The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-23
CHASE CATCHES
HIS FUGITVES
Salt Lake Officer Arrests Sup
posed Robbers in Ogden.
THRILLING RACE AT NIGHT
NOME OF MONEY STOLEN FROM
MINER EDWARDS FOUND.
THRILLING RACE AT MIGHT

rCFFN lAlAlNo AAAtnAEA AAAu0 anu
,-irdirg fog. Sergeant Chase and
77a.kdriver Harry Quinn ran down
and captured in ogden City yesterday
+ra three negroes accused of rObbing
Miner Edwards of SLIGO in a Com
-,ar.faI street roOming house in this
,i+, Friday night The money, how
over has rot yet been found and tie
prisoners refuse TO tell where it is.
though KerI promises to talk when ne
&c brought back to this city.
The prisoners will not admit that
,fsv took the money, which was in Sl00
hills. but it is known that Kerl tried
change one Of the bills shortly after
hi, arrived in ogden, and The women
maintain that Edwards had only $500
instead Of $11OO as he claims. The
three negroes. George Kerl, Lucille
ker and Black Willie" are now in
The ogden Jail, and Officer Chase. as
sisted by the ogden police. is trying to
locate the missing money. He expects
To return with his prisoners today.
Harry Quinn returned last nigh, and
"RIa.k PEARL or Pearl Allen. who
drove Lt.t LIlD 10 OSItH. tSDL Ddth early
in the evening after going through the
Junction City sweat box and made to
reU where he had deposited the fugi-
lives I'M that city. The fugitiveS, with
plenty of whisky and tip money. made
their driver rush his team through on
The run. but although the officers start
ID nearly three hours late they arrived
on ne home stretch only eight miles
r.r.5vI al, r,aoroaC Tho a., ,t7rVoI I'm
gitives when arrested had only 81 in
their possession and it is feared by the
officers that Ke~l has cached the stolen
money.
Driver Tells of Pursuit.
Covered with mud aud almost ex-
hausted from his eighty mile drive to
ogden and back. with no sleep and lit
lie to- cat Quinn arrived at the police
station last night about 10 o'clock and
told the story OF Sergeant Chase'S race
after the negroes.
We got d double seated surrey at the
barn." said Quinn. and made all haste
until we got out to BOUntiful. BeIiev-
ing that the negroes would drive their
team to exhaustion in the first ten or
fifteen miles. we allowed our team to
take their own gait, and they kept
IL until we reached ogden. We expect
"a TO overtake the fugitives long before
they got to Ogden. but we missed our
guess on the freshness OF their team
and could get no trace of them any
where along the road.
The mud was so deep that ii kept
us guessing as to whether we were go
ing to get through or not and the fog
Was so thick over the road that half
TN
we're driving into the fences on the
side or keeping to the road. 1t was inn
possible 10 see anything at all any dis
lance from us and we had to let the
horses lead the way. but we manage
90 ge- through without a mishap. AS
sooQ as daylight came we made bet
Ter speed and got into Ogden at 7:30
We drove to the police station and
found that the negroes had driven into
the city jus; about eight miles ahead
of MS and the police had the driver To-
Gated. but could not find any of the
parties i'm the hack. Black Pearl was
put through the sweat box by the Of
fcers, but would tell nothing. l hap
Ianed to know Pearl, though. and by
jolIying him up he told me where he
hae left the man and the women at
a Chinese hop joint.
Two Women Caught.
"Tho officers went to the place imme-
d'ately and found the women there. but
one of them attempted to make her es-
cape by running out a back door. Both
were caught and thoroughly searched.
but only 81 could be found in their pos
ssion
Neither of the women would admit
That they had taken the money from
Edwards, and they denied knowing
tlyt2ng about the wherea bouts Of
Nerl our they maintained that Ed
wards had only 500. instead Of 81, 100
as he claimed
The women we're put in jail and I
lcIJ Tor home about o'clock. leaving
udi.er Chase there trying to locate
herL Ii was chase that you couldn't
n're me To make again. and [ am afraid
L'dj I am going to be loser by it. too.
Edwards offered me 500 if [ would
,al'h tho man. but We failed. and il
looks like 7 viii get off with only a
-'oa cold that 1 caught in that mud
and fog"
Quinn stated that If the Ogden Of
l'ers bad sent out a man to watch
'le road leading into ogden when they
We're notified of the affair. there would
'' no question but the trio and the
money would have been secured. but
"' declares thai the officers there h9Y
apparently not taken any steps To hes ID
"'' negroes off before they arrived.
BLACK Pearls" Story.
., Black Pearl convinced the officers
mat ne did not know who he was
'hH Il" Ogden. ana after telling
.'... 0e had left them he was allowed
' STAR, with his jaded team back
-.-.-. arriving here about o'clock last
'~'.- Pearl drives for the Colorado
..@, and. according to the story told
MIN. he was getting some sand
..s about HIS Friday night in an
QUO! below Second South when the
negroes approached him and asked
,"t. He would charge to drive them
l' Ogden.
...rn dollars he says. was the price
-.... anon at the barn. and after the
'.'art had been paid to the staFIe
,. fresh team was hitched to a
ISM double surrey. and the party
out. The fugitives. he SAYS.
--,,.'.'t themselves with a quart OF
' Bourbon before starring. and
'o--I 1T at his disposal.
d. icy then gave me So said the
5A. lo an officer. to make me
rt I'll. cam fast. and they made me
r' Io" whip 10 the horses all the
r-. don't know how we got there.
Az managed TO roll into Ogden
rA'rseS. driver and rig were a mass
.' When Trey got hack. and the
r ad1 the appearance of having
zen through thresbinr machine
-sr declared that he had no idea he
.S assisting suspected robbers ONT mt
-E city. ana he was pretty hadly
b.4.Ied when he found that the officers
M. ea A'-er him. for. as he claims
Wow, IVES had no idea that they
ere being pursued in a surre- bv Of
until they were caught in OGDEN