Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-29
NUMBER THREE CAUGHT HERE
One Of Trio Of Young Burglars Captured IN
This City Today.
They are Alleged to Havo Broken Into
Sam Rudd's Store at Goshen
Story of the Case.

The mercantile establishment OF
Samuel Rudd at Goshen. Utah county.
was entered by burglars several days
ago and a quantity of goods stolen.
Yesterday Sheriff Storrs arrested two
of the burglars, who gave their names
as John Harvey and George Williams,
the former n colored man and the
latter white boy aged about IS years.
After their arrest, Sheriff Storrs tele-
phoned the officers in this city. that u
third member of the gang had started
out for Salt Lake, and this information
led to the capture of Charles Payer, a
young innocent-looking chap, about II
o'clock this morning. Payer presented
himself at the city Jail with some
cigars for a prisoner he called Dutch"
when the officers at the station took
him in charge, and he Is now being held
for the authorities OF Utah county.
The trio are well known. in this city
having been released from jail here on
the 18th, where they each served a 10
days sentence for vagrancy. Young
Payer denies his guilt and says he
Just arrived from Payson. IF ] had
known was going to be arrested" said
he this morning, II can assure you
l would never have ventured near this
place. TELLING the story of the burglary
the Provo Enquirer of last evening
says:
Sheriff storrs and Attorney King
went to Goshen last evening In response
to a telegram from that burg yesterday
in regard to the burglarizing of Rudd's
store at that place. Two men were
arrested, John Harvey. the BLACKLIST
coon" ever captured,a and Geo. Williams,
a white boy of IS or 10 years of age.
had he, ,t,,.
Justice Gardner, and were bound over
to the district court, and the sheriff
brought them to Provo.
1t appears that a party of young
people We're returning from wedding
about am. Thursday and as they
were passing Rudds store they saw
some one striking matches and came to
the conclusion that something was
wrong. and one young gallant poked
his head through broken window and
demanded, who's there" He received
a very unexpected response In the way
OF large cheese knife being stabbed at
his head just missing his ear.
1t was discovered that there We're
three in the building and each escaped,
going in opposite directions.
The colored gent was soon overtaken
and arrested. but the two white boys
made good their escape. and did not get
sight of them until Williams was arr
rested at Santaquin. The other
fellow has not yet been caught. but the
officers have his cap which he lost in
his hurried flight. and they think
they will be able to capture him before
long.
In his tramp to Santauulp Williams
had his big toe of the right foot badly
frozen. and It is feared 1t will give him
great trouble. The ''nigger." With two
young white boys. were given shelter
in the city jail some time ago In the
preliminary hearing the leader of the
two were cross-uuestioning one of the
witnesses. and asked him how he could
tell "nigger" from white man In
the dark. The officers found four
watches on the person of the prisoners.
one of gold. two of silver and one of
niclSle, with two human hair chains.
The officers are of the opinion that
they have been stolen somewhere in
Utah county.
The ruen were arraigned before Judge
pusenberry this morning and the
information was read They did not
enter plea John Il. Booth was
appointed to defend them.