Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05
LIGHT ON THE
HOLDUP BUSINESS.
How fine Saloons Harbor Crimi'
mails and Abet Crime in
Ogden City
DEATH OF VIM. ECCLES, Sen.
" R Emmett Wins Election Contest
Has Three More Votes than HIS
Rival Mr.. Driver--Personals.

A. fine afternoon session of the NUM-
.a, conrt the preliminary hearing OF
c,oroo n Wells, charged N.with being
,,,l,cated In the hold-up OF the Fang
.,oo, ON the night OF oct. 20, 1908. was
,.v.n M. The principal witness for
u. state was John Halling, the man
crested the night Of the hold-up at the
o,de, House by officer Barlow Will
,or The witness testified that he was
horn At Brigham City and lived there
rnti he was 20 years of age. lie then
,en his home and went east ana
worked around for about two years
returning to the west and went to the
coast where he spent about five years
and then was sentenced to the Idaho
state prison where he spent Il months,
Va came TO ogden about the middle OF
nctnber. where he met r. j, Hickey
~ Dad. John Monroe, Furry or Dago,
NICK. Quincy, Baine and Andrew
Winberg. on the night of Oct, IL
No was i'm the .. X. Saloon ana got on
speaklng terms with Mr.. Wells, the
Attendant that evening. on Sunday
NIGHT Haling was at the o. X. saloon
again and had talk with Wells, and
tod him he thought Of going to salt
lake city. as he was too well known
hsre in ogden, and might get arrest
"a Whereupon Wells told Halling that
n he wanted to stay in town and got
arrested and was not caught right In
tbe act he would furnish an alibi for
him. and II necessary get on the stand
himself TO prove the abb. Monday
night the same gang was In the saloon
and they decided on a stick up at the
card room in the rear of Munsey's
eirar store on Twenty-iitth street
That Hallng, Nick and Winberg were
N mrr the trick. Two of the guns
we're furnished by Wells, and Monroe
ave one to Halling, and Wells gave
amther TO Wlnbcrg When they got
% TO the card room, II was closed,
50 they returned TO the saloon. Tues
day night the gang met at the q, Is.
saloon again and planned the Fang
hOld-up That evening Monroe went
TO the bar and got two guns from
Wells, which he gave TO Iialling ana
Hickey. Hallng borrowed Baine's
coat and Quinney's hat and then Hall
Inc, Nick, Furry and Hickey left the
saloon. went down to Wall avenue ana
IN TWenty-fourth street TO the sa-
loon where they put red pocket hand
kerChiefs over their faces as masks
Hallng and Hickey entered at the
back door and Furry and Nick by the
front door lIalllng held the gun on
Mr. BellO. the proprietor of the saloon
Furry went through the cash till while
the other two kept watch at the doors,
and Nick went through Bello's pockets.
They left the saloon By the front door
and went across Grant avenue and back
Of Thomas store, where they turned
down their coat collars and then went
down Twenty fourth street, They
cached their guns and the watch back
Of ScOwcrofts warehouse and then went
TO the o, X, saloon. entering by the
back door and were In the wineroom d.
ydlng the money when the officers
came TO the saloon. Monroe Knocked
on the wall and the men skipped out Of
me back door and went to the room IN
The Ogden house where they were after
wards found by officer Wilson, and
Hickey Furry and Nick jumped out OF
The window and Halling, the witness,
was caught
The guns that were found In Wells
saloon by the officers were produced in
court hnt Haling said he could not
positively Identify the guns, but said
hey looked very similar to the ones
FINISHED them by Wells
Andrew n, Winberg was the next Wit
nes called. He testified that he is a
ElilInnrn ~
Jay evening" oct, 10, the witness was
d lne q. Is, saloon, where they plan
ul the hold-up of the poker game at
,ne rear of Munsey's cigar store. Wells
handed a gun to Wlnberg, also cart
rlses ANA he with Nick and Halllng
went up TO turn the trick. but the
nace was closed. The witnes testified
quay wells promised to furnish the alibi
eU mem u arrested, lie further test-
"a that Wells said he was going to fix
pace in the rear part Of the saloon
,gp me guns so they could get them
,,uas'e,lnslead of at the bar. Winberg al
~ 'esulled that Wells gave him cents
mp next morning after the Gang hold
wv ouy newspaper with. so they
t,ouu see who was caught That when
~, went to bis room, 49, Twenty-sixth
oS ON Wednesday morning, he
tiouna Hickey in his bed His back was
Sont from the jump out OF the ogden
SSnerlft Joseph Bailey next took the
1.uness stand and testified that few
,oa's after the arrest Of Wells he went
,S ue w. Is saloon, where ne found
cb,,s, guns and a red pocket handker-
,oS under the bar That Mr.. Wells
nav nav nun TWO Of the guns belonged TO
l On the cutoff and one to him.
tnls completed the evidence for the
n,,n yVVlon ana the Gase was continued
n" ms afternoon Mt o'clock when
aelehse VIII put I'm their evidence.
o,S ores Balne and John Monroe. the
bs TWO men In custody ON the same
az as Wells, have secured change
boi "ue IN their case on application of
vh" attorney Soren Y. christensen
ion,, s's9 represents r. ]. Hickey. the
,bsi'u ueIendant. II is oxpectod that
ma pLelmlnarv hearing VIII come up
0's'hhing Of next week.
WILLIAM EccLEs, SIR, DEAD.
nhoNn,,llam Ecoles, ST. died Yesterday
rosS "99n az his residence on Canyon
mon, ne death was expected. ma
hours iho ag, which had developed 80
that M, D'i ,' made such rapid progress
iarl ts phyalcians said II would prove
vas bu ro one of his advanced years. lie
Scotch "'s 'slh Year, and was OF sturdy
lghtlv ancestry and bore his years
10 ensh Nlihoueh possessed OF means
has, dnry,n lin to live a life of ease he
Ne turing the closing years Of his
Ms ft ,,'S yea on busying himself at
Ing n9o near the city limits, PREFER
"'' oi activity to home ease with