The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29

The sagacity and pluck OF the SHEER
ifs office was rewarded yesterday in
the arrest Of two desperate criminals
right IL the city, the capture Of three
burglars who were beating their way
out Of the state, and the Identification
of three escaped convicts who are
wanted in eastern states to serve out
sentences. 1t was mountaineering
day, but it was to be expected. In
telligent theories carefully and shrewd-
ly carried out brought the desired re-
suits.
Early in the day Deputy Sheriff
Goldman brought to the county jail a
tough-lool1ing stranger by the name Of
Frank Zimmerman to serve a sentence
of sixty days on a conviction at Muir
ray before Justice McOmie for ped
ding fake jewelry without a license.
That the prisoner was a desperate
criminal was not to be doubted. but
the officer had no trouble with his man
until they got within q block Of the
county jail.
Tried to Escape.
At the corner Of Second South and
First West streets Deputy Goldman
was surprised to see a hobo, who evil
IDENTIFY belongs to the same class as the
prisoner, stop the travelling pair with
a demand that the officer release his
man. An idle threat never yet stopped
Goldman, and on this occasion he
merely remarked to the stranger that
his impudence might result in his be-
ing taken along to JAIL too.
Scarcely had the remark been ut
tered than the hobo attempted to res
cue Zimmerman, whom he claimed to
be his friend. Holding tight TO his
prisoner with one hand, Goldman
reached for his gun with the other.
This hostile demonstration had the eff
feet of causing the interferer to run
across the street.
A shot from Goldman'S gun stirred
up the mud under the fellows feet and
brought him to a. halt. When Goldman
got his two prisoners together and
started to cut down the few rods in
terVening between them and the jail,
the wOuld-be TeScuer of Zimmerman
made another effort to down the Off
Ger, but a singing blew from his gun
struck the fellow on the side of the
head, rendering him senseless.
Arriving at the jail, Zimmerman g
rescuer gave the name of John Smith.
He was recently released from the city
Jail and confessed that he and Zim-
norman We're confederates in crime
Draper Burglars caught.
The descriptions of the three men
suspected of having burglarized the
Draper Mercantile company's store on
Wednesday night, together with re-
citahs of the plumber taken, which, were
sent broadcast the next day after the
burglary was reported, was as bread
cast upon the waters.
At Terrace, on the Southern Pacific
line west of Ogden, the three hobo
burglars showed up, offering to sell the
stations agent some of the knives
bearing the Draper stores cost mark
While the agent was striking a bargain
he hit the wire to Ogden, asking Sheriff
LaVne if he had lost any burglars. i
happened that Layne was not looking
Cor any criminals Of this description
but he thought Sheriff HowellS wanted
the trio. Sheriff Howells was called
up by telephone. and the word wa!
sent back that the men should be ar
rested and held till he could send owe
after them.
With this information the Terrac:
station agent, with the aid of the PEG
pie around the depot, surrounded TIL
trio and held them captive till the vii
lage constable armed to the teeth
came up and shackled them
Sheriff Howells left for Terrace las
evening TO bring the burglars back t
this city.
Three Escaped Convicts.
Sheriff Howells and his deoutie
know a good thing in the criminal lin
without seeing it. This time 1t is thre
good things. and their worth was dis
covered by intuition.
Ever since the sheriff formed the &C
duaintance Of Tom MOsier the convic
ton has grown upon him that Tom
badly wanted at the Joliet Qll.) DrisO
to serve out a balance of eighteen year
on sentence for highway robbery an
other crimes Correspondence Wit
Warden Murphy has just brought tn
information that Tom will be met a
the door of me county Jail on Oct. ]
next. when his sentence expires, and b
taken back to joliet, from which plac
he escaped last year
Tom AIosier is as hard a looking con
Wet az the officers have had in custod
for a long time. He was sent up to
six months for breaking into Ri
Grande Western work car near Bine
ham Junction.
Not satisfied with identifying one es
capped convict wanted in another STATE
Sheriff HOwells has demonstrated ths
he has two others of the same kind o
whose heads there is also a reward {
$50 each.
Fatty" johnson and L. ]. Meekinl
alias Andrews, are the two who al
wanted at AnamOsa, Ia, for breakin
Jail there a couple Of years ago. John
son IS variously known as Howar'
King and DwyeT, and both are Ion
time convicts in Iowa
johnson and Meeking are doing 81
months time each in the county ia
for grand larceny committed in Sa
Lake county. The sentence of the FIR
named expires on June I, and of Il
other two weeks later. Warden HUI
has written that he viii be here to r
ceive them, and Sheriff HOwells wi
arrange to release them at the san
date.