The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-28
RAMPANT ROBBERS.
Two More Daring Hold-Ups Re.
ported Last Night.
O'FARREL LAID OUT WITH A GUN.
An EnterprIsing Gentleman of Color, Who
Was Well-Stoeked With Burglars Tools,
Took Pocket and All.

This time the scene is laid on West Tenn
pie street. At 1855 last evening, James
*. O'Farrel, a young man of about
eighteen years, was walking north on this
street from Third South. When a short
distance past the Metropolitan hotel he
was pounced upon by two thugs, one OF
whom struck him over the head with
something like pistol and felled him to
the pavement. They then started in to
rifle his pockets, but his cries for help were
quickly answered by a number of men who
were near at hand and the would-be plum
derers ''broke away'' without having Sc
cured any booty. They ran down thestreet
to Fourth South, where they were over
taken by Officer John Donovan, who was a
COUP Of blocks away from the scene of
the hold-up at the time the alarm
was given. The officer nabbed one in
each hand, and after hard struggle for
freedom on the part of the footpads, they
were marched to prison. During the prom
enade to the bastile they used some very
unretined language 10 the minion of the
law who was acting in the capacity OF es-
cort committee for them, and assured him
that if they had had gun they would blow
the top of his head quite off.
Arrived at headquarters they gave their
names to the reception committee as James
Hogan and James Gordon. They said they
were SOlO., dHu say
they came to Salt Lake to spend Christmas
and enjoy the matchless climate. An III
ventory of their personal effects was taken,
the result being a silver dollar IN the
pockets of one, and five 10-cent pieces and
bar of soap comprising the valuables OF
the other
Their victim, young O'Farrell, and sew
eral other men who had witnessed their at
tack upon him, followed the prisoners to
the police station and identified them be-
yond all question. They were put where
they viii find very poor facilities for high
way robbery and will have chance to
speak for themselves in Judge Laney's ear
tomorrow.
A DASH OF COLOR.
About / o'clock this morning Officer
Poole discovered a couple of suspicious
looking characters proving around Foote'S
stable, on State street, between First and
Seconds He accosted them and found that
one was q negro ana the other white man.
Upon his attempt TO arrest them they
grappled with him and a very lively tussle
was going on when j. B. O'Brien,a plumber,
hearing the racket rushed to Poole's as
sistance, The white man made his escape,
and as he ran rafting as of steel tools
was heard in his pockets. The officer took
the ''coonn TO the station and licked him
up. He gave his name as William Young.
The most valuable piece of property found
on him was blacksmith'S smoothing ham
mer, beautifully padded on the face so as
TO serve for efficient work in such pastimes
as cracking safes, etc. About ? o'clock
Nightwatchman George Hilton took sur
vey of the vicinity in which the negro was
arrested and his vigilance was rewarded by
the discovery Of a large drill, enclosed in
bag, very near the spot where the providers
Were first discovered. Young is tough
looking customer-even without the ham
mef.
TOOK POCKET AND ALL.
About midnight last night couple of
men were seen cutting out the pocket of a
slumbering slave of Gambrinus in saloon
near the Rio Grande Western depot. The
man who witnessed the act notified the po-
lice and Officers Poole and Riley arrested
the raiment mutilators and marched them
70 the lookup. They said their names
d were James Howard and William Nc
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