The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-07

A ouartette of tourists were arrested
by the police yesterday for laying in
suppiy of winser apparel. They were
that class of tourists who prefer the
blind baggage" or tine break-beam to
the Pullman coach. and were a weather
beaten lot They were arrested be-
cause it was very apparent that the
greater part of the garments they wore
had not been acquired by purchase At
the station they gave the names OF
Lincoln Hayes, Tom Hayes, James Muir
ply, Tom Hughes and James Gray.
They were the toughest looking lot of
bobos the police have encountered in
a long time and their capture almost
Immediately after their arrival IN tine
city was doubtless good thing for the
community.
About l o'clock in the afternoon the
police got word that gang of fell
lows had taken possession Of a shed
in the rear of the saloon at the Warm
Springs and were acting very suspic-
iously. Sergeant Burbidge and Officers
Shannon and Everil at once took car
for the springs. They found four of
the fellows and brought them to the
station, where, upon examination, it
was found they were fitted out with
new suits of underwear, new SOCKS and
all wore new shoes which were exactly
alike and had enthusiastically come from
the same store. if not from the same
box. and one or two wore new panta-
looms and overshirts. They al had
new white silk handkerchiefs, all The
same pattern.
Upon being questioned as to where
they got the goods, they became indig-
naGtly noisy and insisted they had
bought them. When asked where, they
all said in ogden except one, who as
serted he had fitted out at Butte. His
shoes, however, were Identical with
those worn by his companions and had
the letter M pegged on the soles in
brass tacks. The officers were salts
fed they had made an important c&p
ture and, taking the quartette to the
Jail, required them to divest them
selves of the garments and shoes. The
operation beied the statement that the
stuff had been purchased, as in each
instance the fit Of the garment was
ridiculous and the officers had consid-
cradle fun at the expense of their pris-
oners when they suggested that the
opportunity for selection must have
been exceedingly limited, and listened
to the floundering attempts at an ex-
PLANTATION.
The officers locked UP the four and
returned TO the Office to find Detective
Sheets booking another individual
whom he had picked I'D on the street
in the meantime. Detective Sheets hsad
been al the station when the four were
booked and observed the things taken
from them. He left the station and
was walking toward Main street when
he met d man VINO had the appearance
of belonging t the same class of So
ciety as the gang. He wore a new pair
of troWsers and shoes much too large,
which looked suspiciously like the 9Th
ers he had seen. He accordingly took
the fellow in and an examination re-
Vealed the accuracy Of his Judgment.
The shoes were the same, likewise the
under clothing, as that worn by the
four, and in his pocket was found an
other of the handkerchiefs. He, too,
claimed he had bought the things at
Ogden, and when asked why he got
them so much too big, he said he had
purchased them of a man on the street
who had worked for a storekeeper ana
had taken the goods in payment. The
statement caused the officers TO smile
and to lock him up separately for a
purpose when it comes to the hearing.
The police had been previously noti-
fed that a store al Morgan City had
been robbed of a lot of goods of the
class described, and believe they have
the burglars who did the job. No
charge has been placed against the
men as yet, as the officers desire TO
first ascertain where the goods came
from and get them identified. If the
information is forthcoming, the gang
will be charged with burglary.