The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-18

the bookseller, on second SOutH street.
Young Woolf is we'll known in this
city among a large circle of acquaint-
ances, and has had a penchant for pill
fering which has frequently caused his
parents trouble and expense. His last
several escapades are of such a ma
ture that he no longer can attribute
his shortcomings to boyish indiscre-
ton.
The Synagogue.
Within ten months or a year young
Woolf. it is alleged, has robbed the
Hebrew church, on Fourth East be-
tween Second and Third South streets,
of many articles First it is said, ne
hauled the organ away and sold it
to a Second South street secondhand
store for S16 The organ cost $500, but
it's sale was SIG profit, less the eX-
pressman's charges for hauling TO
Woolf
He next turned his attentions to the
most sacred of all books, and also TO
the Hebrew hymn books, which are
published with English and Hebrew
words, and are worth Sc apiece, and
disposed of these to Mr. Raymer for
so cents. Mr.. Raymer told him that he
one day while he was absent from the
store Raymer's stepdaughter paid
Woolf so cents, as Woolf told her Mr..
Raymer had agreed to do SO. Having
thus disposed of few old lots of the
choicest books, he next concluded that
the whole library in the Hebrew Sun
day school, of which he was librarian,
would net him something, so he lost
no time in breaking into the syna-
gogue and carting it away with the
help of John Adams, who went along
innocent of the job he was helping in,
and disposed of the books also at
Raymers.
Mr.. Raymer's Story.
Bookseller Raymer informed The
Herald reporter that young Wooif rad
had more or less trouble before
HE has turned many such tricks,
and when he came to me with an offer
to sell the Hebrew Sunday school
library, 1 suspected something wrong
and told him that I could not buy the
books unless he could show an
order from some of the church author
tiles He said that the church and Sun
day school had been abandoned and
he was selling off everything, by order
of his father and uncle. I then told
him to bring an order showing this
was absent, but he brought an order
purporting to be signed by his uncle.
1 did not know it was a forgery, so [
sent young John Adams to get the
books"
when on the way to the church
| fWoolf found that Adams presence
| was a hindrance to him robbing the
library, so he put into effect
strategy to throw off any suspicion
that might arise in the mind of
Adams He saw a colored man ap-
colored man was the janitor of the
church. He called him aside, away
from Adams, and talked awhile on
matters that Adams did not hear, and
then the colored man walked on and
| Woolf told Adams that the janitor
did not have the key, but that for
him, Woolf, to break into the build
I ing through a window, and
Itake the books away. Accordingly this
programme was carried out, the books
obtained and carted to my store, and
1 paid Woolf $3.50 for the lot. He then
skipped town, as L understood, and
| just how the church people found the
boy do not know; but they came here
with some very rank bluffs and at
tempted to intimidate me, so L had
! Woolf arrested to protect myself from
| loss
WooIf Tells His Story.
Woolf's story was not very straight
one, but he gave it to The Herald re-
porter while being detained in the Of
flee of the chief of police, while his
| heart-broken mother was hunting up
! bail for him.
Several months ago." said Woolf, st
| bought into the iewd women messen-
ger service business with an office in
| the center Of the block bounded by
State, Main, First and Second South
streets. 1 did not know exactly the
character of the boys who run it when
I bought in, but soon found out that
| the service was run more as cloak
| for committing theft than anything
| else. They soon led me into the scheme
and showed me that the only way I
could get my money back was to steal
along with the rest of them. 1 let them
| in on my synagogue scheme and we
turned several tricks. I intended to re-
| turn the books as soon as I got money,
but L got scared out and went to Bing-
ham. There 7 earned $125 clear profit
in an assay office, but I haven't got
the money yet. With some of this
money I intended to redeem the books.
All the time 1 was in Bingham I was
| in constant dread of being found out,
but I concluded that was at last safe,
so [ came back If [ had known I was
found out I could have raised the
money to have squared the deal with
out arrest, but now I guess it is too
late, isn't it?'
Charity OF the Police.
Sergeant Eslinger arrested Woolf and
he was treated with every courtesy.
Owing to his eminently respectable
family and his good mother he was
allowed to sit unguarded in the chiefs
office all morning and finally was al
! lowed to accompany his mother home
on his own recognizance, but later 1t
was thought that matters were being
conducted too loosely in so important
case, so Captain Donovan required
him to give $100 bonds, which were
furnished by A. Y. Wineright and
Isaac Woof, as sureties.
Mr.. Raymer has no disposition to
infiict a hardship or disgrace upon
the family, but he has nothing left to
do but to prosecute Woolf for his
losses in having to return the books
not sold, and pay for those Sold as
some of the members of the church
had threatened to sue for recovery.
Captain Donovan says that Woolf is
fbad boy, and that instead of being
led astray he is a leader of other young
men in the thieving line
AS stated before, his people are as
highly respected as any in the city
and much sympathy is expressed for
them. The matter having become pub
lie. however, and taken this turn,
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