Evening journal., 1897-05-19
BLACK DID NOT SIGN
Refused to Grant q Requisition
For Two Alleged Thieves
WANTED BY THE UTAH AUTHORITIES.
The Ogden Police Were Charged by BAR
ton, One of the Accused Men, of
Trying to shield Ills Ac-
complice, Graves.

Albany, May 19.-Governor Black has
refused to grant the requistion Of the
governor of Utah for the custody Of
Clarence Barton and Leon Graves, who
are under arrest in New York city
charged with the theft Of 5000 from
the Utah Loan and Trust company Of
Ogden, Utah.
There was to have been hearing on
the requisition before the governor, and
George Gordon Battle and Edward A.
Scott. attorneys for Barton and Graves,
appeared before the governor to protest
against the granting of the requisitlon.
The governor, however was too busy
with legislative matters to give the
hearing. SO Pardon Clerk Joyce exam
ined the papers and advised the govern
or that the ahldavits on which the
request for the requisition was based
were not strong enough to justify the
granting Of the same and the governor
took action accordingly.
Mrs. Barton, wife of one of the de-
PENDANTS, was at the executive cham
Der, and upon learning of the governors
decision, she made inquiries for hor-
ist, saying. Il want to purchase large
bouquet to send back with the detect
ives to Utah."
Clarence Barton, who Is 21 years old,
had been living at 159 West Eighty
fourth street New York city. He was
held in the Center street police court on
April 80 to await requisitlon papers
from Utah. He was accused of having
"sneaked" 5000 from the counter of
the Utah Loan and Trust company of
Ogden. Chief of Police Davenport of
that city traced the man to New York,
nd ha frrou q Qd hxr
The Details of the Crime.
The alleged robbery was committed
in December, and for a month the bank
officers kept it secret, thinking to catch
the thief.
Barton went to Jacksonville, Fla.
where he spent money literally. He
aroused the suspicious of Detective
Burgess Of New York, who was there
and the detective telegraphed the au
thorities Of several cities asking If they
did not want Barton, but received NJ
answer.
Burgess said Barton carried bel
full Of gold eagles and lived in a house
kept by a woman named Russian Belle
Barton lifted a mortgage for $500 tina
was on the woman's place. He wa
married in Jacksonville, and in Marcl
he and his wife went to New York. HI
had no money when arrested, but man.
pawntickets for diamond jewelry.
When the police called at his house
they found Mrs. Barton i'll in bed. Bar
ton asserted that he, too was Ill from
appendicitis.
In the police court Barton said he wa
not alone in the commission of tn
crime He said he had a companio
and accused Chief Davenport of tryin
to shield him.
The prisoner asked the magistrate
commit him to Bellevue hospital, an
this was done.
The counsel for the governor of Uta
stated after it had been announce
that the governor had denied the requi
sition, that it was most unusual for tn
governor of one state not to give a hear
ing on the requisition Of another gov
ernor even If he had decided to refus
the requisition. Ii was especially ur
usual in this case, because the govern
or Of Utah had made a personal appe,
for the requisition, inasmuch as he wa
one Of the heaviest stockholders in IL
Loan and Trust association. The cour
sci further states that the pardon cler
refused to allow the case 10 go befoi
the governor simply because he We
Of the opinion that the moving papel
were defective.