The Glenwood post., 1919-05-31
HAS MERRY CHASE
w|THAUTO THIEVES
Sheriff Fravert nabs Trio Trav.
cling in Big "cad' Eight
With Utah License
RETURNED TO JUNCTION

Sheriff F'ravert is quite proud of his
Chalmers Six, more proud of it, in fact,
than ever before, since his experience
of last Monday in speeding it out with
Cadillace Eight.
About noon Monday Mr.. Fravert re-
ceived message from Sheriff Watson
of Grand Junction to the effect that
two men and women were speeding
toward Denver in big "Cad' which
they had stolen from the Rev. P. L.
Easley, Episcopal clergyman of that
city. Going up town to make some IN
quiries, with view to locating the
highway trio, he made inquiry of
George Edinger as to whether he had
seen anything of such an outfit. Look
ing toward the bridge, George said
Why there comes Cad, right now,
but he had no more than said it than
the big machine shot by with the
speed of a Kansas blizzard.
After observing that the parties were
too wise to stop in Glenwood, but
pulled right on towards Carbondale,
Mr.. Fravert hastily ordered out his
Chalmers and, engaging Art Crouch to
drive it for him set out in pursuit.
The fleeing Cad had good start and
when it pulled into Carbondale Mr.
rny yarf nd 10 bn1,
mile and half behind.
Fravert was told that the party had
not passed through Carbondale, and
then he started, by means of the phone,
to see if he could locate them. While
he was thus engaged the parties, who
had taken the Crystal river road by
mistake, came back through the edge
of Carbondale and headed toward Ba-
salt The Carbondale marshal and
Bert Hinkel saw them AMI started in
pursuit and Eravnrt and Crouch fol-
lowed close behind them. The thieves
stopped at Stauffacher's to make in
quiry as to the road over Cottonwood
pass, and they became very indignant
when the sheriff placed them under ar
rest, declaring there surely must be
some mistake.
The men asked Mr.. Fravert to read
the warrant to them second time,
and then they insisted that the number
in the warrant did not correspond with
the car number. They also insisted
that they brought the car from Utah,
and they were quite defiant and
heavy one of the men reaching for
a six shooter that they carried in the
bottom Of the car. 1t was necessary
for the sheriff to draw his "Luger"
and after that the pair became quite
docile
In moving the personal property in
the car, the sheriff discovered the Colo
rado license only recently purchased
by Mr.. Easley and which the parties
had replaced with a Utah license,
which it is claimed they had taken
from Utah Buick which they had
stolen, in Salt Lake and which they
' Hdu IOT UHe ueWeT ana SpepulcI
"Cad'' After this find the parties
were not 30 loud in their protestations
of innocence, but became sullen and
non communicative.
Coming down from Carbondale Fra
vert placed the two men in the front
seat of the Cad while he sat in the
rear seat with the little lady and with
drawn gun forced the men to drive
to Glenwood where all were placed in
the county Jail.
Undersheriff Bert Watson came up
Monday evening and the next day
took the trio to Grand Junction where
they will have q chance to explain
their little joyride to jury in the
district court. When Watson became
inquisitive and began to question them
in regard to their method of operating
and the technique Of appropriating the
property of others they refused to
answer beyond the bare statement
"You We got the goods on us, and
that's all there is to It," They give
their names as Mr.. and Mrs. Walteri
and Richard Mccoy. They say they
hail from Salt IAks, but deny that
they stole the Buick car in Utah. Th'