The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
THE SALTA|R ROBBERY.
GoLDIE BROWN AND DENNIsoN
IN THE POLICE COURT.
One Valves Examination and Is Held
For Trial In the Sum of 81 900,
While Dennison Has Hearing
and Goes to Jail.

Goldie L. Brown and Jack Dennison,
the two men who broke into Charlie
Auer's saloon at Saltair on the night
of Aug. and secured 1879 from the
till, were arraigned for preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Timmony
yesterday afternoon. Brown waived
examination and was bound over to
the district court in the sum of $1,000.
Dennison pleaded not guilty and had a
one-sided hearing, the two detectives
relating the. story of his confession,
after which he was bound over in the
sum of $500 to await the action of the
higher tribunal.
Detectives Sheets and Gillespie, who
nabbed the criminals, related substan-
tally the same story relative to the
capture To Gillespie. Jack Dennison
confessed and told infinitely how the
robbery was executed. On the evening
of the theft the men were at the re-
sort and got aboard the last train. At
the end of the pier they got off, Brown
jumping first. Den1fison, who sets up
as defense that he was unwillingly
dragged into the affair, said he thought
Brown hurt himself when he jumped
off, as the train was going at a lively
rate, and he himself got off to see
about his pal. The pair waited at the
end of the treStle until most or the
people at the pavilion had sought rest,
and then they stripped and waded I'M
der the trestle until they reached the
steamer Talula. Here they kept a
lookout until they thought the night
Waterman was out of hearing, and
then climbed up and went into
closet adjoining the saloon. While
there, Charlie Auer came in and spoke
to Brown, who was mistaken by the
former for the nightwatchman.
Brown replied in muff1ed tone and all
suspicion vanished from Auer's mind.
Brown, who is an eX-convict and eX-
pert at such work, pushed the window
open and entered the saloon. He
handed out the cigar boxes filled with
change, which Dennison took. and car
ried two more boxes himself. They
returned the same way as they had
come, and started to walk towards
town. At the Cullen dairy they divided
the money and separated, Dennison
going to his home, while Brown came
up town to celebrate. Dennison gave
$50 of the stolen money to his mother.
but did not tell her where he got it.
After his confession to the detectives,
Gillespie went to the house and got the
$780, which Mrs. Dennison had hid in
the cellar.
do you think Dennison's mother
had any knowledge of where the money
came from?" queried defendants at
torney, Dennis Eichnor.
mo, am satisfied she did not" re-
piled the detective, unhesitatingly.
THE simple fact that she had it hid
in the cellar did not signify anything;
she presumably took this precaution
against losing the money"
Attorney Eichnor sought to have the
bond fixed at $500, which his client
might furnish, but Judge Timmony
thought $500 was small enough, con-
sidering the circumstances, and Den
nison was taken away to the county
Jail.
Dennisons probable defense in the
higher court will be that he was under
the influence of liquor at the time of
the robbery.