Show City Marshal Arrests Car Thief In Roosevelt Saturday Arrested iMan Proves to be Unbalanced and In a very Serious Condition J January Du- chesne county sheriff Dewey Mer- t was requested by the Carbon county to oe on J the look out for a man who had stolen a model Ford automobile at Immediate-ly sherriff Meriwether called City Harry Sprouse to be on the look out which resulted in the arrest of a man by the name of who would not his Eats Dinner In Post Office Marshal Sprouse found the culprit In eating his evening consisting of cheese crackers anu pickles spread out on the writing desk of tiie Rocse-velt post After questioning him and finding out mat his stories did not make the marshal lodged him in the city jail and notified Sheriff Meriwether and State Patrolman Sam Story Unfolded Questioning by the marshal and State unfolded the story that he had been in Helper and Price trying to get work in the The man nad a head and leg wound which was not f serious and when asked what had happened to him stated he had received them while working in the It was afterwards found out that he had stolen the car from Helper and over Indian canyon had lost control of the car and went over a seventy-live embankment demolishing the hence the wounds received by Sheriff Notified Carbon county Marion Bliss was notified of the arrest at Roosevelt by the Duchesne county and motored to Sunday and took the man back to stand Marshal Tells Of Experience Roosevelt city Harry relating his experience in handling a person with an unbalanced reads like a fairy Says Marshal Kitchner was dressed up like a three ringed he had on a pair of cowboy riding boots with red red shirt plastered with badges and what ever he could pin on he also had two wide belts strapped around his waist with large ornamental He gave his age as and wore an American Legion the marshal does not think he served in the first world He declared that they wanted him to get into the but he would not as his Uncle lost his life in the first world It was learned that he had a sister living in and when they had last seen which was during the year of he was mentally alright Takes Cold Rath Sunday morning when the Marshal went to the jail to take him to breakfast he found the jail and the culprit in a sad state of The culprit had taken the mattress off from the bunk and in one corner of the cell room he had made ah improvised bath tub and had stripped off all of his clothes and was enjoying a cold water the marshal told him to hurry and get dressed as he wanted to take him out f- r to and upon re- turning in a short time he found the was cleaning up the joint so he He had the jail house floor covered with several Inches of water and the broom washing the ceiling and he had also torn up a blanket in strips and broken out one of the At the time of to pross we were unable to find the own- name of the stolen |