The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-19

resistance, but was finally subdued and
taken to the jail.
There a friend showed up and he was
also arrested, but it appearing that he was
but a new and passing friend picked up, ne
was let go his way.
When the courthouse was reached the
prisoner was searched. He gave his name
as Ed Dayton and stated that he came from
Colorado and New Mexico. In his pockets
was found a silver coin sack just such as
was taken from Mr. Dennison the night he
was robbed. 1t was branded $3.50 and
contained twenty-five silver dollars. There
were few other trinkets of no Importance
found in his pockets. Just as he was
turned loose and told to sit down in a chair
he was noticed TO be trying to get some
thing out of his coat pocket. He was told
to stop, but refusing was again only stopped
by drawn gun being leyeled at him. A
search resulted in finding about a dozen
dynamite caps.
''If | could have gotten hold of one of
those l guess you would have let 90 of me, ="
was the only response
He stated his name was Edward Dayton,
and that he was from Colorado, though
that was not his home. He has been in
| Ogden three weeks. and was cow puncher
and miner.
! Mr.. Dennison was sent for and came
over to the jail, and the moment he saw the
man he declared he was the one who held
him up on the night of September s, and
that he could swear to it. He recognized
his voice also.
But Ed Dayton is wanted for worse
crime. He answers to the description and
resembles the likeness of the young Caleb
Perry, who four years ago shot and killed
William Mccoy, at Deer Lodge, Montana,
then dangerously wounded two other men.
There is but little doubt about h S being
the party. Belnap has picture of Perry
taken when he was boy, but the resem-
blance is very great.
There is a reward of 5000 for the arrest
of young Perry, and $1,000 for the train
robbery.
The description furnished of Perry is an
accurate description of Dayton and is as
follows: Twenty-fOur or twenty-five years
old; hight, five feet eight inches; light
mustache, brown hair; head hangs for
ward, and gray eyes, walk and action that
of a cowboy.
Such is the character run down yester-
day. He is desperate young man and
there can be no reasonable doubt but he is
the party who held up Tom DenisOn and
shot young Fields through the leg. His
connection with the train robbery is also
well traced and witnesses will be on hand
to prove he was seen in the vicinity. He
talks very freely and laughs over the ar
rest, but when Denison walked into the
room he was momentarily thrown off his
guard, rs he had not been told why he was
arrested He also turned a little pale
when he was asked if his name was not
Caleb Perry.
He refused to talk about matters relating
to his identity, and denied that he had ever
been in the Blue Mountain country. but
later on acknowledged to knowing cattle
men in that country. He said he knew Joe
Bush, VINO arrested the two train robbers,
and inadvertently admitted to having spec
ial interest in watching the case He asked
Pratt if his name was Franks, and after he
saw that he was attracting attention, took
great deal of pains to explain how he
happened to know deputy marshals and be
interested in the train robbers trial.
AT a late hour Tuesday night another ar
rest was made by Deputy Marshal Pratt
and Sheriff Belnap This time it was the
supposed friend who was arrested at the
same time as Dayton, but afterward re
leased. He turns out to be brother of the
desperate, named Joseph DAYTON.
A watch had been kept on his movements
and when these became too suspicious he
was taken in and lodged with his brother
A valise was found which he had concealed
in the tall grass near the Utah Central
bridge over the Weber. 1t contained re-
volver, two belts filled with cartridges and
four sticks of giant powder. with some fuse.
This find seems TO strengthen the theory
that the arrested men had something to do
with the train robbery.
After the last arrest was made two par
ties came to the sheriff and claimed to rec
Ognize Joe Dayton as man who had been
seen to go up the stairs at Maden's on the
night of the robbery, and it Is supposed that
he gave the signal when Denison started
down with the money.
Two very important arrests have been
made which will doubtless lead to the I'M
travelling of the mystery connected with the
Rio Grande hold-up,as the younger brother
will in all probability make clean breast
of the whole business.
The young man last arrested was not so
close mouthed as his brother, and made
some very damaging admissions. He de
MED having any hand in holding up Deni-
son, but acknowledged that his brother was
the guilty party. He expressed great fear
of what his brother would do if he discov-
cred that he had made any confession.
Later-It is said by those who should
know that Edward Dayton Is one of the
Rio Grande Western train robbers, with
out doubt. If this is proven, he will have
to answer TO the additional charge at
once.