The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
MONEY AND MAN.
BOTH BROUGHT BACK by OGDEN
OFFICERS.
Mrs. HiIton's Property Restored to
Her BY Chief Davenport and OIL
Ger snyder, Who Followed the
PiclSpocIket AvvheeI Across Two
Counties--Tale of Chase and Cap
ture.

Mrs. Hilton, of Salt Lake, has gone
ON to Los Angeles with the money
which was taken from her pocket Sat.
urday morning at the depot again ir
her possession. AT the city Jail, regis
tered under the name of James Tobin
is the man on whom the money was
found. The pedometers on the bicycles
of Chief of PoLice Davenport and Night
Jailor Snyder register about 100 miles
more than they did Saturday morning
and on those facts hang the tale of as
clever a capture as has been made In
these parts for many, many moons
The Herald's report of yesterday morn
ing left Mrs. Hilton stranded in Ogden
without money, her tickets having been
senG back in an envelope, poked under
the car of the south bound sleeper at
Brigham City, and concluded by stat
ing that Chief Davenport had gone to
Brigham City to investigate the case.
Meanwhile, at Brigham City, a, strange
man had been arrested on suspicion, a
railroad man having stated that the
stranger bore some resemblance to a
man wanted for something in Salt
Lake. Rumor had evidently confused
something e1se, and the Brigham City
officers released him after having as
certained by telephone from Salt Lake
that their prisoner was not wanted
there The release was at 1880, and at
3 Chief Davenport and officer snyder
arrived Little attention had been PAID
to the matter in Brigham, but 1t was
thought the man had gone north. In
curry by Chief Davenport revealed that
before leaving the man had borrowed
a needle and thread. This put nope
into the Ogden officers, as men of the
stamp which the borrower of the art
Gle seemed to be are not so particular
about their clothing. The officers be-
lieved the man wished to sew up his
plumber in his clothing and had bor-
rowed the needle and thread for that
purpose. Further investigation showed
that a man answering the description
of the released prisoner had borrowed
an envelope early that morning, and
right here is as good a place as any to
say that the lender of the envelope has
since identified the prisoner as the Dor
rover and that the envelope lent was
similar to the one in which the tickets
came back to Mrs. Hilton. But it was
the thread and needle transaction that
gave the officers most hope and en-
coura ged them to mount their wheels
and scorch noq-thward. The first III
teen miles of their hot, dusty ride was
made withoue hearing anything on
their man, but at about that distance
from Brigham they heard of a man
walking northward who answered the
incomplete description which they had
of the Brigham City prisoner.
They kept on, and mi.e or so from
Collinston came across four men walk
~ II hQ
up the Hill, passing the men and feign-
ing complete unconcern as to their
identity.
Now the road to Collinsfon is steep
hot and dusty, and the only convenient
place to get drink is at the old oaken
bucket that hangs in the Well near the
railway station.
The officers waited, concealed at the
station, till the four men should come
up. All but one came for drink, put
the other, who answered the descrlp-
ton of the man wanted, remained De
hind, concealed in q. cut.
This was another suspicious action
and the officers forthwith arrested the
man. Searching him, they found seWed
ND underneath his coat collar eight ten
dollar bills.
velope of which was addressed to
lanes , Gen. P. O., Ogden, The
last name of the address was torn OIL
and so was the signature, but the letter
might have been written by sister. II
was dated at sam Francisco, July "a, ana
bore the receiving stamp Of Ogden,
univ Of The names had been carefully
torn out as above stated, but enough
of the first letter of the name torn from
the enyelope was left. to show that 1t
was NOT a. T. but probably Z.
After his arrest the man was botn
deaf and dumb Chief Davenport slept
with him at Collinston, bringing the
man down ON the early train yesterday
morning. In the letter above referred
10 was one sentence saying, :! am giao
YOU received the money all right rms,
he man saws, referred to the money
,n,,,,d IN him and which was sent from
lone.
AS all Mrs. Hilton knew about hei
money was that it was in ten dollar
,iIls and as she was unwilling to re-
main over to prosecute the man, Inc
violence against him was hardly SUI
ioiert TO secure a conviction However,
Tobin = so-called - was thoroughly
frightened and he found his speech
ong enough to say that rather IMAM
,aye any trouble he would consent W
he ,adv taking the $50, on condition /
hat he take his liberty AS ne Iau aa
.aadv shown himself not bad by his re- /
urn of the tickets, his proposal was
c,,;oe 1ovan-
,ort and went on westward 10 REGAIN
,e,. husIband-who formerly conducleu
f7rst-cIass liquor house on Main
traet in Salt Lake-at Los Angeies.
Toi,in will be given his liberty TINS
:, os-nine but it is doubtful If he WITH
ION to thank Chief Davenport.