Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-17
RECORD HAUL
OF STOLEN GOODS
g.. Uncover Biggest Cache in History OF
the City-Desperate Gun Play and
Narrow Escape from Tragedy.

, day. Following Is a partial list of the
| stuff found by the officers,
A large steel range one ton of coal,
| two trunks. three overcoats, several
boilers, a leg of beef, several boxes of
| cigars. two boxes of candy two or
three sets OF harness. lot Of bedding
including mattresses quilts, blankets,
sheets and Pillows there were saws,
shovels, can of stewd chicken, a val
liable lap robe. a step ladder dishes
enough for half dozen, coffee mills,
cooking utensils OF all kinds, a slot ma
chine, two or three chairs, a set OF
carpenter tools, book on practical
dlstlllery, and whisky tester Down
at the house there are 800 pounds Of
onions, 100 bushels Of potatoes, 800
pounds Of -four and sor1e more coal
II Is evident from the articles the
men had that they contemplated max
ing wild cat" whisky. md the officers
are firmly convinced that such We're
their intentions. Besides the book on
"How TO Moke Whisky they had "a
receipt for making the stuff and a
diagram, roughly drawn, Of q sun In
operation. The whisky tester the ON
GERS found bears evidence OF having
been recently purchased IL was per-
feotly new and the officers believe the
men sent for II with the intention OF
using 1t In the near future.
This morning Parker ana klenke ad-
mltted everything but They were very
careful to shield Trip, Both men de-
clared that Trip has not been turning
any Of the tricks that they have done
Il all but that Trip has shared some
OF the profits, Parker SAID ne SOFA
things all over town. but denied thae
of the profits. Parker said ne stole
He appears to be perfectly indiiieieht
as TO the position he Is placed IN anu
when the officers asked him a NUMBER
OF questions he laughed at them
Klenke Is the man whom Onlcef ROD
erts arrested for HOUSEKEEPING In De-
cember he burglarized a room at the
Knutsford hotel and stole number Oh
articles Of value Yesterday afternoon
he pleaded guilty when arraigned pc
fore Judge Dlehl. He admitted TO the
officers, so they say, that he has been
associated with Parker In his expedl-
tions about town, All day to day me
police station has been swarmed win
persons who called 10 identity ana
claim their property.
The tons OF coal belongs TO IT, D.
Plnchin, a blacksmith at Fourteenth
South. He received an order for half
of Il. One OF the two trunks contain
ing about forty articles Of ladies' wear
ing apparel is the property OF Miss
Eliza Fries OF 327 Center street. The
lady identified her things and had them
pilcd back into the trunk.
How did they get the trunk she
exclaimed. "Why, they just walked
right Into the house, picked It up and
walked out"
Mrs. Moore Of 254 Third East called
early this morning and identified an
overcoat hat and pair Of gloves be-
longing TO her SON. They we're stolen
from the High School several days
ago.
Numerous other articles have been
claimed and as the police have a list
OF stolen property as II has been re-
ported from time 10 time, II VIII not
he very difficult to trace the owners
of each article and particularly those
Of any value
This afternoon complaint Is to be
filed in Judge Diehl's court charging
the men with burglary, and 1t Is ex'
pected they viii plead guilty to the
charge when arraigned In court.