The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-29
IDENTIFIED AS
THE ROBBERS
Two Brothers Are Charged
With Five Crimes.
J. F. KIRK IS ONE ACCUSER
OGDEN MAN ALSO SAYS THEY
HELD HIM UP.
IF. KIRK IS ONE ACCUSER

lAg lIH the arrest of Walter and Ed
w ward Burrill, brothers, by
Detectives George Chase and
Joseph Rurt yesterday afternoon.
the two robberies which were
committed Saturday night and
three highway robberies on the streets
OF Ogden, which occurred last Thurs
day night, have been cleared up. The
Burrill brothers have been positively
Identified by john f. Kirk as the men
who entered his grocery Saturday
night, shot at and robbed him. William
;. Williams came to salt Lake last
night from Ogden and not only identi-
fed the men as the pair who held him
up, but also recognized his wife's
watch and his chain and Eagle charm.
which they pawned on Commercial
street Friday morning.
The police believe that Edward Bur-
rlil entered SherwoOds drug store on
south state street an hour after the
first robbery took place last Saturday
night, while his brother was on the
lookout, and held up Robert Burton
the clerk. Burton could not identify
Burrill further than he was the same
size and complexion. The other two
highway rubberies charged TO them,
which occurred in Ogden, were commit
ted by two men answering their de
scription. The Ogden police say they
have evidence enough against them to
make a case in each instance.
Picked Up in Saloon.
The BurriI brothers we're arrested in
the Council saloon. on suspicion but
tneir description was exactly the reverse
OF that given TO the police. Walter Bur-
, "a an IL Il
while his brother Edward is short and
OF light complexion. The description on
winch Detect dives Chase and Burt were
working tailed with this. except that
the tan man and short man had changed
compilations. Both were well dressed and
nine umes out of ten would have been
taken for college graduates rather than
thugs. They wore the same suits of clot hes
and shoes which Kirk and Williams
described. but their mats were new.
W men they we're taken to the police
station and questioned they We're unable
10 give any account of themselves In
sheiT room IN the Occidental TOOming
house on East First South street two
guns were found on top of their ward
robe. The officers found there also the
pawn ticket for the watch on which the
TWO had borrowed money and which was
afterwards identified by Williams as be-
longing to him. The chain they nad given
TO a young man named Pritchard en-
ployed al the Council saloon. At the
=
found which had been checked 10 them
from Ogden to Salt Lake. Thursday night
before they commenced operations there
When Kirk came 10 the police station
ne was astoDished 10 see that the dark
compiexioned man was the taller, but
ne was positive about the mens fea-
lures. as they we're unmasked Mr. Will
llams was accompanied by FRED Kings
land with whom the two men had
roomed. He also Identified them in every
respect
Hat and Cap Are Found.
Later in the evening Detectives Chase
and Burt went to Gray Bros clothing
store, where they had bought their new
mats. and it was learned that they left
their old hat and cap there They said
at the time they had no use for their
Old hats, but Saturday afternoon they
returned and wanted them. The old hat
could not be found, but they were given
another cap and a light hat which have
also been Identified and described by Kirk
and Burton
Neither one would talk TO the detectives
ABOUT the matter further than to deny
mat they had anything TO do with the
robbcries- When they were searched II
was found each had a certificate OF an
honorable discharge from the Forty-sIxth
infantry. which had been in the Philip
pines during tho war with Spain They
declare they were born In Omaha and
that their parents are still living there