Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-26
NEGROES CAUGHT
AT CHEYENNE.
They Had Three 500 Bills on
Them When Arrested,
CHIEF WILL GO AFTER THEN
Robbers Friends Left Here Monday
Evening Probably Got the
Money az ogden

Cheyenne, Wyo Feb 2Gr-JeG, Kerl
and William Brock colored have been
arrested by the police Of this city upon
The advice Of chief Hilton OF Salt Lake,
They are wanted In Salt Lake ON a
charge Of highway robbery. chief Hi
ton wired that be win send a man for
the prisoners at once
The above dispatch is n confirmation
of the report published in last evenings
News
chief Hilton stated this morning that
he expected to leave this evening for
Cheyenne but in the event he did not
go, he would send an officer to briug
the prisoners back.
On Monday Kerl, who is u brother Of
the man arrested by Onicer Chase, and
Brock called at the police station and
asked permission to see Kerl and the
two women, who are charged with rob.
bingn j. r.. Edwards of 81 100. There
was some healtancy about permitting
the men 10 see the prisoners, but being
persistent in their efforts they were H.
nally admitted IN the presence OF an
officer The police were suspicious Of
the two ana they We're taken into a
private room and thoroughly searched
Nothing " an discriminating nature
was found on them, ana they were per-
lnitteI to so, but Oflicer Sperry sha-
dowed them during the remainder Of
the day
The men were spectators In the court
room I'm the afternoon, and later they
went over on Commercial street. still
followed By Sperry After going
through several alleys they strollpd
back to the city Jail, and Brock started
TO go into the jailyard, but turned buck
when ho saw o trusty
AZ 6l5 they boarded the Oregon
Short Line train for ogden
II is the theory Of the 30.
lice that In their converse.
ton with the prisoners here,
kerl told his broth Jeff where the
money was in Odgen They secured II,
or perhaps only a po ton Of IL. and
departed for Evanston. Wyo. There
they tried TO change 500 bin as pub.
llshd in last evenings "News." No soon.
err had the Information been received
In this city than Chief Hilton tele-
graphed 70 Evanston and Cheyenne 10
hold the men should they be- appre-
hendcd They We're on their way TO
Denver When they arrived nj Chey-
enne they we're promptly nabbed by
Chief Of Police ingalls, Of that city and
he lost no time In so notifying Chier
Hilton.
Upon being searched at Cheyenne,
three SlO0 bills were found secretcd IN
their underc othIng, and $50 In SILVER
ana gold, The men refused to Nscuss
the situation &C ALL
When here ON Monday Jeff Klrl was
loud In his declarations THAI his
brother was innocent Of completely In
robbing Edwards, and he said he knew
his brother would not be guilty OF such
an 0ffense
Brock whose face IL badly Scared
from smallpox, IL about As years Of age,
ana Is wellknown here
That the men did not get the money |
here the police are positive because |
they were closely watched all the time.
The only conclusion they can arrive nj
IL that they were Informed where the |
money was at Ogden, got II and started |
for Denver
Edwards Is highly pleased over the |
mems capture, ana declares he VIII re-
main here aud prosecute them