The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-01-04
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one of them rushed Though the small
screen door, which happened to be
open, and soon they were upon him. He
says he dealt one of them hard blow
but was himself struck by pair of iron
knuckles and he knows nothing that
transpIred from that timeItill he was
aroused by Janitor Welse.
The Watchman who is constantly pa
trolling the Corridor, says tLat he saw
no such men as Sparks descriaes either
enter or leave the casbis Office
While all the police, deteGti7. deputies
and inspectors have been working dur
ing the afternoon and night on the
theory of robbery, yet they nave been
shadowiDg every movement OF Sparks
since he left the Office, as we'll as lUak
ing out for either the robbers or accom-
pIicee. They say that it would have
been very plausible for the robber tC
have asked for change for q So bill sc
as to locate the money drawer as well
as to get it unlocked before they rushed
in on the man in charge OF the office.
But the detectives go so tar as to say
that Sparks injured forehead is not
the result of iron knuckles of slung
shot being used on him, but of bump
inflicted by contact with the vault or
something equally hard.
On a centre table near the money
drawer were over So, GOO i'll envelopes
for the letter carriers, this being their
pay day. Although it was in trays that
could easily have been q 49,. off, it
was not touched. Sparks ...... this
vas because the envelopes VITO covered
by newspaper. There was much
larger amount still in the vault
which was open and not touched.
This circumstance would weigh
in favor of Sparks were it not
for the fact this was the day for his
settlement. After paying off the car
riers he should haye had 1857 in the
drawer, but the detectives are unable
to ascertain whether he had any other
considerable amount in the drawer be-
fore the robbery. They refer with sus-
picion to the door being left open at
the time when the assistant cashier
was alone with 1857 in his own cash
drawer, another drawer equally full,
$1,000 on the table and the vault ac-
cessible. Thew ere not only shadowing
Sparks but also inquiring into his
habits and associates.
AS nobody was in the office except
Sparks when the robbery occurred, it
is Impossible to get anything except his
own statement. The posfofiee build
ing adjoins Fountain sIuase in the
center of the city, where4 ne Sreets are
afWavs croWoed during Tno sy-ss-s75-aa.ss
act Of daylight robbery in stch loca-
tion had much to do with the local ex.
cltement of the afternoon and evening.
Frank I'll. Sparks, the assistant
cashier of the postofice, was arrested
tonight, and shortly after confessed
that he got away with the money him
self. 1t was $2S3 80, and he was to
settle as soon as Cashier Tucker re-
turned from lunch. when he knew he
would be caught While Tucker was
lunching Sparks took $583.6S from the
drawer, put the 1862 in bills between
the leaves of magazine and $21.2S in
coin in an envelope, biding both. Al
ter his confession he told where this
money was and the S5S3,6S was re-
covered.
Sparks is married and belongs to a
good family His friends will make up
the shortage of 1888, but Inspector Sal
man says that will not save him from
prosecution. Sparks will have hear
ing tomorrow.