The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-24
WILL NOT TELL
WHERE MONEY Is
k-
officers Can Get No Trace Of
Edwards Wealth.
&-
NEGROES BACK FROM OGDEN
TWO WOMEN AND MAN LANDED
IN JAIL BY CHASE
NEGROES BACK FROM OGDEN

-,HF three negroes accused of rob-
hing j. r. Edwards Of $li00. who
i were pursued to ogden and cap
-,rsd bv Sergeant Chase and the Og-
don notice. were brought to this city
,.sstsrdav and landed in the city Jail
~, charges of grand larceny. The ne
groes s-iu maintain that they know
rothing of the whereabo Of the
nancy. but two 800 bills, which were
hanged 10y KerL have been located,
aud the police have every reason to oe-
fsve that they know where the rest of
,bs stolen cash is hidden, but as yet
.bsv cannot get it. Every effort is nov
baing made 90 get this money, as Ed
cards cannot identify the located bills,
and ~ win be necessary 10 find the
other to make q case against the ne
Sergeant Chase and Detective Pen
gs- of CEden brought the prisoners
down and arrived with them in this
rifr ON the $40 Short Line train yes
+er5av afternoon. As soon as Kerl,
7be claims that his name is George
owens instead of Kerl. was arrested
ir Ogden auG it was found that he
5f4 not have the money i'm his posses
Sion. search was made that resulted
I'm the location of two 800 bills, which
he had changed
Search For the Money.
Further investigation also revealed
t7e fact that he had taken only S2on
1r the money and the officers were
of no
had the other or had cached it some
where. Both women were thoroughly
searched at the ogden jail. but none
nj the money was found. The officers
being convinced that they knew where
81 was worked a little strategy and
learned where. as they believe, the
money is.
A stool pigeon" was placed in the
cell with one Of the women and during
the night she grew confidential and
told her companion who she thought
had been arrested for some Offense,
where she had hidden the 5000 of the
money.
This information was communicated
10 the Ogden police and Sergeant Chase
Yesterday morning but the woman.
when cross questioned. denied that she
had made any statements about where
the money was. The matter Of finding
p has now been turned over TO the
salt Lake officers.
Negroes in an Ugly Mood.
The negroes were in a very ugly
mood when ;ney were brought back
and Sergeant Chase says that Kerl
made every effort to get a chance to
make d break for liberty, and he had
HI i'm
quiet.
AS soon as the prisoners reached here
they were taken into chief HiltOn's
private office. but they refused to tell
anything about the missing cash. Kerl
had promised Sergeant Chase to tell all
he knew about the affair when he got
here. but he refused to keep the prom
-se The officers are confident that
they know where the money is and
Efforts are now being made to get it.
I'm explanations Of their hurried fight
So ogden. the negroes contend that
they just wanted 10 go up TO Ogden 30
Do there Saturday, and. missing the
last train. hired a rig to take them.
The negroes, ii is stated by the police,
have been in this city only a short
time, but il is said by the officers that
they are bad characters.
Sergeant Chase was highly elated
over the success of his race in a sur
rey TO ogden, but declares that he
was seriously handicapped in catching
the negroes after ne got there on ac-
count of having his uniform on.
His Uniform a Handicap.
Il could e nowhere" said he, that
everybody wasn't 4ubbering' at me,
and the irrepressible young kid fol-
lowed me i'm droves. Had I taken off
my uniform before I left and taken
the midnight freight to Ogden we
would have caught the trio of prison
es before they had a chance to get
into Ogden. Kerl told me that he
passed me once on the street while
was looking for him, and got out of
the way because he saw from my uni
form that ] was from Salt Lake, and
DE Knew that We were on his TRAIL
he prisoners will probably not be
7rrdiEned until the money is found.
The loss tn Edwards Of his money.
which De had worked years in the
mines % save and sCrape together. was
particularly severe. but he feels great
D.. pleased with the quick action of
ioe %. ice in capturing the suspected
thieves and jovial over the prospects
N setting The money back.
EdWa os came here from Baker City.
,Fe. where he has been engaged in
inc mining business for a number of
years. He made a stake a short time
ago and came down here f;lst to have
Time. and had / at a Verv eNpen-