Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-24
Gang Who Worked Salt Lake Ar
rested in San Francisco
FOR SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE
said 10 Have sold Tickets for "A Myth
zeal Concert aud Then Skipped
TO Other Parts.

The tenants Of downtown offices VIII
racall he visitation Of two beautiful
and styllshly dressed young ladies some
weeks ago in the interest Of an enter
talnment in aid Of the homeless chill
dren Of this city Young men with
susceptible hearts, and some OF them
are not 80 young either, TO this day
speak in terms of alteration of the tall
dark girl with the soulful eyes and the
claret.colored automobile coat. She
had a winning way with her and the
way in which she drew the hard-earned
dollar out Of the pocket Of the genus
homo for sweet charlty's sake was a
sight to make Russell Sage weep. They
canyassed the local Offices thorL ugh-
ly; they even went so far as to fearless
~ beard local railroad magnates and
bloated bondholders In their dens, Mer-
chants. too, fell before the voice OF the
siren and passed dollars across the
counter to receive In return tickets for
a mythical concert, Then the ladies'
vanished from sight, likewise the dol
lars, but the tickets still remain as
mute testimonies Of the frailty OF man
The girl with the brunette locks was
next heard from In Butte, and the
way the aggregation bumped" the
heads Of the staid citizens In the cop
per camp is said 70 surpass the palmy
days OF harvest when the gold bricks
were In their prime and vigor IT Is
needless to say that there was no en-
terlalnment held In Butte for homeless
children at one dollar per
From Montana the organization Of
alleged grafters placidly undertook 10
thoroughly work the golden state of
California. Here they came to grief
and in the unsympathetic city Of san
Francisco the prime movers In the
campaign were promptly arrested,
This is what the Butte lntermountaln
has to say about the affair It Is not all,
for that paper deyotes two columns to
the story
Exposure and arrests have followed
the workings Of William II. Doneghy,
alias Donnelly, alias Donehy, and his
women confederates in their profession
al charity grating" schemes with
which they have been coming money
throughout the western country. Dom
eghy and his friends have been at work
in California for the past few months.
They carried their wholesale robbery to
such an extent that the officials Of San
Francisco and Los Angeles were in
formed Of the scheme by morning
paper Of the coast metropolis, and mat
tiers look dubious for the workers for
Sweet charity's sake"
The plan of operation Of the DOneghy
gang is well known throughout the
northwest, and Montana towns did not
escape the sharp practice Of the smooth
mOhey-makers,
Several months ago Doneghy attired
in a long frock coat, patent leather
shoes, immaculate linen, modest necktle
and high silk hat, arrived In Butte and
took Quaters at one Of the leading
hotels. He was soon followed by two ele-
gantly dressed women. They gave their
names as Miss Helen Barnes and Miss
Josie Haines. A few days later Miss
Deltweler and Miss Fleming were ac-
companed into Butte by VIM, Green
leaf. The entire troupe were conencted
with Doneghy and his scheme
Two of the women and Greenleaf left
for another part of the state 10 COM
mence operations while their leader re-
NAMED N Butte. assisted by the other
women.
It was soon given out by Doneghy
that his lille and those Of his associates
We're devoted to charity, and that II
was Their intention to give a series OF
entertainments in Butte FOR benevolent
societies ana charitable Institutions,
The women, carrying religious books
under their arms and with sanctimoni
Gus looks covering their handsome
countenances canvassed the town with
tickets. Business houses. offices and
stores were visited by the women. and
their work assumed large proportions
No one could withstand those beautiful
women whose hearts were wrapped up
In the work OF Cod" The smiles and
winning manners made friends every
where
Dollar after dollar was paid over for
little slips OF pasteboard which called
for admission 10 an entertainment TO
be given at a future date The time for
the charity affair drew near. and the
talk concerning II ceased to some ex-
tent and finally died out Altogether. The
principal reason for the winning OF in
terest in the charity work was caused
by the fact that those nice women were
not IN evidence.
Doneghy and his confederates had
suddenly dropped out from sight Their
pleading talk for aid for sweet chart
ty" was no longer heard and the thou
sands who bought tickets realized that
they had been taken In.
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Refined Sugar Reduced.