The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-03
BURGLAR TRUST BUSY
Three New Cases Added to the
List.
SENSATIONAL HOLD-UP
GIRL FAINTS WHILE HER ES-
CORT Is BEING ROBBED.
SENSATIONAL HOI

The crooks had another inning yes
terday. They pulled off successfully
one hold-up and two burglaries and a
third case of house breaking, grown
stale. since Monday afternoon was
added to the list.
The hold-uD occurred on the corner
of Main and Sixth South streets about
| Z:30 yesterday morning. The parties
most interested in the affair were young
! William Edwards. who plays a clario-
| net in the Battery band, and a young
woman camSanion whose name he re-
| fused to divulge. The footpads after
relieving Mr.. Edwards of So.45, fright
| ened his companion into q faint, then
| quickly made their departure
| Mr.. Edwards and the young woman
| had been attending the Lynberg bene-
| fit ball at Christensen's and were on
/ their way to the girls home. As they
/ neared the corner of Sixth South and
Main, two men with handkerchiefs over
/ the lower part of their faces. stepped
/ from behind hedge fence and ore
| flashed revolver in the faces of the
| young couple, ordering them to throw
/ up their hands. Edwards Immediately
| put his hands above his head, but the
! girl gave scream and started to run
/ down the street.
! The fellow with the gun yelled to her
/ to stop or he would shoot, and Mr.. Ed
| wards, forced to stand with his hands
/
| her to obey the order. The girl, tremb-
/ ling with fright, was compelled to stand
/ and look on while one hold-up held a
big gun in Mr.. Edwards face and the
| other went through his pockets and
| took his money.
[ After securing their booty the foot
pads ordered Edwards to keep his
| hands in the air and go. They also
| lost no time in disappearing in the op-
/ poSite direction.
The Girl Faints.
The girl. who had stood the ordeal UP
| to this point, gave away when it was
all over and tainted. She soon recov-
cred, however, and arrived at home
! without further adventure
Mr.. Edwards was unable to give the
police description OF the hold-ups *
cept that one was tall and the other
| sho
Tt 'ouse-breakers yesterday after
noon ..st tackled the residence of H
! r. Watrous, at 614 East Second street
Here they effected an entrance through
the front door, evidently with skele-
ton key. They ransacked the house and
piled the contents Of drawers and clos
cts promiscuouSly over the rooms
Nothing of value was missed.
! The family were away from town and
| Earl Watrous, who had charge of the
place, was out at work When hi
returned about 6 p. m. he found the
condition of the house.
The Second Burglary.
The home of Mrs. TiIlie Freeze, SIS
East Second South street, was entered
by way of a bathroom window, the
same having been left partially open
Only one room was ranSacked and
nothing was missed from it. The fam
lily left the house early in the after
noon and returned about o'cleSk tc
| a Hae
| A tOugh-lOOking character was seer
around Mrs. Freezes place during tn,
| afternoon by Henry Bassett who lives
next door. Mr.. BaSsett saw the fellow
knocking on the rear door Of the Frees
| residence and stepping out he spoke t
him. The man said he guessed Their,
was no one at home and walked away
Mr.. Bassett thought nothing u tn,
matter until he heard of the burglary
He gave the police a description of thu
fellow.
A Good Haul.
Mr.. F. ]. Nichols, who lives with hi.
father at 352 West Second South street
reported to the police yesterday tina
his home had been burglarized some
time Monday afternoon. The burgla
gained entrance by the front door, evi
IDENTIFY using skeleton keys as the door
which had been left locked, was found
unlocked and open.
The house had been ransacked from
top to bottom and five pairs of golC
cuff buttons, a small silver watch.
revolver, a diamond ring, SO in small