The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-18
A HALEY ROBBERY.
Four Thousand Dollars of County
Warrants Stolen.
Some singular Particulars About Very
Singular Affair-What Is at the
Bottom of 1t?

yesterday morning by the report that about
a, 600 worth Of county warrants had been
stolen from the safe Of John Griffith,
company of this city, and that Ed Cooper,
q former employee Of the company, was
accused Of having committed the robbery.
The circumstances leading TO his accusa-
ton. as nearly as can be learned, are as
follows:
1t will be remembered that some time in
November last Tom Flynn brought some
ore to the sampler that assayed very high
ia gold, and was sold and paid for accord
ing tc he assay, the money paid over be-
ing something like s., 800; but the ore thus
sold when assayed in Denver proved worth
less, and the lot was snort 2, 800 pounds in
weight, Also about the same time some
very rich gold ore was stolen from the
sampler. AS Cooper did the weighing and
sampling OF the ore he was suspected by
some of the owners of the sampler of salt
ing the samples and stealing the ore. He
was allowed, however. to retain his posi-
ton. as some of the owners and the
superintendent thought him to be innocent.
He was under sort of surveillance, how
ever, till about two months ago, when he
was discharged, though nothing had oc-
Cured to strengthen the suspicious against
him.
Two or three days ago Cooper went to
Griffith and told him that S. S. Cass mad
made q proposition TO him (Cooper) to go
in with him and salt some ore and go shares
with him, but as Griffith knew too much
about the ores in this region, he (Cass)
had placed dynamite under Griffith's bed
and would blow him up and then they
could succeed. Cooper assured Griffith
that the dynamite was then under mis- bed,
and he would go with him and show IL to
him. Griffith went with him but nothing
could be found. and Griffith was convinced
that Cooper was either crazy OF intended
TO kill him.
Soon after this he told Griffith that as
soon of he found out that he was suspected
of sailing and stealing that ore last fall, he
made I'D his mind to ferret out and arrest
the real culprit aud sent and got pair of
handouts for the purpose: that few days
ago he found out that tina man who stole
the ore was living in cabin short dis
vance above the bridge; that he had caught
him and handcuffed him, and left him in
the cabin in charge OF young jackson; that
the man had told him where the ore was
buried, near tree about 800 yards below
the bridge. and that they could have the
ore if they would let him go; and wanted
Griffith to go with him and see the ore, and
let no one else know anything about it.
Soon after w. Fl. Watt, in company with
Griffith, went with Cooper to look for To @
ore, but after long hunt without tinGin z
1t they proposed to go to the cabin after
the man that was handcuffed, but on ar
rival at the cabin and finding no one there,
Cooper said young Jackson must have gone
with him to get something to eat. They
then agreed to go ana get their supper
and return. When about bali way from
the bridge to town. Cooper strenuously in
sisted that they should go back for the ore,
as IL occurred to him Just where il was.
But they refused, as they noticed that
Cooper had revolver, ana they were I'M
armed. After they got their supper they
returned for another hunt, in the mean
time Watt having got revolver himself
and TOOK occasion TO let Cooper know IT..
Their search was again fruitless. although
continued till dusk. They then went again
TO the cabin to see If jackson had returned
with the man, but no one was there. They
returned to town and Cooper went to hunt
Jackson, and reported that he had got
away from him while getting something to
eat.
Day before yesterday Cooper was seen
bank, and on inquiry it was learned
it was on Montandon's check. The
owners Of the smelter suspecting it might
in some way be the proceeds of the stolen
ore. Mr.. Griffith was sent to Montandon TO
ascertain what the check was given for,
and he was informed by Montandon that
he had purchased s., 500 worth of Logan
county warrants at 80 cents on the dollar,
from MIR. Cooper, who told him that they
were warrants that he had purchased with
money that his father had sent to him for
that purpose, and told Griffith the amount
Of each warrant and the date Mr. Griffith
made the remark: Il have warrants OF the
same description
Mr.. Montandon says that the remark OF
Mr.. Griffith made him somewhat suspicious
that there might be something wron
about the warrants, and went to Cooper s
house about IL o'clock in the evening and
asked him if the warrants were his He
replied that they were; that Griffith had
bought them for him
MIR. Griffith says that yesterday morn
ing his wife said to him that If he had
anything valuable in the safe be had bet
ter Wake 1t out and put it in q secure place
as she did not like Cooper's actions He
replied to her that he had about 81 coo worth
of warrants in it, ard he g ieved be
would take them and put them into Watts
safe. He opened The safe and found the
compartment that had contained the war
rants broken open end the warrants gone
Mrs. j. p. Swim, Mira. Cooper's nurse
So US that he was at the house all night til
about O'Clock in the morning, when b.
went ostensibly to the livery stable to feel
his horse. and has not been seen since
MIR. Griffith Immediately swore out
warrant OF arrest, and several deputy
sheriffs started after Cooper. = HALEY
Nears- Miner.