The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-13
a Notorious Crook Now on Trial
at Ogden.
HOW HE GOT THE JEWELS.
Account Of His Wanderings After His
Flight from COllinstOn.
A Very Clever swindIe, with the Pacific
Express Company as the Victim
The Reed Hotel Assignment
Items from Clear Creek.

tire day was occupied to-day in the
Fourth district court with the trial of the
case OF the people VS.. Charles S. Kidd,
the ex-agent OF the Pacific Express COM
pany at Collinston, who has been indicted
on two counts, gra nd larceny and embez-
Element. The hearing was not finished
and may occupy two more days. 1t will
be resumed tomorrow morning. Prose-
cutting Attorney Allison appears for the
people and Hon. Farley L. Williams rep
resents the Pacific Express company,
while the DEFENDANTS interests are looked
after by Hon. David Evans and j. e.
Bagley.
Considerable timeEwas lost in securing &
jury, and but one witness was examined
at the morning session. Several more
We're put on the stand at the afternoon
session, Henry Bohn, of Denver, head
of the jeHelry house which sent the dia-
monds to CoIIinston, being the last be-
fore adjournment.
From the evidence introduced it seems
that Kidd had been acting as agent for
the express company at ColllnSton Tor
some time prior to December, 1892, under
the name of John NJ. Rogers Early in
December the Henry Bohn company, OF
Denver, received an order for some dla-
monds from one Jasper &. Woods, at
Coiilnston, to be sent @. O. D. Accom-
panying the order was guarantee from
Express Agent ROGERS" and the jew
els were sen Their value was 81 $50. %.
As nothing was heard from Woods for
some time, the je VERY house ordered the
box of gems sent back, and in due
course of time it arrived, bat upon
being opened was found to be empty. An
examination by the president of the Bohn
company and the superintendent of the
LA
that The seal on the package had been
cleyerly raised, the lid of the box slid
back and the robbery committed, after
which the coverings and seals were re-
placed.
The Express company at once instituted
thorough search and found that "Rog-
ers'' had left for parts unknown, taking
with him woman whom he claimed to
be his wife. On March 4 "Rogers'' was
arrested at Benton Harbor, Mich, and gave
his true name as Charles S. Kidd. On
his person was found every article of the
stolen jeWelry except bracelet, which he
claimed to have lost. The arrest was
made by Sheriff Whitney, who will prob
ably take the witness stand tomorrow.
Most OF the witnesses examined today
are express officials, and their testimony
was for the purpose of identification, by
means of personal and written orders and
other documents. One of the witnesses
gave an interesting history of Kidd S
travels after leaving Collinston, as given
to him by the defendant while the latter
was in the pepitentiary. From Ogden he
went to Denver, thence TO Fort Worth
and Houston, back via Ell Paso and the
Needles to San Francisco, thence to Port
land, and from there to Benton Harbor,
Mich.
The prosecution still has number of
witnesses to examine.
THE REED HOTEL.
Judge J. II. Macmillan has received
word from Levi Riesling, mortgage OF the
Reed hotel furniture and fixtures, that
the latter has changed his mind and will
be out here next week, or as soon as he
could arrange his business affairs. Until
his arrival there will be no change in the
hotel matter. For several days the
gentlemen most Interested have been fig
uring with the owner with view to a
reduction of the rental, but no contract
has been made.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BIDS.
The officials of the general offices of the
Southern Pacific at San Francisco still
maintain a rigid silence regarding the
bids on the shops, and although the local
officials of the company have for week
been daily expecting word of the award Of
the contract, none has come. The delay
many bids were submitted that the figur-
ing consumes great deal of time.
THE HENDERsoN-B EXTENSION.
The board of trade tonight discussed at
length the proposed extension of time to
the Henderson Brunker Street Railway
company to commence active operations.
and as a result, resolution was passed
TO the effect that the board favors the pas
sage of the extension ordinance now
pending in the city council. The life
of the company's franchise has but
q month to run, and as there
the power dam the road viii be built, the
citizens favor the granting of little
more time in the hopes of engendering a
little wholesome competition.
1t was announced at the meeting that
an eastern capitalist is ready to put up
half the necessary capital to erect a cham
Der of commerce building. Also that the
bankers of the city viii meet the project
ors Of the stockyards enterprise on Mon
day and decide upon the manner in
which the necessary bonus to secure
the yards can be raised. The paving COM
mittee of the city council still has under
consideration the bids for the Twenty
fifth street paving, and although meet
ing was held tonight no award was made.
THE GAS FRANCHISE EXTENSION.
Mayor Lundy this morning signed the
ordinance granting an extension on the
life of the franchise of the Salt Lake and
Ogden Gas and Electric company.
Through the provisions of this measure
the city viii save over 81 100 annually IN
lights, as the company now light the city
hall and fire departments free.