The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-19

big rewards offered for the arrest Of the
robbers
Nothing was heard of any of the rob
oers un9ii a 1no4th ago, when the po-
lice of Shreveport, La wrote that they
had one OF the men under arrest. In
the letter was a photograph of the
suspect. The photograph corresponded
WITH the description exactly, and the
Warren sheriff was hopeful. He took
the Photograph to the bank and showed
ii to the teller In an offhand way the
sheriff remarked:
Ever see this fellow befora?''
The teller glanced az the photograph
q moment, and then ms eyes flew wide
open, and a look of as'tonis1nent
spread over mis- face.
Ever see hini" he calculated. why
this is a picture of one of tlle fellows
who robbed this bank; this is the very
man VINO fired the shot that killed Mr..
Goodwin
The Photograph was shown to others
who had often seen the three men in
camp near the town before the robbery
and had seen the robbery commit t.ad.
The result was the same. The identifi-
cation Was complete. The papers were
mazda o9It and the Sheriff, went after
ms man. And there was activity in
Warren. Arrangements were being
made to give uhe prisoner q reception
the reception rendered sometimes to
bank ROBBERS and rnurderers on their
return 10 the scene OF recent opera
tons. Had Jim Carey, guilty or in
nocent, been taken directly to Warren
at Jflait time he would never have come
to trial.
But the officers OF the law did not
want she people to lynch him. Besides
upholdsnS the majesty of the law. they
mad another Important reason for wish
ing to avoid the mob. They hoped to
learn enough from Carey to lead to the
arrest Of his pals. So. to avoid She
MOB, The Sheriff took Carey to Pine
Bluff and placed him in iaiI t4lere to
await trial. Several Warren people
went over to Pine Bluff and identified
Carey as the man vino had fired the
shot that killed President Goodwin.
Carey wrote some letters while in
jan and employed a lawyer in Shreve-
port 10 defend him. and matters
dragged along uneVentfully until with
in q few days Of the date set for the
trial Tie prisoner was allowed 30
take baths and he received clean IN
dergarnents and q. new suit Of clothes
from his friends. Then he asked the
3a1.er for razor.
"oh, no. said the iadler. You don't
set no razor. You wear them Wilis-
ke1s right down to Warren tomorrow
morning. 4hey VIII help IN the matter
CT Identification, you know"
An right" replied Carey "we'u go
down to Warren in the morning, but
the wlliskers WON'T be there"
The iailer chuckled TO himself and
went away. That night Carey showed
himself to be man of resources
Everybody knows that in TIE nlgenufac-
tuTe of shoes a small piece 81 sSeel is
used, extending from the heel 20 the
instep. II is put there to give a springy
movements to the step of tthe waalSF.
Everybody may not know this fact.
either, but Jim Carey knows il. Tl5at
night when everything about the Jail
as quiet and as dark as MITCH Jim
CasVe9. without q knife or any other
tocq or implement save those which ma
ture gave him, his fingers, ripped the
steel spring from the sole of his shoe.
set down upon his knees, and on the
concrete floor Of his CELL sharDened the
spring. With this Instrument and with
out one ray OF light, he disposseSsed
himself of The last particle of his whis-
kerS, and when the jadler unlocked his
cell door on the next morning he found
Carey as smoothly shaver as if gle mad
just stepped from the BARRIERS chair.
The jailer was dumbfounded. He
hardly believed the smooth-faced, boy