The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-09

that if We worked. fast the chances for
any of the gang escaping US were
small.
In my detective career Of forty years
do not recall another night as lively
az that one. Our next move was
against the Thomases. To make these
arrests we took Officer Weigman as
he was familiar with the minister and
his wife and with the premises. be-
sides being an intelligent and trustwor-
thy policeman Arriving at the house
in Finney avenue. 1 sent Weigman
ahead to knock at the door. Mrs.
Thomas responded Weigman asked
for her husband. and the minister's
wife said he was Out-she believed at
tending d lecture at DIR. Brooke's
church, but she expected him home
soon
While Weigman was holding Mrs.
Thomas in conversation Wheeler and
entered the house, telling Mrs Thomas
I we intended to make a search of the
premises SIZE was properly indignant.
but cool. | ordered her under arrest,
and placed her in Wheeier's custody
/ then sent Weigman out to wait for
Thomas as il was evident his wife
had told the truth about his absence
We intended. of course. to take Mrs.
Thomas to Jail. and as she was not
properly attired for such a trip ! di-
Iected Wheeler to have her select such
additional clothing as she wished to
wear
The preachers wife was an Amazon.
I'm physique and strongly masculine in
disposition and action. She claimed TO
have been Mrs. Richard Pollard.
widow. when she married Thomas two
years before, having formed the ac-
Quaintance Of the minister through
taking music lessons from him during
her widOWhOod- There had been some
sinister suggestions concerning the dis
appearance of Pollard, but I believe
no evidence ever was presented going
to show that there was anyt1-ss... irreg-
ular in the affair. We had learned d
good deal concerning her physical
bravery and determination while
''shadowing" her during the previous
weeks, and while wishing to show her
. every possible courtesy due a woman
dared not let her out of our sight
After she. had selected the clothes she
wanted l had Wheeler search them for
concealed weapon. but none was
found.
While she was dressing for the street
and / was making a hurried search of
/ the house I was startled by pistol
shot outside. Telling Wheeler TO watch
the woman, | ran from the house to
| lind WeigmaH graphing with Rev. Mr.
! Thomas 1t seems when Thomas ar
rived Weigman promptly covered him
with his revolver and told him he was
under arrest. The minister, a power
! full man physically. did not see fit
meekly to submit to arrest, and he
/ fiercely attacked the policeman strik-
/ ing him terrific blow on the law.
| Weigman fired a shot to bring help
/ ran up TO Thomas, and. before he
/ had a chance to offer further resist
ance. clapped handouts on him.
No three men in st. Louis can take
me- angrily declared Thomas
'One seems to have done it." said
Weigman.
Not by a id sight" retorted the
minister significantly.
Just what he intended to do I cannot
say. for at that instant there came loud
Shrieks from the woman in the house
Leaving the preacher handcuffed and
under. cover of Weigman's revolver I
rushed into the house to find Wheeler
desperately trying to wre1t a revolver
/ from the determined grip of the min
isters wife. The deputy marshal was
a man of great physical power. but he
had an he could do to secure the loaded
weapon and subdue its owner. Al
| though Wheeler had searched the
clothes she put on the woman had
made sudden movement toward a
bureau drawer, from which she grab
bed the revolver. After this masculine
oUtburst of physical force Mrs. Thorn
as sought refuge ian the feminine relief
of loud and continued screaming I
tried TO quiet her but she refused TO
stop. Then 1 threat tened to handeuf
her unless she Gained herself.
begged.
Madam. 1 never did such a thing
, IN my life" I said, but / certainly
shall be obliged 10 in this case if you
don't stop that outlandish shrieking"
The threat had the desired effect.
| We bundled the minister and his now
calm spouse away to the police station
In my haSty search of the house 1 had
/ found plaster of Paris molds used for
making counterfeit dies but | did not
I q fhRTnugh rob at ha
as there was other more important
work 10 do The next day. provided
with a spade. 4 went TO the Finney
avenue house and made a careful
search In the back yard under the
kitchen window ] found buried twenty
three counterfeit silver dollars. while
/ in jar in the pantry I found a guam
! tity of counterfeit 56-cent pieces. such
as had been passed by the preachers
wife.
II was now II O'Clock The stable
/ Of DR.. Banes. in which Sullivan lived,
was the next objective point. The col
ored man had been Swallowed TO the
/ Barnes residence that night. and we
knew he was somewhere around the
premises. I stationed myself at the al
/ ley entrance to the sta bic and sent
Wheeler around to the front door of
the house. He rang the bell. which was
/ answered by DR.. Barnes. Wheeler
asked Cor Sullivan.
He is not here" said DR.. Barnes,
/ curtl--
Who eler told the doctor his mission.
Sullivan isn't here" he repeated.
and you've no business around here
! looking for him.
Wheeler did not know how TO act
in the face OF this extraordinary recep-
tiou from a man who. we supposed,
would gladly assist officers of the
United States, and came around the
house for further instructions from me.
/ I had taken my stand in the alley
( believing Sullivan to be in the house
and that. at the first sign of danger
/ he would seek to escape by way of
J the alley. I told Wheeler TO go TO the
I back door of the house. seek admiS-
sion in the regular way and. if it were
/ refused him. to smash the door in He
/ started to carry out these instructions
/ when Sullivan dashed past him at
1 break-neck speed in the direction of
! the alley, running plump into my arms.
I No man was ever more surprised than
| he. We lost no time in getting him
( behind the bars. for the nights work
! was not finished.
From the Barnes residence. after Sc
curing Sullivan, we went to Bosses. At
/ no time had we ever had any evidence
! that Bosse was implicated in any way
other than by having guilty knowledge
/ OF what was going on in his saloon and
! hN allowing the COunt erfeitpre rem