Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-30
prcky Mother 0utwits the Fa'
Their and Takes Her Boys to
Salt Lake
pIcxpoCKET MAKES RICH HAUL.
,,a,is, from South Dakota Losses $40
Police Make Clever Capture
News Briefs.

p K Burton OF Aberdeen, South Da-
,o,a had his pockets picked yesterday
,oarnoon at 8 o'clock just as he was
N,,rding an oregon Short Line train
"a, Salt Lake City. and Is now mourn
10, the loss Of $40. Mr.. Burton, In
company with a friend, wa travelling
,,om his home to Ashland, Or, and
canned over In ogden to take a side
,rip TO Salt Lake city. The two men
went 10 the train to board 1t for Salt
lake CITY. He stopped to show his
trket 10 the brakeman, as is the GUS
,om. Just then two men crowded upon
him and on to the steps Of the car.
When he got upon the steps he had to
crowd past the same two men to get
irto the car and in the hustle and bus
N the pickpockets pulled open his vest
and took the wallet containing the
money. He did not miss his money for
few moments, but when he did he
rushed out Of the car with his friend
and they Jumped from the train and re-
r0rted The loss 20 the police, Special
Officer Jones Of the Oregon Short Line
WAS at the depot and Immediately OBJ
,alned the best description possible OF
The men, and telephoned the salt Lake
rolIce. who went TO the train, but the
men could not be located. Burton and
Ms friends are sure they can identify
,he robbers II they can see them again,
but II is believed they either jumped
from the train In Ogden or went 10 one
II the stations between here and Salt
Lake and left the train. The descrip-
ton furnished by Burton TALES exact
" with the description OF the two men
who recently stole the diamond pin
from a New York travelling man be-
tween here and Salt Lake City.
KlDNAPs HER OWN CHILDREN.
Mrs Alice Harris OF Salt Lake, who
has been having considerable trouble
during the pass week over her two boys.
who were awarded her by the court
when she secured a divorce from her
husband In 1898, yesterday afternoon
stole march on her husband, Lenader
Harris, and succeeded In locating the
two boys, who were hid at a friends In
North Ogden She took them from the
friends jumped in a buggy, drove
quickly to Ogden, boarded the oregon
Short Line train for Salt Lake City
with the boys at 1905 p. m, and sue
ceeded In getting away with them, be-
fore the father could get to the depot
TO stop her,
In January the boys were permitted
BY Mrs Harris to come to ogden to
visit with their father. Monday Mrs.
Harris In company with her brother,
Lorenzo Jensen came TO Ogden to get
the boys TO take them to Salt Lake,
where she now resides, Mr.. Harris, father
o. the children. refused TO let them go.
lie came to Ogden and through his
attorney Nathan J. Harris, filed a pc
uuoh asking the court to modify the
uWree and award the custody of the
.hudren to him. The mother through
her attorney filed n hubeas corpus pro-
,eedng against the father to compel
nun 70 appear In court and deliver up
,ne boys The court set both cases for
nearing next Thursday morning, May
y ats harris was not satisfied 10 wait
uhlll The case was settled by the court
20 secured buggy, on learning where
We children were, and stole them
away, II Is not known Just what fur
wer legal steps viii be taken In the
.sse, but no little excitement was ex-
p ,,g Yesterday afternoon in the
W wn Y. chase for the boys and the getting
~ ,p, nnelIl away on the train. Mr.. Harris
wy. ~ olneers went TO the depot TO inter-
Ivy, ,o yer with the children, but arrived
The bend 'H"' 90 a'ouhu
rvLlcE MAKE CLEVER CAPTURE.
,, = clever capture was made yesterday
W.T. OF two men and a woman
Sa, O'n ,he police suspect OF being mem
bs", vi lhe gang OF pick pockets who
"a a. INFESTED the railroads running into,
ss SUI" John Brown was arrested nv
rF'SSeant Pincock. after hard fight
pail elnlth was arrested by Chief OF
W.. 's browning and Mrs. II. Brown
ana "a Officer seeth, ~ '""
eaIaIf attention OF the police was
theIr1 ~, 10 me trio yesterday morning,
ce,s " sSu9hs being suspicious. The OH.
eost s Snauowed them. Sergeant PIN
Inc no" ga Jaw them enter the wine room of
them louis beer hall and followed
cor %, smith got out before the olil-
BrnsV,' lllo the room, but no found the
drinIir man and, woman In the room
civ | osg oeer which Is against the
coma VaqIlnahces, SO he told them 10
after cong cong WIN him. which they did
when tbo, u.'sIuerable persuasion, but
man s ,ey reached the saloon door the
him n buck buck at Mr., Pincock, striking
he bop pea'g blow on the nose, lpjuring
WV Inc officer quick az q flash,