Show young desperadoes steal and wreck hans jensen car A daring and successful attempt to steal a parked car was staged in broad daylight friday afternoon on main street when two young men who were seen loitering near the hans jensen car parked in front of the city mercantile suddenly got into the ear car and made away with it mr jensen was alone in the store at the time and although he had noticed the two fellows standing near the car and was suspicious of their actions he act on the impulse to go to the car and remove the key keeping his eye on the car however he saw the boys jump in and back away from the curb rushing out he shouted to some men standing a short distance away to halt the thieves but when one of them pulled a gun any attempt to stop the car was abandoned they were seen to turn the cor continued on page 8 car desperadoes continued from page 1 I tier ner and go in the direction of northdale Nort hdale in the meantime mr jensen phoned neighbors thinking the dar car might make another turn and leave town by a different route he also phoned northdale Nort hdale and dove creek and at the latter point the road was barlics barri cs ded when it was learned that the car had passed through northdale Nort hdale in order to avoid crashing into the barricade the driver swerve d to a side road and ran headlong into a truck driven by a dove creek farmer minter celemen Se lemen who was also a chiropractor the impact wrecked both vehicles and killed the driver of the truck and three of the four occupants of the stolen car who were later identified as mae dark clark and rose clark cousins from burley idaho and a sailor by the name of A F dean of the puget sound area the other occupant also a sailor from the same area by the name of bee deen suffered a broken arm sheriff leroy wood was called to the scene of the wreck he said that identification of the occupants of the car was made possible when the less injured sailor who had refused to talk was told that his companions were dying sheriff wood notified the parents of the burley victims and learned that authorities at that point had been searching for the two girls since their disappearance two days before they survived only a short time after reaching the cortez hopital ho pital it was also learned that these two sailors were alleged deserters and that they picked up the two young women on their way while travelling tra velling south in another stolen car which they abandoned a few miles north of monticello friday after removing the two front wheels these were brought to town and sold we also learned that while driving from moab to monticello they ran off the road due to driving op the rim after a tire blew out they hailed a passing car driven by mrs mis alene jones who with mrs lillian mcdonald was on her way to la sal and asked for help they were towed back on the road by mrs jones the jensen car was a total loss since it was not insured and besides the inconvenience of being without their car at a time when it is alm ost impossible to purchase a new one makes the loss doubly hard word came through on tuesday that the fourth occupant of the stolen car also died fr fram injuries received in the fatal car truck wreck last friday bringing the number of deaths to five in one of the most tragic accidents ever to of occur cur in this locality the sympathy of many people is being extended to the family of dr sele men whose untimely end was caused through the ruthlessness of the four who were trying to escape and to mr and mrs jensen in the loss of their car also to the relatives of these young folks who must be suf ferring too as result of the happenings of last week |