Show INDIGENT STEALS WOMANS WOMAN'S HANDBAG Frank Birch Arrested Confesses Confesses Confesses Con Con- Taking Valuables Belonging Be- Be Belonging longing to- to Passenger to Special to The Herald Tucker Dec 15 Confessing Confessing to the theft heft of at a h hand nd satchel containing money and Jewelry to the value of m more re than Frank Birch was taken takeno to o Provo today to await preliminary hearing on the charge of ot grand larcen lar lar- cen ceny Irving L. L Pratt deputy sheriff of oC Utah count county made tho the arrest and escorted Birch to Provo According According- to Pratt Birch stole a suit suitcase suitcase case last night belonging Ins to a woman I who was waiting in the depot for a arain train rain and subtracted from it a handbag hand hand- handbag bag which contained a watch two rings s and nearly When hen captured the loot was wiLs found on his person Birch Is a aged middle man meu and a painter b by occupation Ho lie is partly paralyzed and at his request was admitted admitted admitted ad- ad ad ad- to the tho count county infirmary at Provo last September A few days ago both oth the superintendent and matron pf ot the he institution complained of oC having lost money and valuables and accused Birch Tho latter made his hiM escape taking the tho first train out of ot town Ho Ito arrived yesterday In Tucker In Iii making his confession Deputy Pratt says aas Birch stated that ho he came from from New Jersey where his mother and dl d wire rl lrI |