Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-01
LOOKS MUCH LIKE
UNDUE SUSPICION.
Harmless Greeks Arrested for
Attempting to Hold up Rev.
{. |. Goshen.
COUNTYMEN DEFEND THEM.
Say the Men Were Lost and We're
Simply EIkleayorlng 10 Ascertain
Where They Were At.

: A couple of alleged holdups came to
grief last night and landed in jail for
attempting to hold up Rev. Elmer l.
Goshen and "Bennie' Roberts, re-
porter.
The former was on South Temple
suddenly stopped by two suspicious
looking men. Before either had chance
to draw gun, Mr.. Goshen began
slashing at them with his cane. The
men ran down the street and MI
Goshen boarded a car and hurried 70
the University club, where he tele-
phoned to the police. giving them de-
sCription OF the men.
In few minutes several officers Were
sent out In the neighborhood of the at
tempted holdup. Every crossing was
carefully guarded, and every pedes-
TRAN was made to give an account OF
himself.
Mr.. Roberts, who went out with the
officers, ran into the men on Second
East. The fellows barred his path
and Roberts stood still, trying to de-
wise some plan to give an alarm. FL
nally the hodups started to run, Rob-
quickly notified and In few seconds
had the alleged robbers under arrest
AT the police station they said they
We're brothers and gave their names as
James and Theodore Kothopolo. one
of the men was armed with 3S-caliber
revolver and both had handkerchiefs
that the officers believe were used for
masks. They are Greeks and cannot
speak very good English, They were
booked OH the charge Of attempted hold
up.
WHAT GREEK LEADERS SAY.
n. p. Stathakos, Constantine Anar-
gyros and $. G. Skliris. three repre-
sentative members OF the local Greek
colony, called at the News this
morning in regard to the case Each
affirmed that the men were innocent
Of any wrongdoing, in fact, they assert
ed that in no instance had one of their
fellow countrymen ever before been
accused OF the crime Of attempting to
hold up citizen. The story told by
the gentlemen as a solution Of the sus-
plcious actions Of the two accused men
last night is that they arrived from
Mack, Colo, a couple Of days ago and
had gone last night out to the quarry In
North Salt Lake, where some friends
OF theirs were working. on returning
they omitted TO get off the car on East
Temple street and were carried on to
the east side where they got off and
wandered around. After an interval
they saw Rev. Goshen and approached
him with the object in view Of asking
to be directed to their lodgings. 1t
was then that Mr. Goshen, imagining
that he was about to be held up, made
a break for downtown. The two
Greeks, puzzled and scared by his ac-
tions. then continued on their way
with the result they ran into Ben Rob-
erts, reporter on the Herald, with the
same sequel.
WHO THE MEN ARE.
In talking regarding the affair Mr.,
Skliris said: "The Greek names Of the
two men are Theodosia Katsargises
and Demitros Katsargises. They are
brothers the former having arrived In
America about Is months ago and the
other year ago. i know them well
and secured work for them at Mack,
Colo. They returned to Salt Lake, hav-
ing completed their work on Wednesday
night. Dr.. Critchlow attended TO Theo-
dosla I'm this city for about six weeks
and both mem are known here where
they bear good regulations"
In explanation of the fact that gun
was found on one OF the men and that
both had black handkerchiefs in their
pockets, Mr., Skliris stated that the
gun was carried for protection, as the
men went outside OF the city limits
and were nervous. AS to the black
handkerchefs, he said that it was the
custom among Greek laborers to use
them, as they did not show the dirt so
readily as cambria,
All three gentlemen scoffed at the
idea that the Greeks were attempting
to commit felony and asserted that