Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-20
Declare They Did Not Steal Guns = Il.
b. Adams Changes for Worse.
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ogden Feb. 2O.--The four men, Wad-
dell, shatlucB, Ames and Broll, who
were convicted yesterday afternoon OF
the charge Of robhlng Browning Bros
secured an audience with Detective
pender this afternoon ana told him
story which II true ocquIts them of all
completely In the crime, Of which two
Of them have pleaded guilty The story
however, Is stibstaniiated with such
apparently strong eyldeGcc that Detec-
tive Fender y inclined Ia believe there
is something IN Il and VIII make a thor
ough luyestigdNoh Of the AFFAIR
They all boldly Affirm they had moth.
ing whatever to DO Win the stealing Of
the guns, that II 'Sas done BY two men
whose names sre Duke Wilson and
James Madden alias Manchester The
four prisoners declare these men to be
! two desperate crooks who operate be-
tween Denver, Salt Lake and ogden,
and that they, can prove these men to
he The guilty parties so far as the
Browning affair II concerned.
Shattuck. who acted as spokesman
for the four mon, began his touching
narrative by saying That when wilson
and Madden stole the eight guns they
cached them M the reaf OF the Coin
saloon on Twenty.ffth street A day
or 80 later The two men were arrested
for vagrancy and ShatuCk became aC-
quainted with them, he being in jail at
the same time on the same charge,
Wilson and Madden were released from
"dufance vile" In the evening and the
next morning they went to the spot
where they had cached their "s~ag,
secured Il ana entered the saloon with
It. While In there they met two men
to whom they gave four df their stolen
guns. Then they boarded tf< train and
went TO Salt Lake After Shattuck got
ont Of Jail. so runs his story, he met
Wadell, Ames and Broil and the four
men went to Salt Lake together, AL
most Immediately they run into Wilson
and Madden in front Of the O. *. sa-
loon on Second South street, The two
men were then talking over their ex-
plot In ogden and made the offer to
Shattuok and his companions that they
would share the spells equally II the
latter would get the guns and dispose
of them.
The discovery OF the guns by an OIL
Ger. and the arrest Of the four men IL
the supplement to the story that Is
generally known
Detective Fender says he distinctly
recolects the nervous haste TO get
away from the Jail displayed by VIII
son and Madden on the evening they
were released. II Is customary for the
prisoners who are released SO late IN
the day. to remain and get their sup
DER. but these two men declined TO stay
n second longer than they were com
PEELED to. Detective Pender also inter-
Viewed Mike Kossack, who was tending
bar in the Coin, saloon at the time OF
Tho theft. and he remembers seeing two
men come into the saloon on the morn
ing named ana give -four guns away
He also states that the men said they
had cached them In the rear OF MS
place,
stances lead Mr. Pender to believe
there may be some truth In what Shat-
tuck says, and he has determined
therefore to investigate the matter to
The bottom. Some of the citizens, how
ever. incline to the idea that the men
are making a grandsiand play FOR u
light sentence.
L. Il. ADAMS CHANGES FOR THE
WORSE. t-.l ,t
The condition Of l., b, Adams has
taken quite an alarming change for the
worse and his son and daughter who
are IN the East have been summoned
home at once, While Mr.. Adams is
not In precarious condition at this
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