Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-05
A WILD GOOSE CHASE
Sheets aud Adam, Go To RlWlIn',
EyOmine, For PflsontTs
AND comE BACK Knrrr.uASDEp.


About siH weeks ugo Thieves broke
into the Salt Like Hardware c,m'
pany's place NJ business on 5ru'n
south . fett aud earned u about sou
worth Of Gu iery.wafo, u1nsietius o.
raGots, pockeLknivus ani the lihr
Ever sluoe thon tho uiilcsr havr bren
wording on The case % ~ attempt 1
locate the prfpotfat1ro % the tl.lt aui
lana them where such clatac w. ffi.s
erly belong, Dlt up t1eaotis oil .
IN tina. dir riiou havs been 90 ya,u.
On Ilunday iasi, however, wien
IA hopss Of caplutlng the piliorins
iugiuves had neatly vanished. toe
gnlcsrs wers ono uagod on Ia tht
tOod work by the receipt q the FOL-
lowing telegram from Raw ini, Wy.
omiusi
chief Of Police Pfalti
Have three mon who have razora
| marked salt Lake Hardware company,
| Pipe fax0Tl, sAeduu uEurs, pocket
knives, W. 3 aud Mosts nhuim brands,
also two pistols, ono iyory handlei DO
you want thomi l.. q. DAVIS,
sheriff.
The inioffoaat1fy IN tue uisisIch
was suprit iuous. OF cIurtu thu III .eit
wanted tuem anu that badly. ihrl
hnd bogn using thvlf b,at GU.
dcavots Tor ten days Or more Ia
Uyiug h locate them auJ now
ihnl they bad a "dead cinchn OF
them, they proposed TO make tho ni1st
u IL. 80 Chisi Pfatt promptly oJn.
iUfrod with County Az Taoy White.
mure aud a little later wired Hbend
Davis 10 hold tho men by all means.
rue neSt day, Friday, tho following
came over tue wires To the county
attorneys
Names Il Frank Smith, Tom Neal,
Harry smith. VIII put parties on train
without papers " you ike.
ToA itErD, Deputy sheriff.
The rtcoip VI the above mniu b.
sufancu doully sure that tho men d. d
NJ Riwius we're tho gu,lty psftIrt.
fbpy hal been In the cts suyttal
week before under tue same ngu q
plumoa aud had been gwen twenty.
iuuF h1uts 10 leave town. Ine SaN
/ Lake otilcefs were no "oheap guys."
rhey uidnr want the men put on tue
train without papsit; no, they didu'
DO busiuVss that way. Itoy want Il
lhom, however, AM % got out
reputation paltt std went "guu.
ling"
The job Of bringing tho thieves 10
/ Town WAS assigned ~ Detective shtsis
Aud Deck Sergeant Adams. rh-y loft
ON Saturday. train armed win all
the nee ssafy tafaphtTnAlis, oyol o.
Daudcufis. They arrived Al Rasiiaa
bright and early Sunday moTning snu
made their way TO tue county lsti,
where tho "gAme" was. iho nigEt
Jail0r was tue only persoDasn about the
place aud 10 him they explained thelI
efTand. lie was surprised, thelf 9 m.
log 10 RID him Of three Of his prlaguefs
was something he had not before uoafi
OF. Notwithstanding this, however,
he treated tho oiiieors kibdly anu u q
them into the lAil, " here they hs1 tho
privilege Of viewing anu Interviewing
the men who were 10 boo3me their
cnhfrus. They knew Sheets who
duts >, know him7-aud were equ' y
hlrI rlstd with tnu Tailor TO l0atl b
wi 81 OF his Gail.
A. soon as day dawned the ofiicisls
we're sought as was also the outlay
with tie Bali Lake uai'mifks. The
latter, however, did not mA.tTlaha. ,
nor old tcinliila OF tyid nee g. prove
tbAt Mssefs. smith, Neal aud smitl
were guilty Of iontlug tho Salt Latt
business house. When Sheets leat ned
his he grow little wTathy. II Wa,
tho fiftt time IN bis lilo he h al mado 4
chase after "wild geese" Ahd he full
sore Al being buucoed out OF HE rhmu,
But he know II was no uto 10 "cluH
tue rag" as George puts n, ~ no ge
oide1 10 wire Chief Pay iOr iutlIuc'
lions, ana therefore dii 70.
Chief Pratt responded 10 tho dis
patch by instfueiing Sheets 10 nte hii
brtt judgment. rhis he uid Hnd cam,
home empiy.handod and nearly
ufokon.he Genial Jim ADAM
Iust laughed the matter Oh In bill
chaTaeteTl,tie way aud attempted Il
sootho Sheets ny telling HIN 10 ehee
up anu look 10 tue bright aide. GeoTg,
Hiys that n he ever goes alter prisoner
aghin he will be- Ia possession OF tufn
eient evidence to convict before boafd