The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-27

magistrate moved the discharge Of the
Prisoner on the ground that ehere We're
no warrants in court on which to hold
them, although there were John Doe
warrants at police headquarters.
If these men are discharged by your
honor" / said. Il shall not allow them
10 leave this courtroom free"
The prisoners are discharged. de-
ciared Van Woud.
Barron started to leave the room,
ana i again took him into custody. He
fought desperately and / overpowered
MN. This magistrate promptly fined me
Tor contempt of court. This fine was
Immediately paid by Chief WashbUrn.
VINO had come TO watch the proceed
lhgs' and / held to my man. Barron
and Schoen were taken back to the old
police station al Union and Madison
streets. despite the indignant protesta-
TONS of their attorney. On March p.
Barron was released from custody on a
pond of $4,000. although the value OF
the property involved in the theft was
81 600, and this bond was found TO be
straw" The king of thieves disap-
peared
The STRAW bond at that time was
one of the greatest hindrances to effec-
tive police work. The conscientious de-
tectfve after expending infinite energy
oIten saw him released to continue his
crimes by just such methods as ! have
h mere described. I could cite scores OF
cases in which noted criminals were
given their liberty by this nefarious
method.
Chagrined as ] was over the apparent
ene'9f this case, / determined that Bar
ron should not escape me If it were i'm
my power finally to settle him be
hind the gates of the penitentiary.
With thi~ general purpose in view l
went ABOUT my other duties. but.
through the information secured from
Mrs Kelly. l kept i'm touch with his
movements in a general way One day
Nthe following August Chief Washburn
called me into his office,
The Union Star Line Of of Freight
transportation" he said. has been
suffering losses from the theft of mer-
chandise from cars to an enormous
total W. w. Chandler informs me
that he has already paid out s520 600
TO consignees for goods shipped 20 them
but which were stolen en- route Every
detective of the Central detail has been
working on the case we believe Jim
Barron is at the head of the gang do
ing the work. Can you find Barron p
Yes. L answered
You seem very confident" said the
chief oUeStioningly
If / could not find him I would not
consider myself worthy of a position in
this office"
All right concluded the chief I
VIII take the other men off the case
The Star Line robberies had been
committed on the Pennsylvania rail
road between Liverpool. Ind. and Chi
cago- The nSethodNemployed were dar-
ing and ingenious as well. The robbers
mad carefully posted themselves on the
stretches of upgrade track as the
trains Travelled westward. In the night
as train came to a standstiH al the
intersection of another railroad. the
thieves boarded the train. tore off the
TIN and leaden seal of a car ana then
while the train was toiling slowly up
one OF the grades suited for their pur-
pose. boxes and bales were dumped out
OF the car
After accomplishing this the thieves
LEFT the train under cover of darkness
and escaped. Their confederates pro
Vlded with a farm wagon, followed the
train 70 be robbed along the wagon
road and gathered up the booty. haul
ing most of it to BarTOn's various de-
pots in Chicago. Occasionally some of
the packages were taken back to Crown
Point and shipped from there by a man
giving the name Of j. II. Banks to
BarrOn's fences i'm other cities An
auction house in Cincinnati run bv &C
~Radamacher.' received large quanti-
ties OF these goods. as did II y. Miles
x Co, of the same city. and firms in
St Louis and Buffalo. In this scheme
OF wholesale plumber James Ewing.
farmer living near Crown Point was
an accomplice. and his farmhouse. I
found later, was q rendezvous for the
train robbers Barron frequently visit
ed there. The thieves were experts in
their selection of the most valuable
freight packages in "a car. and. as the
goods stolen were consigned to first
fhHlDg hN- rp-rn mil
and factories, they represented a large
sum OF money.
Barron's leadership of the band of
train robbers ana his dispOsing Of the
goods stolen were established beyond
question. but to go into the details at
this time would consume more space
than I have at my disposal. Suffice 1t
TO say that the case had narrowed TO
the location of Barron, and, some time
after having been assigned to the case.
l reported 10 Chief Washburn that I
knew where Barron was and was ready
TO go after him.
How much will it cost to bring him
back?' asked the chief
From $50 to S1O0." / said
Il don't know where the money is to
come FROM. ne replied. but I will see
if can get the board to appropriate
In this he failed and dissppo;ntedIy
informed me that the matter would
have 10 rest where il was for the time
being. Almost Immediately afterward
Chief Washburn was removed from his
position on account OF A personal
quarrel with the police commissioners.
and Jacob Rehm was appointed chief.
He realized the Importance of the cap
ture of Barron. but, like his predeces-
scr, said he did not know Just where
the money was to come from. During
this time, presume bly, because the rest
Of the detective force had been relieved
from work on the case when I was as
signed to IT, matters at headquarters
were not made any too comfortable for
me Every morning / was asked by nv
fellow detectives in a sneering Wav-
We'll. have YOU found your MANI
I kept my counsel but determined u
have the last laugh. Going to Chief
Rehm. l told him I would pay the ex-
penses myself If he would do all he
could after l returned TO see that I was
reimbursed This he promised and
believe faithfully kept his promise. but
he did not Succeed. and to this day 7
have not recovered a cent of the money
spent on that triD.
The same night I boarded a train for
BGfaio. Barron, according to my in
formation was conducting a dry goods
store at 232 Batavia street I'm that CITY
under the alias OF William Davidson