Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-19
Ogden Officers Trace Recent Reign
OF Terror to Its Proper
Source.
LOCAL MAN HAD HAND IN IT.
Series Of lioldups, Burglaries, ETC.,
Now Fully Accounted For An
Interesting Story.
Especial to the "News.ol

cient work on the part of the sherlff's
Office, the police department and Special
officer sullivan Of the Southern Paci.
iic the reign of terror which has ex-
isted in Ogden for the past six months
or more, has been traced to It's proper
source and number OF the parties re-
sponslblc are now in durance vile with
the same fate awaiting several others,
at present In custody.
on Oct. Il the Turf Exchange sa-
loon on Twenty-fourth street was held
up by three men, those implicated in
the affair being II. r. Hickey alias
Dad, and the irrepressibe John Doe
and Richard Roe. Hickey was ar
rested In Salt Lake on Monday last
on information furnished the police
there by Sheriff Bailey, Chief OF Po-
lice Browning aud officer Sullivan. lie
was brought 70 ogden Tuesday by
sheriff Bailey and 10 now in the coun-
ty jail awaiting hearing on the charge
Of robbery. The other two are still
at large, and are at present supposed
TO be In the Vicinity of Denver, The
officers also have information as to
where the guns were cached shortly
after the robbery, and where the men
went and slept They also know that
at least one Of the guns and possibly
two Of them was given to one John
Monroe by George II Wells, proprietor
Of the oak saloon in this city Monroe
turning over the guns to Hickey. This
information has led to the arrest of
Monroe, Wells and a man named James
Baine, all of them for being implicated
In the holdup, Baine to the extent of
furnishing n coat and hat to one of
the culprts, These men are charged
with having full knowledge of the
affair and with waiting In the o *
saloon until the return Of the robbers
after the holdup. Monroe IN said to be
the man who went to the wine room
door Of the O X while the threee rob-
bers were within counting the spois
lie II was also who gave them the
tip that THE dicks" meaning the OFF,
GERS. were present, while Wells told
the latter that the men In the wine
room were parties who had been play
ing cards there all day,
THE FANG HoLDUP.
on the Hight Of Oct. 20 the Fang
saloon on Grant avenue was held up
by four men, these men being II. II.
Hickey, John Halling, Richard
Poe and John Doe The two former
are now under arrest, Halling having
been caught the night Of the holdup IN
q room OF the Ogden house, whittier
robbers had fed after turning the trick
referred to. The others jumped out OF
second story window and made their
escape. Hickey, in jumping, fell ON his
back, severely injuring II, and was
under a physicians care when arrested
in Sait Lake. lie ia also supposed TO
have been connected with the burglary
Of Jon q store at Kelton. and to have
been mixed up IN the attempt to rob
the postofllce at the same place.
SOME IN STATE PRISON.
The five men, Kennedy, Williams,
Burke, Sullivan and Campbell, who are
now serving time in the state prison
for similar depredations, are also mem
bers of the same gang. and the four
recently convicted OF murder In the
first degree at Wlnnemucca-Fre Reed,
John l.. Seyiner, Al Linderman and 7.
T. Gorman-are also confederates in
crime, along with score of others
who have constituted the party re-
NI'ilNlnl' WI All' llNlhhIof ibbb'lltE tilh
burglaries which have occurred In this
section within the past year or So Cor
man, who was arrested In Salt Lake.
charged with having held up the Corl-
anton saloon In that city, Is also one
Of the same crowd, Among them are
men known 10 have served terms In tile
Kansas and oregon state prisons.
WELLS CAREER.
George H. Wells. one OF the men now
under arrest here, came to ogden three
years ago and opened up n cigar fac
tory, which he ran til last April, when
he sold II and started the O x saloon.
TNs place has been n rendezvous for
holdups and tough characters ever
since It was opened and II is UNDER
stood that there was an arrangement
between Wells and the holdups that
they could make his place their head
quarters provided they would spend
their ill-gottcn gains there lie also
stood in readiness TO prove an allbi for
them In case Of their apprehension.
Wells was arraigned before Judge
Howell today and placed under $4,000
bonds The others bonds were fixed
az 81 600 cGCl. Hnlling was given his
preliminary bearing and was bound
over e. the district court in the sum
mined