Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-26
4 CLEVER SCHEME DETECTED.

THE following statement Of n r
markable feat appeared in the Sa
Francisco Chronicle Of Tuesday:
WILLIAM Fallon and ]. W. Nag
were arrested yesterday mornin
while IN the &c: Of tapping the wiz,
OF The Western Union Telegraph Con
psnv. t has been known by tel,
graphic and police officials for month
pastand by the poolro0m conductor
that there was n leak somewhere. an
I although several persons, among then
Fallou and Maggie. were suspected, n
! arrests were made until yesterday
I The poolro0ms have SUI red greatly
and consequently there was much sat
i>iaction expressed when the arrest
were known
william Fallon is a young mar
who received nearly $50. 600 from tn,
estate Of his father, who was 4 wealthy
real estate owner OF san Jose. J. W
Maggie is an expert telegraph operator
but vas discharged from the Western
Union service ab ut two years ago for
furnishing information Of the con.
tents Of messages. received by him, to
outside parties. It has been an open
, secret among Fallon's miimates for a
long time past that he was a sure win
ne- or the eastern horse races and
many watched him in the pool rooms
aud bot their money as he did with
satisfactory results 10 themselves.
A few weeks ago Superintendent
laynes ofthe telegraph comnany dis
covered that the wires connecting the
poolrooms with the main Office were
being tempered with, and through the
efforts Of employees and the police il
Was found that the trouble was caused
by '',a"ping' on the roof Of the old
Academy Of Music building on Pine
street. The company then put in what
Is called metallic circuit" and
through this and by means OF the
galyanome:er the main office was at
once notified Of any attempt to inter
fere with the wires The active brains
Of the men wLo had 4 sure thing were
once more set TO work, and NasIe
evolved a brilliant scheme for getting
around the difficulty caused by the
introduction OF the new devices.
This was done by the use Of com
Pensa Ing resistance" machine. whic h
prevented the galvanometsr from be-
trayins the work going on.
There was no doub, in the mind Of
Superintendent Jaynes and certain
" on the part Of the owners Of the
i've pool rooms that there was some
hing wrong, although W here the
trouble lay or who the cause Of II
was could not DE determined. Chief
y Police Crowley and Captain Lees
we're informed Of the matter, and for |
several weeks past Fallon and Na-le |
nave been watched night and d V. |
There was no secret about the matter /!
i.her, a any number OF persons were
ware OF the fact tina. these two men.
win three others, were not only su--
'ecied, but very good proof existed Of
be business in which they were en-
aged.
a few days ago il became known
, Che police that FAllon and Na-le
al rented room . in the Benson
on the corner OF Pine and
s.rse.s and that they had
lnnec,ei their wires with those lead
x from the main Office 10 the pool
'oms. About $50 O'Clock yesterday
.orning Captain Lees end Detectives
Dhn aud Dan Coffey and Bohen, sc- 1
'mlanied 10y two employees Of the
lesraph company, b, ~; in the door
the room and arrested the two men
9TH showed that they were taken by
IrPri>e and attempted 10 escape, but
e door was wei guarded and they
led 10 get away. Every prepara-
"a had been made 10 tap the wires
ring the day aud they would :
We been successful in Their plans. O.
: tho invention 10 Offset the gal b
uometer would have saved them. a
Terintendent Jsynes said tina, the a
'rk was 50 cleverly performed that s.
vas almost impossible. after a long Z,
to find where the circui o.
4 been tapped. 1. took the best ;,
ctricisn in the employ of the COM a.
ny over two hours to detect the :,
zee where the tapping had been :
ne There we're ten large batteries,
d sets Of instruments and several o.
itchboards. as well as various other "
icies, found in the room. The re "
ver' was the only instrument lack il
TO complete the outfit, and that or
5 found later in Fallon's room, on h,
corner OF Montgomery and Bush n
Gets. :
The arrested men were taken in a -
* to the private Office Of Chief -
'wley,where Superintendent Javnss "e
/ a long interview with them. but
.Aout learning anything which had
already been known, Captains ap
s. sid that the men Intended 10 ID