The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-10
MANY BULLION
BARS STOLEN
Taken From the eermania SmeIt-
er and Cached.
PART OF LOOT IS RECOVERED
THIEVES MAKE EFFORT TO DIS
POSE OF PROPERTY.
PART OF LOOT IS RECOVERED

axe City are sixty odd bars Of base
bullion. known to be stolen property
for The reason that the lot is in the
possession of thieves. The latter made
ar effort to dispose of the plumber sew
eraI times. Through that fact and the
display Of samples it Is known that
III ingots are t- product Of the Ger
mania smelter Murray.
Condensed in at brief statement Of
fact there is interesting story-a
narrative replets with contradictions
ami incongruities puzziing TO one not
familiar with sme.ter product values
our The methods and policy Of those
Lehiud The scenes who shape the desti-
mes of the properties OF the American
Smelling & Refining company.
Some months ago OCld thieves
stripped the machinery Of part of the
smeLtar plan. Of the large and costly
leather belts used 10 drive the mecEan-
ism. They carried off their unweiidy
burden and nothing has since been
heard Of it. From that time stray
stories have been heard now and again
IF mysterious and systematc thefts at
the smelter.
Some Of Plumber R covered.
OF late several bars have been re
covered concealed in remote parts Of
the ciy and two youths found remov-
ing two ingOts cached in the southern
end Of the city are now serving terms
in the county Jail.
New versions Of the story Of the eX-
istence Of an organized ring Of bullion
thieves continue to crop to the surface,
vet r. r. 15acs, local manager Of the
company, not only denies that the
smelter has been extensively VIC
timized, but brought to a termination
the efforts of the only man known 20
re In a position to recover the prep
erty. If the company Is conducting a
secret investigation through other
channels It is not known. but neither
the police nor sheriff is so employed.
Four months ago information reached
the ears of Samuel DOwse that such
a gang vas at work and had then a
considerably supply of base bullion on
hand. DOWse was formerly q very
ord for ability in recovering stolen |
property. He at once conceived a plan |
to capture tho gang and recover the !
more Or less precious pigs.
Dowse Saw the Bars.
Through the agency Of a stool pigeon |
"a tlief-DCwse says he was enabled /
% see some of the bars. They bore !
the stamp Of the Germania smelter |
and were numbered. He then consult !
ed Mr. Jones, he AYERS, and laid plans I
TO bring the depredations 10 a stop. |
being satisfied that the plumber was /
Of high value. As the bars contain 4
as high as 200 pounds each, the amount /
in sight could only be Appropriated
Before the plan for the capture of |
the gang was put into execution a dis l
agreement arose, resulting in its aban-
doument. As late as last Monday a
conference was held between Mr..
jones' and Mr.. Dowse in the formers
office Nothing came of it, and if any /
efforts are being made to follow up /
the ex-of1cer's tip it Is not known.
Yes. I receil ed absolute Information /
on which the capture Of the entire out ]
fit could have been effected said /
Dowse, when told that the affair had /
become public. 1t makes no differ |
erce to me now whether the facts leak 1
out or not. as / have no further inter /
esq in the matter 1 learned that a /
portion of the plumber had been taken !
from a car at the suelter and the rest /
from the smelter direct
On Trail of Thieves.
The information included clues that
would result in the apprehension of
the men who despoiled the machinery
prior to that time and carried off the
betting. While that was worth several
hundred dollars. the thieves did not
g,' to exceed so out of it.
Ny Jones and I did not agree on
some things and / abandoned the case
until last Monday, when he sent for
me. We could not come any nearer
IN agreement and that ended the mat
Ter so far as I was concerned Mr.
Jones' now seems to think that the
matter is not worth bothering with.
although he held a different view some
time ago and offered the full value of
Tie bullion for its recovery aud the
apprehension OF the thieves.
1T seems to be his opinion that the |
inSots were stolen after shipment and
that the less falls upon someone else.
probably a ~ailroad. So far as 7 have
been able 20 learn, no railroad has
met with such loss, but I don't pre-
tend 70 know. The matter is none of
my business and I have dropped it,"
Mr.. Jones' Statement.
Mr.. Jones was little inclined TO dis
,uss the situation when interviewed
last evening and held that the ingots
We're Of far less Vllue than the figure
az which they have been quoted IN ~
mors. The whole matter he treated as
There has been some stealing. but I
guess we have gathered up everything
we lost he said. That is, Sheriff
Naylor and the police recovered about
.olr bars. They may have been worth
~ each We are not turning out any
product Of very high value at the Ger