The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-24
Partner of Wilson & Lewis Is Ar
49, rested.
LETTER FROM HER PALS
GAVE DETECTIVE SHEETS HIS
CLUE.
They Warned Her to Leave the City
and Conceal All the Plumber In
Their Joint Room, But She Was
Arrested Before She Had Chance
to Obey.

There is a woman UP at the police
station who maintains that she is a
perfect lady and yet Detective Sheets
says she is the partner of H. Wilson
and H. Lewis, the two crooks now in
Jail at the station. She gave her name
as Lily Mitchell.
In Miss Mitchells rooms at South
Third street lodging. house were found
bunch of skeleton keys, two revol-
vers and a Jimmy. These belong to
Wilson and Lewis. They are their inn
PIGMENTS of trade, for these fellows are
burglars. Miss Mitchell is the friend
of Wilson without the formality of a
marriage ceremony.
When Detective Sheets found these
two men he was quite. anxious to locate
their room in order to get what they
are supposed to have stolen, and to
find their tools. But they would say
nothing about it.
Wrote a Letter.
However, they made a mistake. They
wrote a letter to Miss Mitchell telling
her of their capture and giving her in
Structions. AS this was written from
the city Jail Miss Mitchell was found
without great difficulty. AS the COM
municatiops of a burglar the document
may prove interesting. 1t follows:
City jail Saturday
We got our finish on suspicion last
night be sure and ditch all the broken
stuffs. go in sack with them rings and
go to Leadville right away, go to the
postoffice every day when you get in
leadville if they get you tell them all
you came from Denver. Don't forget to
get that James out of road. Soak my
gun and that pin and collar button be
sure and go to some other pawnshop go
to the postoffice every day when you
get in Leadville and you will here
from us take them scrues out of them
pants and stitch them. Don't try to
come to see US or send any word we
will be all right in few days they
are trying to find the room very bad.
So when you go leave the overcoats
with the landlady get out of town as
soon as you can don't delay we will
see you in Leadville
Your Friend
H. WILSON H. LEWIS
Don't worrq everything will be all
right be sure and get all that out of
the room. 1 think it is Is dollars to
1eadville.
Found the Things.
But she didn't get all that out >of
the room.' Detective Sheets found her
before she f1aQ chance TO 90 so. he
discovered the guns, keys and the jim
my and sent Miss Mitchell to the police
station. There she said that she had
been with Wilson during five or six
years and though she did not directly
declare that they were crooks she prac-
tically admitted it,
Late last night Sheets made another
search of the rooms. He returned to
the police station with a tobacco sack
full of jewelry which was cached in
stovepipe. .s.a-
The articles included two gold
watches, eleven finger rings, a pair of
bracelets, a gold locket, a thimble, ana
two gentleman's studs. 1t is believed
that the property can be identified as
that stolen from Robert Morris resi-
dence several nights ago. On the rings
were engraved Fannie, c. E. H." and
on a gold pin the initials IL. w. W."
were stamped Mother" was inscribed
on another piece. The setting had been
taken out of most of the rings, but two
diamonds were recovered.
With this evidence against them it
is not likely that Messrs. Wilson and
Lewis will find it so easy to get out of
trouble in few days. When the own
ers of the jewelry are discovered there
will be- a good case of burglary against
them.