A pair of fancy sox ultimately led to the identification of a hitchhiker hitchhiker hitchhiker hitch hitch- hiker who confessed to entering and robbing the homes of Mr and Mrs Blaine Moore and Mr and Mrs Frank Jaques In Henefer Sunday evening while the two families were attending church services Wrist Watches Stolen Mrs Urs Moore reported that upon entering her home she noticed her purse had been emptied out and anda a quick survey showed that dresser dresser dres ser drawers in the bedrooms had i been ransacked also Two watches were found to be missing Notifying authorities Immediately immediately immedi Immedi- resulted in the subsequent capture of the hitchhiker hitch who had been seen on the highway near the Moore Moore homes shortly before dark Sox Identified The 32 old year man was apprehended apprehended apprehended ap ap- ap- ap in Echo and identified as having been in la Henefer Ilene fer by two Henefer residents Mrs Wanda Matue and Mrs Elthera Stephens Disclaiming his guilt and saying that hat he had never ne been in Henefer Henefer Hene fer the culprit was forced to confess when Mrs Moore loore caught sight of her husbands footwear The suspects suspect's discarded sox were found In the in-the the restroom of ot an Echo cafe Charged with stealing the watches he finally admitted his theft but said that in a moment of ot fright he had thrown them over a fence between the two homes which were adjacent His Ills report was proven to be true and the watches recovered He HeI was also in possession of a small I amount of change gathered from fromI I I the two homes and had bought I a meal and a bus ticket to Evans Evans- ton Needed Money Because or of his apparent dire circumstances the two families chose not to prosecute and refused refused re re- fused to accept the return of the small amount of money Investigating t the h e burglaries burglaries burglaries' were Deputy Sheriff Wilbur Powell Following a collision Thursday up Echo Canyon of a Colorado car with an auto transport a woman was brought into Summit County Hospital with a badly cut face with one deep wound from rose through lip which required several stitches I f She was later dismissed I Her male companion left the scene of the accident before au authorities appeared for the inv in ins v Sunday a 14 year 14 year old ald runaway girl girt who had been given a ride to Echo was detained at the Echo Weigh Station when found walking walk walk- ing lag up UI Echo Canyon at dusk Deputy Wilbur Powell returned her to Ogden authorities who had hada a report that she had left her home in Ogden She was attempting attempt attempt- ing lug to reach the home of an uncle In Nebraska she claimed She was from a broken home On return from meeting the I Ogden the deputy was called in to Henefer to assist in finding a burglar who broke Into two Henefer homes as featured elsewhere in this issue sue I I The pay phone booth near the I Henefer Post Office was robbed of ot an estimated 70 or 80 Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day evening as were two Morgan Horgan County booths It Is reported that the phone had been torn off the wall and badly damaged I The thieves had not been apprehended apprehended ap Tuesday nor was any knowledge of their I Ide identity d e n t tit i t Y known In Summit County |