Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13
TWO TAKEN IN THIS MORNING.
Are Of the "GraIicr' Variety and Had
Scolpcrs' Tickets In Their
Possession,
HAVE BEEN REhPlNG A HARVEST.
Capture Was Effected Through 0lliccrs
Disgusting Themselves as
Easy Marks

" omcors sporry ana Davies keep NJ
the good work they started this morn
mg, the town win soot be rid Of grnft.
olg
Two men are now behind the bars In
the city jnil and they stand n good
chance To no over the road for their
wrong doing. They gave the names
Of j, w. llunoN aged 30 years, ana
Charles carlisle aged 30 years, Roth
men cno here from Helena on scalpors
tickets. and rnon their arrival hero
hive worked various "gmfle' on un-
wspootng strangers, and II " believed
they have rcnpod quite u harveo,,
This morning Onoors sporry ana
Davies started ont arroycd IN plain
clothes Of the farmer persuasion, They
carried umbrellas and paper sack
each. ana both were hungrily doyour.
INK peanuts und popcorn IN the Tabcr.
preached by tho alleged graftors nut
In soliIo munnCr the men seemed 10
'got next 10 the fact that their IN
tended victims were officers, and they
tried 10 mnko their getaway Sperry
captured one ~ the men, and Davies
colIarcd the other ana took them to tho
station
Yesterday morning these same mon
worked praft ON l., ", Slmms, " De-
| lamar Nevada ana worked $40 out OF
him. II was ON The nncicnt lock trick
ana one Of the men, llaney, stepped M
| and represented himself TO be an on.
cor ~ course slmms did not want to
be- arrested for gambling, and Hnney,
the alleged officer, asked him II he had
any money Slmms replied that he had
Slih lluneN II ~ claimed, took the
money aud ,rlcd To get away with II,
but Slmms would not stand for tho
graft and llOncy returned the money
less 80,
MEN IDENTIFIED
Huney ana his compnnlonC Carlisle then
made their escape, This morning the
mon were still looking FOR suckers IN
the Tabernacle grounds when the ON.
GERS arrested them At tho station
the men were searched ana upon
llHnoy was found counterfeit 81 gold
piece, and upon being more Thoroughly
searched $3.50 was found In the sleeve
" hIs coat After their arrest, the
two men were identified by Mr. Slmms,
and ho win remain here to prosecute
them,
Another victim ~ John Johnson, u
stranger who arrived here day or two
0go Tho grnfiors tried 10 work somp
Kind NJ fake land deal ON him, Thcy
took him down 10 Liberty PARK ana ln'
ducsd him To sign a cheek, but for Romc
ronson the dear wna not contaminated
ana ,lohnfon saved Ms money lie also
idcnlnod the men this morning
HAD OrFlCERS' BADGE
IN addition to the counterfeit coin
found ON llHnoS "A detectives badge
was dlso found, II was with this that
no made str0ngora believe ho was M
officer aud after "urrrAllng' MIA man,
Induced tho stranger 10 hriho him. rhH
lg mn ed trick and has been worked hero
several limos before.
Omcrrs sporty uud nOylCe ore suV
WORKING on thp case ma they hNyo
every roaeou to believe that before
mnnv hours 70 hy they win lRnd tho
lender Of the gnug mat seems 10 ho
mfoNtu, Solt Lake M the present unln,
pbn mrn arrested and INV In SAN re-
fused ~ tank ~ me OffOlr They dld
nat admit or deny their guns, but lnns'
much "a, ihny nave been 'donll0Cd, thoto
IN lulp douNt tNnt thoy win hc convict
cd