The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-09-19
Young Autoists
Come To Grief
Starting for Worlds Fair, They Are
Apprehended In Tooele JOY Riding
With Girls.

when George Knight, who lives
east Of town. awoke Sunday morning
and began to do his chores, he noti-
ed his automobile missing from his
garage. A hasty inquiry failed TO
locate It's whereabouts. 80 he hurridly
notified the City Marshal and the
County Sheriff OF his loss. Telephone
messages were sent In all directions
and the local officials began in in
quire about missing boys. The City
Police remembered seeing Burn Har-
rington and Aaron Chapman on a
horse Saturday night, and an inquiry
soon developed the fact that they were
missing. Later they and the auto
mobile were located In Tooele, JOY
riding with q bunch of Tooele girls
The Tooele marshal had been given
n description OF the boys and the out
1T. and when he saw them he lost
no time in locking the boys up and
ielephoning the Utah county officials
of his capture.
1t appears that what the boys In
tended was to taken the auto to Cali
fornia, where they said the coming
winter would not be so cold. In
proof of this, also, Is the fact that
after leaving American Fork they
broke into the Cutler Garage at Lehi
and stole some new tires, several gal
,ons Of cylinder oil, supply OF spark
plugs and other things they might
need on long journey. The boys
also had two quilts Of Mr.. Knights
found in the auto. and each had taken
wo more from home, making six
with which to keep warm on the Ne
yada desert.
Young Chapman told the officers
all about their experiences. He said
that they tied rope to the horn OF
the saddle. and with the horse that
Policeman Mercer saw them riding,
they snaked the auto out of the garage
to place where they could start It
without being detected. They then
supplies above referred to. and drove
on into Salt Lake City. Here they
picked up some boys and 10y rode
around the rest Of the night going to
surrounding road houses, one OF the
boys picked up spending sl4 for
things to make the ride complete
| Practically the whole night was spent
this way. and as one of their new
companions wanted TO go to Tooele,
he proffered to show them the Cali
fornia trail that far Arriving in
| Tooele they fell in with boy named
Lee. who introduced them to the
Tooele girls. The temptation to show
The girls good time before leaving
he state could not be resisted, else
the prospective Worlds Fair visitors
would have been well into the West
ern Desert before their lndentity
would have been discovered.
| Juvenile Court Officer Gowans of
Tooele, brought the boys back Mon
lay evening, and thus missed the
Utah County Sheriff who had gone
after them. Wednesday, the boys
having confessed, and this having
been the third or fourth similar epi-
sods for Harrington, he was given
sentence In the State Reform School,
and young Chapman never having
been up before was let go on parole
The Harrington lad is not a bad
hearted boy, but as he has an In
satiable penchant for taking JOY rides
With other peoples cars, It is thought
that DR.. Gowan. In few years time,
may show him the folly of It. He
| VIII not be taken to Ogden till after
me Melodies trial which is set for
today.