Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-01
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AN AMERICAN FAGIN.
OPERATIONS OF A NOTORIOUS
CROOK.

OPERATIONS or A NOTORIOUS
CROOK.
speaking Of criminals, - says De-
teclive Carter, In response 20 a sug-
gestiOn made by n Washington St.Ir
reporter, there Is one OF the light
fingered gentry who has figured In
more than one criminal csse In this
city. He has spent almost a life
time in the husiness o. teaching boys
from IL 10 Is years old how 70 opeT-
ate as burglars. His mode Of oper-
ations i nothing new, although he
i generally pretty successful in
making good hEuls. Most Of his
criminal operations are conducted
during the winter months, when
thieves generally find IL better 20
10 work or are compelled TO DO il IS
n matter OF necessity. This man l.
now nearing 50 years old, but lac
lnoks much older.
ellis racket i TO teach the boys
ut hTst 10 rob the Railways and par
Ions. They seldom venture farther
Into n dwelling house. For this work
small boys are needed, because the
transoiu is used In case the trout
door Is fOand locked, and II the
boy Is too large he can't manage 10
que re through the tTausOm.
The Old criminal seldom goes
neanerto the house than across the
street, ior ifauyboiy gels caught, IL
must be one Of the boys, for Il wont
20 SO hari with him. or course,
the trainer selects the house 10 be
robbed, ami explains q the Toys
how 70 operate, ami occasionally, II
q Is Absolutely necess Try he will 20
as far as the door L. lend n helping
hand. The boys are told what 20
do II they shouh get causht, and
above all things they ar, instructed
not . - verse with the officer OF
tell him how they fell from grace,
1r Who their companions are. II,
always remains n; n safe distance,
- that should a copper arrive hc
can yak away and escape de.ec-
uoi.
The firstappeaTanceO. this Grim
NAL in the courts, ,; continued the
detective, was abGu: the year is5l.
when he appeared before Judge Olin
on eight charges OF burglary. Thv
oil jail Ia the City Hall was then
used rs the place Of confinement Of
prisoners, and he occupied a cell in
that prison. He wasarraignei, tried
and convicted. Then he vas sent
back TO jail to await the imposition
Of sentence.
''One morning his case was called
for sentence, and In care OF a jail
guard he was Walkei across the
square aud required b face the
judge. The usual questions were
asked the prisoner ami he was com
mandet 20 stand up and receive the
sentence OF the Court.
Judge Oliu delivered 20 an. CON
yictod burglar severe lecture n 10
the enormity Of his crinlc, auI gave
him the usual good advice as h.
what lie he had better Leaf in the
future. Then In due form OF Law
the jugie passed. sentence. which
Vas eleven yrans ut hand labor IN
the leliienti1ry. tbs prisoner
gave a laugh almost as long n the
sentence imposed AMI the said:
lou Old -, / can stand on my
head tina. long.' At the sane time
he maize a motion rs though b draw
a weapon of SOME sJrt b isfict
bodily injury upon the court, but no
one Imagined for a moment that he
had a wel' on about him. In That.
however, they We're mistaken, for
when searched n large part OF n
brick was found concealed about
him, and IL was evident that he ia
tended striking the Judge with Il.
Where he @. she brick from cOulI
not be ascrriAined, but il was
thought he picked itup while walk
ikg- across the LOT.
"His long sent, nee did not have
the effect % reforming him, aud he
returned probably a more hardened
criminal than when he was sent
away. Instead Of leading \ differ
eni life he fell back tn the OH track
AMI begun Operations anew. How
many places he has really robbed
will probably never IT, known. The
next burglary ia which he ligurci
vas done with the assistance or
boys, and he esApcd the pcni-
tertiary In n remark able manner.
This was, 81 fir a. known, his be-
ginning IL the line Of training boys.
lie ss.eciei a the place TO rob a lie
factory in the Finst Ward. He got
together his little mob Of BOYS and
succeeded In having them carry out
the plans which lie laid for them.
About 80 worth OF the files were
stolen and | arrested him soon
afierwand.
lie took the stolen files 10 a
saloon and in the rear roam there
vas hole in the wall. In this lie
placed the flies and covered them
with an ordinary piece Of wall pa
per. Daring the day he went Que
and sold the files. aud was 50 en-.
gagged when l arrested him. The
case was brought b trial and his
connection with the burglary was
not disputed, but ne he had remained
% far away from the scene Of the
robbery he got OIL and was again
set at liberty.
cit was only n question Of time
before he would again get caught
continued the detective. sure
enough he pgain fell into our hands.
No orc ever knew him 10 30 the
work himself, bscause he always
found boys 10 DO It for him. There
vas one thing about him that was
always sure b give him away. Just
prior u his engagement with his
young pupils he invariably cane
around police headquarters and
would spend hours either about the /
corner or on one Of the settles Ia the |
para opposite 10 throw or suspicion,
but IL mad the opposite effect, for
when he appeared the Officers |
watched him more closely thar at |
other timer.
"Well, he came around, aud by /.
and by there was another robbery,
he circumstances OF which indi- !
,ated that the blrglar aud his boys
mad again been at work. Iuvesti- |
CATION Of the case proved that they |
had. but Il vas another set OF boys. |
Il was the robbery OF n showcase.
The case was in front Of n store, and I
L was carried by his boys 10 an