The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-15
Reforming and Wedding {
Criminal.
A GOOD woMAN'S INFLUENCE.
ons OF MoSdy's Sermons Touches
the Heart of Shower of the
Queer.

The eHuTe Ie1OEudVivH " - '1e' "
previously bad character is seldom &C
oompIished, so seldom as to require
the strongest evidence to convince those
who knew the man when be did not
walk Alright, that his feet have found
better paths. But there is at least one
case in the city which demonstrates the
possibility of that reformation. When
Mr.. Moody left st, Louis after his work
ef revival there, a minister congratulate
ing HIM said that some hundreds OF
thousands had been converted; he had
the number very exactly. MIR. Moody
was not much cheered and said: II
always ask myself will they stick = .
and then added, "but il one man has
been made better / ought to be salts
fed" The lone man" tat least an ex-
ceptional one) WAS, until January 18th,
1881. confined in the city jail charged
with burglary. Valentine Burke, who
for more than eleven years had been
known to the police of this city as
shrewd criminal, for twenty-five years
had been known to the police and Gov
eminent detectives in the East. At one
time he was engaged i'll showing coun-
rerfeit money, and at that time was to
some extent intimate with Fred BE
busch, the coney man, who will proba
bly, remain in the minds of local officers
of the law as the incarnation of all the
qualities essential to the manufacture
and disposal of counterfeit money.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Burke in 1870 was arrested by Detec-
tive Lewis Rheinhart at that time one
OF the best detectives on the city force
but for some years retired to private
life. What aroused the detectives sus-
picions is not known, but after hard
fight and long chase he captured his
man and secured a Ealise carried by
Burke when apprehended. The valise
contained $4,000 in counterfeit bills of
= plate which had been extensively
used. Rheinhart received during his
struggle with the man wound from
his pistol. Burke was indicted by the
ty and Federal Grand juries-by the
former for assault with intent to kill
aud by the latter for haYing in his pos
stSSlOlA CUuHbSIltlI 4uOuC0' OOtA P4OoC-
;utions were successful and Burke re-
tired to the quiet of the Penitentiary
,or a term of years. 1t was not long
after his return from his enforced retire
ment that he was arrested at the mouth
Of an alley on Clark avenue, near
Eighth street, by Detectives Huthsing,
Rahill and Tucker Charles Lewis. a
New York burglar, who had a national
was in his company, and
when they we're searched at the Chiefs
Office a gold watch and chain were
found on Burke, and Lewis had conceal
ed under his coat a sealskin cloak, while
in his pocket was a set of silver tea
spoons, an opera=glass and several
articles of jewelry. These were identl-
fed the next day by Joseph Rose as
articles stolen from his residence by
and Lewis was identified by
servant in Mr.. Roses house as one of
the invading party. Burke was not
but the watch said to have
been found on his person was returned
10 Mr. Rose, and claimed as his. The
detectives had no idea that they would
not be able to sufficiently identify all
the articles. Burke, it seemed, had a
great many friends who interested
themselves in his behalf. He had a
daughter who had married man of
means somewhere out West, and good
counsel was secured for his defense.
The attorney shrewdly secured the con
tinuance of his clients trial from
month 10 month until-he afterwards
said-Burke would not make an afida-
Wit necessary to secure further con-
Nnualce,