Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-31
Tue Leader Of a Gang aud Female
Accomplicc Arrested Ia san
Franci,cg.
A LONG AHo oLAcS RECORD or
the nRHoir.
The other Non or the Gang Notorious
Characters Well known 10
The Police.
tho Leader OF q s.awies- Gang Under
Arrest Ia Nun Ftnfclseo

thu Leader OF D .awiess Gang Under
Arrest iu San Francisco.
Sr. Louis, Dee. 80.--Thu leader OF
The gang who robbed the Adams Tx.
press mt0suBFcr a. Glendale the night
" November 31,n, together with
female arc1mplcu, arr under arrest In
San FHnclscO, and the capture VI the
remainder Of the gang seems only n
matter Of time. The leader is Adelbert
ID. SLY, noted ex-Nissouri convict.
TIE latest tgrlts OF exploits ~ Sly aud
bis gang began with the robbery Of
the Omaha street car barns last OciO-
her The aame month they robbed this
hansns CITY street chr barn. Then
came the robbery Of the Pacific EK.
press company on the Missouri Pacific
uras Omaha, November 9TH, aud the
American Exprest company near
Western Union Junction, VIE, No.
vemher 18th. In all these Sly was tho
leader, and the engine " war was al.
nnst Invariably dynamite. After the
Western Union Junction robbery
William Pink0fton found that Sly In
1853, while Ia the employ OF the Amer
lean Express company a. ~. Joe, de.
faulted with n package containing
100000. After long search he was
appreheuGcd IN California, returned 10
Missouri and sentenced 10 seven years
IN tie Missouri penltentlsry. On be-
ing released from the penitentiary
he associated himself with gang
u rough hurglsrs, the headquarters be.
Ing kauass Cily aud Omaha. a quiet
Investigation was begun and Sly was
located ia 81. Louis TOW days previous
to the Glendale robbery, 1t being
NlfHta.HN.N H..
the Western Union Junction robbery.
Chief Harrigan learned from n furni.
tuTe dealer that house on Swan
avenue had been fitted up for four
men and one woman. The gang dis.
appeared rom the house three days
after the Glendale robbery, leaving the
furniture behind them. Their baggage
WIS traced 10 the depot, thence to
Omaha, whore the party split, taking
different Routes 10 the West. From
the description Of tho iugitivos, 10
doubt was left In the minds Of tho
police aud the detectives that Sly was
their leader. Saturday last a man
| answering sly'p description was AZ
rested by Robert Pinserton In the Los
Angeles postofIice. He denied that
| bis name was Sly, saying that II was
A. ). Denton. That cllnched matters,
n Sly'a full name Ia Adelbert Denton
Sly. In his possession WAS found
$1,000, n lot Of personal property and
watch taken from Messenger
MulFennan OF the Adams Elk.
pTgsp at Glendale. Sly's arrest was
kept quiet until today with the view OF
getting some OF the balance OF the gang.
This hope was partially FoallEad today.
A dispntch was received from San
Francisco that woman calling her
self Florence Waterman, who the de.
tectives suspect, Is connected with the
gang, was arrested In that city today.
The officers feel confident now that il
will be comparatively easy task to
secure the rect OF the gang. Sly's
avowsd ambition IL TO be- second
| Jessie James, but aside from his daring
and utter disregard OF the distraction
OF incum and tuum, his most notable
characteristics are aingularly ahstemi-
Gus hab,lS.
The other men associated with sly
! In the robbery are equally desperate
and vol known 10 the police. Marion
RedIath, whosn wife or mistress was
today arrested In san FrauciscO, was
hrst connected wit the aiihir by local
detectives under Chief Desmond. An.
other man whom the detectives want
Tor the robbery, but who is still at
large, Is j.. r. Wilson, Of Omaha, u
man OF notorious character, who has
been concerned In several affairs, but
aiwaya managed 10 escape prison.