Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-22
GUN THIEVES CAPTURED.
-Four Fellows Arrested for Burslarlz.
Inc WalSh'S Store.
aud Two at Them Pleaded
entity.

1t was clever capture which the
Salt Lake cfilcsrs made when they
threw into jail lsst evening fonr bur.
glars vino lew nights before had been
plying their vocs,!on right In the hear,
OF the city. They were the fellows who
ifoied the NJ. a. Walsh establishment
on Friday night Inc. and got away
with guns, cutlery, elc., 10 tho value OF
s475, all o. which they hauled away in
the carriage OF President George q,
Cannon. Their names and ages arc
James O'Connor, II; John Dollar, Is;
J. ID. Casey, -, ant Ed Jewell, is.
Ever sine the burglary Detective,
Sheets ANA Jsnney aud ON ,ers Ro.
berts and ShanrG have been working
ON the case. Tie only clus they had
to the perpetrators OF the theft was
their own suspicious, and on these
they worked with the success
schieveJ. Their susplcions rested
strongly On young O'C0nnor. ana TO
capture him M the most Opportune
time was their desire. Last evening
they located him as well as the three
others at tt q Huh lodging house ami
all were promptly arrested.
After being Registered at the sia-
ton. the O'CoDnor boy was
taken into Cnief Pauls room AMI
there questioned 80 severely that he
finally admitted oil and told the
officers to 20 TO Shill's hall At the
corner OF Fourth South and Second
West streets where they woul find tho
! stolen goods. This the officers did
hat "A
| cutlery stolen from the Walsh store,
were recovered. They were located
| on the second II Jor Of the building,
| hidden underneath band stand--a
| place which the officers say they would
| never have drepmt tot.
OsCopnor took moet OF the blame
| onto himself ana SSH they uad taken
the Cannon rig and driven to the
| corner OF Second West anu Fourth
| South where he entered SDil.'s nall
| and cached the stun uHuer the music
| stand. O'CODnoT stated that the Sniiis
knew nothing about the gcois beiDg
| on their premises and their utter
ANS sment ut the visit OF tue oflicefs
| convinced them that the owners Of the
| place hnu no sHJwledge OF the burg
laries. They reauily granted the ie-
| quest to search the p.ace and were
| oumbicundei when the property was
| iUuuu Just where O'Conno. had said II
| woulu he.
The culptits wtTa arraigned before
| Justice Wen ler this afternoon chars Ell
win burglary, to which O'Connor and
| DDlan pleaded guilty. The others
| pleaded not guilty aud the he Iring was
| c1mmepced with.
| Assistant County Attorney Hsrsiug-
ton conducted the prosecution aud the
| fiIai Witnesses were Mis-. Walsh
AMI her cone as TO the burglary. Then
| iOl owed Detective Sheets VIII detailed
the arrest OF tho defendants at the
| Hut lod siug house an the corner oil
First West and Second South street.
the witness stated that young O'Con-
ger admitted his guitt but that the
others would not say anything, otner
than that they were innocent in the
| matter.
Officer Shannon cOrroboraled me
testimony OF Detective Sheets ana sud
| that young O'CgnpoT, wlep admitting
his guilt, stated that he tidL't want to
pull the other fellows into the job,
therefore he would allow them to speak
| for themseivts.
Officer EDbsria gave testimony SINH
lar - that ~ the preceding witnesses.
Young O'COnnor took tue stand for
the defonse. He testified that he aud
DJlau committed the burglary of Fri.
day night. they got Ia through the
back door and alter stealing the goods
placed th,m in u buggy standing in
the rear OF the Juvenile Instructor
Office. He was now cut Oh parole
from the Re orm school, wbeDce he
hal been committed for petit lai c my.
Tue other two defendants were IN 10
way implicated IN the matter.
DolAn also took the stand and was
being examined at press tins.