Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

just returned from a ball, to give up a
large amount of diamonds
Though not interested in this particular
robbery, Mr.. Pinkerton had mentally jotted
down the intimacy of Jack Denton with
this class of people; and he recalled it
now in connection with the fact that Jack
Denton was one of the two gamblers to
whom Pollock had exposed his diamonds at
the pawnshop in Omaha. He at once de-
cided to secure definite information in
regard to the boy who had been with Den
ton at Salt Lake three years earlier. Pro
ceeding Immediately to Salt Lake City,
and making cautious inquiries, he learned
that the boy in question, since he first
heard of him, had been arrested and con-
victed of robbery at Ogden, Utah, and SEN
fenced to one years term in the peniten-
tiary. An investigation at the peniten-
tiary disclosed that the young man had
given the name of James Burke, had
served out his sentence under that name
and had been released about one month
previous to the Pollock robbery.
Denton, in the meantime, had left Salt
Lake and gone to Omaha, there to make
his home. The boy Burke. argued the de-
tectiye, had naturally followed his friend
to that place. An accurate description of
Burke was got from the records of the
Utah pententiary, and some idea of him
and his friends was derived from the Off
Gals of the prison. But where to find him
in the whole great west was question.
Inquiries at Salt Lake developed the fur
Their fact that Burke had had one intimate
1rlenQ tlefe, man Hdlneu hdISHail
Hooker. Hooker had now, however, left
Salt Lake and removed to Denver. For a
man of his class Hooker was unusually
talkatiye, and was known by crook"
throughout the country as Windy Hook
err Plans were made for keeping a watch
on him and on Jack Denton, in the hope,
by Swallowing the movements of these
two. of ultimately locating Burke.
talk al Hnoker
ported back to the detective, 1t was soon
learned that Burke was known by the
alias of kid" Mccoy. and that he had
recently been operating on the Pacific
coast in holding up faro banks. and had
also been concerned in two large rob-
berries. one at Lincoln Neb., and the other
at Sacramento Cal. His whereabouts at
that time, however, were unknown,
Much time had now elapsed since the
robbery and the sensation caused by 1t
had died out. Jack Denton and his friends
seldom spoke of ii, and Hooker never spoke
of it unless the subject was introduced
TO him. Both men were extremely shy of
strangers and 1t was almost impossible
for detective to draw them out, as any,
body who introduced the subject of the rob
berry was at once looked upon with suspi-
cion For the purpose of creating further
talk upon the subject Mr.. Pinkerton caused
to be Inserted in the Omaha papers an adj
yertisement as follows:
Five hundred dollars VIII be paid for
any information leading UP to the identi-
ficatien of the party who robbed William
c. Pollock on the Sioux City and Pacific
train November 4, 1892.
..WILLIAM A. PINKERTON.
Paxton House, Omaha Neb."
This at once attracted the attention of
the local newspaper men, and when Mr.
Pinkerton arrived In Omaha he was in
terviewed by all the papers In the city in
regard to the robbery. Thus interest in the
robbery was at once renewed. Denton and
the other persons under suspicion COM
menced talking of the matter again, none
more freely than Hooker
The latter was then in Denver. Mr.. Pin
kerton Instructed Mr.. James Mcfarland
Denver superintendent of the Pinkerton
agency. to send for him. and say to HIM