The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
BURGLAR PUTS UP
HARD STRUGGLE
James E. Rogers Caught Red-Handed
by Burbidge and Bywater.
TURNS ON THE FIRE CHIEF
FIGHTS IN DARKNESS FOR LIB
ERTY, BUT is OVERCOME.
red-handed. while commit


|, ting a burglary IN the residence Of
Peter G. Stevens at 43 West Fifth
South street last evening, James r.
Rogers, aged p, waiter by occupa-
ton, and only five hours in town from
Omaha, is in the city jail. His capture
was brought about by peculiar Circum-
stances.
Mr.. Stevens and the members Of his
family We're away from home last even
ing and the house was in darkness
Some one in the neighbOrhOOd heard the
shattering of glass shortly after 9
o'clock and notified police headquarters
that there was a possibility a burglar
was operating in the neighborhOOd-
ACting-Chief John b Burbidge was
on duty at the time and sent Officer B
ID. Siegfus to the scene. The patrol
wagon was off on a call to another
section of the city, and Fire Chief W
H Bywater invited the acting chief TO
take a ride in his carriage.
1T was the widest ride ever took,
said Captain Burbidge, after his return
We went heIter-skelter over the
streets. and many times I thought l
would be pitched ont. But we got there
at last. and we got our man. officer
Siegfus arrived "A few moments later
and when the patrol wagon arrived we
hsndcuffed the burglar and brought
quarters.
Search in the Dark.
It was a simple tale d. told by Cap
tain Burbidge. but there were Incidents
connected with the capture that were
of a meIOdTamatic character. When
the two officials reached the house they
separated and made detOuT without
discovering anything until they reached
I 2 T,o ~ T7a hrrTf he
found a window open. the glass from
which had been broken They entered
softly and proceeded on tip-tOe TO make
a careful search of the premises They
had reached the parlOr when they heard
q noise within the room Drawing his
revolver and striking a match at the
same moment. Captain BuTbidge cried
Hands up" and in the Pickering
I light cast by the match the officer saw
man standing in one corner of the
room with his hands pointed toward the
! ceiling
I've got EN- up" said the burglar
Don't shoot"
There was no shooting, but there
were more than a score Of matches
/ lighted in an effort to find to some bet
| ter means of illumination, but Captain
Burbidge could find none Meanw hli'
! Chief Bywater had rushed upon the
t mari ard had a finn grasp upon min
when the police official thought h'
heard sounds from another room
/ Burglar Struggles With Bywater.
! In the darkness. with revolver il
/ hand. Captain Burbidge went on a toul
of INSPECTION. His steps had hardly
/ CeaSed down the paSSagcWay when the
{ burglar turned on Chief BywateT anc
! made A desperate effort to free himself
/ They had a rough and tumble struggle
I through the paTlOT, upSettInE the fuFnl
I tuTe. each fightiUE desperately Tor mas
/ purpose Chief B-water had no re-
voIver nor weapon of any description
and had to depend on main strength
/ 10 retain hold on his man and t6
ward off any possibility of d deadly re-
suit.
In the midst of the struggle Captain
Burbidge. who had been attracted by
/ the sounds of the combat. returned u
| the DarIor and burned more matches L
( illuminate the scene If JltTy ne va.
I i'm the center of the fray. and between
! them the officers succeeded in Subduius
+ the burglar Just as Mr. stevens cnteTe,
& the house \ moment later there Wa:
light thrown on the situation and Z
few minutes aGteTWJTd officer SIeEtUS
rautiug and out of breath. arrived Oh
4 the scene
Stolen Goods Found on Him.
\ search al the prisoner WAS mad,
and ON his person were found two five
dollar gold pieces a pair of gold Inn
sleeve buttons and a gold pen all o
. which Mr.. Stevens identified aS hi
proUertv. Meanwhile Officer SieEfu
had teIephoned for the patrol Wagon
/ and when it arrived the prisoner. Sc
. cureIy haudcuffed. was hustled into /
and driven TO headquarters. There ~
said his name was James Z Rogers
that he was - years old, a waiter hl
. occupation. and that he had been IL
+ town about five hours. coming her
. from Omaha He said he was dloH
when ne entered the house. He Wa
E looked over by the officials. but no on
could place him as ever having bee
engaged I'm any crime I'm this city be
fore. He VIII be examined this morn
ing and Will then be arraigncd in tn
police court
Open Window Scares Woman.
There was another burglar call las
night. but it proved to be false alarm
4 woman residing in the Board O
Trade building on returning home fOur
one of the windows OF her apartment
omen and concluded that burglars ha
gained an entrance. When an office
arrived an investigation was made an
then she remembered that she Ia
raised the window when she left tn
house early III the evening.