The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-22
NEAT PIECE OF WORK.
A Daring Gang Of Idaho Thieves
Broken Up.
SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY OF CARS
Over Six Thousand Dollars Worth Of Freight
Hooked from the Montpelier Depot
in Short Time.

OF HE HERALD. 1T has been some time
since you heard from this far-off snowy
region, and we have just had term OF
the district court, which adjourned at Il
O'Clock Saturday night. Judge D. W.
Stanrod is quite at home on the bench, and
dispatched business with speed. He would
wake up the attorneys it they were not
ready to proceed with their cases when
called. One attorney was fined IS for not
being ready in civil case when it was
called. The judge told the attorneys,
grand and trial jurors, also the officers OF
the court, that he expected everybody tC
be on hand at 8 80 a. m. on each day as ne
wanted the business done with all possible
speed so as to save the county all the ex
pense possible. The court did more bust
ness the past week than the former judges
| did IN four weeks. The civil calendar wa.
taken up first and there were
ten cases. All these cases were dis
posed of while the grand jury was
at work grinding out indictments. The
criminal calendar was the largest ever seer
In this county, and all the cases were dis
posed OF during the term of five days. SEES
sion. Night sessions were in order, and
Sheriff Jones and deputies were on the
Jump both night and day.
| 1t was reported to Sheriff Jones some
time ago that there was well organized
band at Montpelier depot who were in the
naolt OF breaking seals of merchandise cars
| and loading up teams with merchandise
and the gang would cache it close to Ben.
nlngton, about five miles from Montpelier
On the night of the 5th of this month,
Sheriff Jones arrested one William Brown.
and after the sheriff talked to him awhile
he informed the sheriff where some of the
goods were. He at once made midnight
search OF the livery barn of w. w. Lewis
In Montpelier and in the loft found a caddy
/ OF tobacco and box of smoking tobacco
marked for William Marksberry, Indian
valley, Idaho Indian valley is in Washing
ton county in this state. The sheriff took
the property into his possession and csr-
RED 1t away. Just at daylight the next
morning the sheriff hitched up his team,
drove to the vacant house at Bennington,
owned by W. w. Lewis, and searched the
premises. The sheriff said it looked like a
wholesale packing house. He picked up
IDS of boxes marked for merchants in
Butte, Blackfott Sod aISprings, Boise, and
other towns on the Short Line and Utah &
Nevada He loaded them into his sleigh for
evidence against the gang. From this point
! ne drove to the ranch of w. w. Lewis, be-
low Bennington, now occupied by James
cambridge a brother in-law of Lewis.
Inc sheriff Informed cambridge and wife
That he was after merchandise stolen from
the cars at MONTPELIER, and he knew they
mad some OF the property. After few
minutes conversation some OF the goods
were produced, such as dress goods, hats,
! buckets, dishes, carpets and lard buckets.
BY this time the sleigh of the sheriff was
loaded and he at once returned to Mont.
peller, and commenced to make arrests.
He arrested Morgan Morgan, VIM Moore,
JACK Wilson and w. W. Lewis. and
James cambridge. He put them in charge
OF two deputies and then commenced to
search the residence of w. w. Lewis, at
Montpelier. He found two boxes OF
crackers marked for firm in Butte, but
the firm name was scratched off with a
knife; also firkin of butter Hs made
dlllgens search under the floor and took a
stick and scratched up the dirt, and to his
surprise stirred up fifty eight cans of sar-
olnes, which were covered up with three
inches OF dirt; also several cans of pine
apples. The sheriff brought the gang tc
the county jail and waited the action of the
! grand jury. They were indicted for grand
larceny-two indictments each for larceny
and one for burglary. w. w. Lewis, Balm
bridge and Wilson were tried on the charge
OF burglary. They pleaded not guilty.
Ihey were represented by able counsel, w.
L. Reeves, OF the firm of Hawley & Reeves,
of Blackfoot and ]. E. Rich, of Mont,
peler The state was represented by
S. G. Winters, district attorney.
also S. J. Rich and J. H. Bagley,
for the railroad company. This case occu.
pied the attention of the court until mid
night Saturday night The case was given
to the jury and after being out two o. hours sra
they brought in a verdict of guilty again ST
Lewis and Wilson for burglary as charged
In the indictment, and cambridge, burg
larry IN the second degree, and Recommended
him to the mercy of the court. Morgan
and Moore were discharged, although thew
were both no doubt guilty, but when thew
were put on the witness stand they told
the truth, and as they were both only
about seventeen years old, they were led
into the crime by older persons and it NAV
be lesson for them in the future to keen
out of bad company. This is the most dar-
Ing piece OF robbery ever committed in
this section of the country. This business
has been carried on so extensively that sew
eral parties are now trembling in their
! boots. In fact, some parties from Star val.
ley, Wyoming, have been getting goods
from these parties and selling them in that
section OF the country on percentage.
Sheriff Jones has done good work in this
matter, and to him is due the credit of
capturing the gang. Some $4,000 worth of
goods have been taken out Of the cars at
Montpelier during the last two months.
and the railroad officials are more than
| pleased with Sheriff Jones' work. One
prominent railroad man says that Bear
Lake county has the best sheriff in the
state. w. w. Burs was sentenced for six
years at hard labor at Boise City. Jack
Wilson was also sentenced to six years
hard labor. James cambridge for one
year at Boise City, hard labor. G. J.Cave,
who was found guilty of burglary, one
year at hard labor. Wesley Dunlap, for
HALEY robbery committed last August, for
robbing peddler, was given five years at
hard labor. The sheriff will start with the
prisoners for Boise Tuesday night This
is the biggest batch of prisoners ever con-
victed at one term of the district court in
this county. Judge Standrod IS the right
man in the right place. He makes an ex-
cellent Judge
President Bulge was an eager listener
In the court room on Saturday during the
trial of Lewis, cambridge and Wilson.
Several ladies occupied seats inside of the
ratings on Saturday.
Three applicants were admitted to citizen
ship during this term.
Judge Standrod dispatched more business
in one week than Judge Berry did in three.
/ Snow is about six inches deep in the
valley and cattle are being fed. The stock
! looks well.
The grand jury of this county n ade thei,
final report on Friday last. RAMBLER.
CURED OF MALARIA.