The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-16

AS a result of the raid made by the
police upon the sharpers who had
worked such a smooth game on the
dead game sports" of this city, with
the bow and arrow contest, a large
number of lambs will regain their
fleeces, and five of the alleged bUnco
men are in custody, four of them max
ing their headquarters at the terrific
rial penitentiary and the fifth remain
ing in the city Jail. The sixth sharper,
NJ. 2. Wells, is at liberty for the pres
ent, upon the order of Chief Frat.
Wells has endeavored to do everything
in his power to square the deal and
greatly aided the officers in the arrest
of the others and the recovery Of the
property. For this reason the chief is
disposed to show all the lenien@y within
his power. The four men in the peni-
tertiary are Lafayette, Charley Steele,
W. NJ. Eddy and Harry I'urreY, while
the one remaining in the city ;all is
Dan Quinlan The formal charge
against them is conspiracy to rob. They
are in durance vile in default of lOnds
in the sum of $4,000 each.
A GREAT RECORD.
1t was a great record for the police
department and the neatneSS of the
roundup was matter of congratula-
ton to the citizens of the city, who
take a pride in the police department,
and the members of the force from the
chief down were the recipients of many
words of praise. With the exception
of Wells and Lafayette, the members
of the gang have been markell men for
many months, and the chief felt
certain of ultimately securing the ar
rest of them all His opportunity came
when the case was unaarthed. and he
made the most of it. .rhe men realize
that the jig is up, but still they pro-
pose to fight it to a finish, and have re-
tanned attorneys to defend them The
case will be heard on Monday morning
in the court of Commissioner PIatt.
ARE YOU IN IT?
Are you in it, and did they touch
you" were very common questions
heard on the streets yesterday There
themselves in their desire to set their
money in on the ground door that
friends or associates did not know
whether or not they were safe. 1t was
without doubt one of the most gigan-
tic frauds-if fraud it can be-ehat has
ever been perpetrated upon the peo-
pie of this neck of the woods. Gold
to it. Although the figures do not
hold out very we'll the statement is
made that but little less than $4,000
was involved in the game. and Of this
about $4,000 in money and jewelry has
been recovered. The chief is certain
that the amount named is practically
all of the swag, as there were several
heavy amounts to be poured into the
sack Wells was providing just before
no fnh y-ga1.
reached the maws of the Schemers and
as a result the would-be suckers are
congratulating themselves upon the
outcome. BY this one recoVerey the
police department has paid over two
months running expenses.
THE CAPTURE.
After leaving the hall just after u
o'clock Wednesday morning, in COM
pany with Wells, Chief Pratt proceed
ed directly to the Walker farm on the
east drive just below the Farley s
creek crossing. AS he had passed
down the stairs the chief whispered
to Detective Paul to keep in sight and
that officer was close upon the heels
of the first outfit containing Wells and
Pratt About two blocks north of the
farm the buggies were left and the Of
ficers and Wells prepared for "a rush
upon the camp Wells gave up what
money and jewelry he had and stated
that the remainder would be found
upon the persons of the others. With
a splendid rush the chief and detective
made the farm III d minute, entering
from different sides There was a ia
BILE, and surrounding it were several
chairs. indicating that there had been
a considerable party there within the
past few minutes. Near the table was
seated Dan Quinlan and the chief at
once put the fellow under arrest In
response to inquiries Quinlan stated
that the others had left the ranch over
an hour before. The chief determined
to wait at any rate and in a few min
utes was rewarded by hearing a whis-
tie signal, and in a moment Eddy ap-
peared among the trees. He was nailed
by the chief and seated beside Quinlan.
subsequent search in the cornfield and
the grass on the farm was rewarded by
the finding of the three other men
LAFAYETTE was doubled up like a Jack
knife in the grass, and although he de-
clared that there was no money 0n his
person Paul found a roll of greenbacks
in his stocking. There was 1925. The
fellow had secreted a buckskin sack
containing the Freed diamond, "a dia-
nond studded watch, a diamond stud
and a very valuable tie pin in the
grass, and shortly after daylight it was
recovered by Chief Pratt and Captain
Donovan, who visited the place for the