The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-10

not know them as such and they ia
time reported back that Burke was
really the Pollock rObber; that after
committing the robbery he had gone
back to Omaha, and from there had
gone to Denver. From Denver he went
to Salt Lake and visited a prisoner in
the Salt Lake penitentiary with whom
he was intimate. gave this prisoner
some money, and went from salt Lake
west to the Pacific coast.
Mr. Pinkerton next instructed thal
the record be examined for daring
"hold-ups" that might have occurred
in the country lately JraVersed By
Burke. II was then found that a faro
bank at Colorado City. a small place
between ManitOu Springs and Colorado
Springs. had been entered late at night
by a masked robber. who compelled
the dealer and other persons to hold
up their hands, took the money i'm the
drawer and escaped; that later on a
similar robbery had been perpetrated
fat San BeInardinO Cal, that later
still the pool rooms of James Malone.
noted gambler at Tacoma Wash,
had been treated In the same manner;
and finally. that light or pane OF
glass in Il jeWelry stone at Sacramento
had been broken in and tray of Ola
monds snatched from the window by "a
NetA 1llE AllltAs anu an u tfiC1C tEIttT
Mr.. PinkertOn learned ultimately
through Hooker's talk. had been done
by Burke.
The watch on Denton at Omaha de
veloped little. if anything. except that
a close eompanionship existed between
him and the Omaha paWnbrOker.
During the summer of 1893. learning
that an intimate friend of Burke's.
burglar who had been i'm prison with
him in the Utah penitentiary. was con
fined i'm Jail at Georgetown. Tex. Mr.
PiukertOn decided to go and interview
this man. and see if he could get any
trace, through him. of the robber. In
the meantime he instructed the detec-
tives at Omaha and Denver TO keen
q particularly close watch on Jack
Denton and Hooker.
On Mr.. PinkertOn's arrival at Austin,
Tex. he found awaiting him dispatches
from Superintendent Mcfarland Of The
Denver agency. stating that through
Hooker's talk they had learned that
kid" Mccoy. or Burke. had been ar
rested at Eagle. Colo, with a kit or
burglar tools i'm his possession, and
was then i'm jail n Leadville. Colo.
Mr.. PinkertOn at once telegraphed 70
have Conductor AshmOre and Mr.
Shaw. the welI-diggeT go To Leadville
and see if they could identify the Dris-
oner Word was also sent 10 New York
for Mr. Pollock TO do the same. He
also instructed Superintendent McPar-,
land at Denver to send his assistant, j.
{. Fraser to watch the case 50 that II
Mccoy gave bail, or attempted TO es-
cape from the Leadville jail, they could
be ready with q warrant for his arrest
on account Of the Pollock robbery.
Having wired these instructions, Mr..
Pinkerton proceeded on his journey to
Georgetown. Tex, where he called on
McCOy's former prison associate in the
Utah penitentiary, but was unable 10
get him TO tell anything about Mccoy
though he volunteered, if Mr.. PmkeT-
ton would furnish him a bond and get
him out of his Texas scrape, to so 90
Omaha and compel the fence" who
had received the diamonds 10 turn back
the property But the rule of the Jew
elers' Protective union was 10 get the
thief first and the property afterward:
so no treaty was made with the Texas
prisoner.
Mr. Pinkerton now went 10 Kansas
City and found awaiting him there
dispatches from Superintendent Nc
Parland of the Denver agency, stating
that Conductor AshmOre and Messrs.
>Shaw and Pollock had positively iden-
titled the prisoner. James Burke, alias
Kid Mccoy. as the man who assault
ed Mr.. Pollock and robbed him of his
diamonds.
Burke WINGED perceptibly when he
saw Conductor AshmOre and Mr.. Shaw,
and went fairly wild when confronted
by Mr.. Pollock Requisition papers were
obtained from the governor of the state
of Iowa on the governor of Colorado.
and the Colorado offense being a minor
one. Burke was turned over 10 Assist
ant SUPERINTENDENT Fraser and another
detective, to be taken to Logan Harri-
son county, Ia Before leaving Lead
VILE Mr.. Fraser was conhdentially
warned by the sheriff of the county
that he could not be too careful of his
prisoner: for that Burke, through Il
friend of the sheriff, had made propo-
sition to the latter 10 pay him $1,000 If
he would secretly furnish him with a
revolver when he left the Jail. his de
sign being, with this revolver. to either
"hold-up'' or kill the two detectives
who had him in custody and make his
escape from the train.
On trial ut Logan, Ia, the man was
easily convicted and was sentenced 10
imprisonment for term Of seventeen
years.
Next Sunday the story OF TIE
ROCK ISLAND EXPRESS win ap-
pear in this section.
Copyright, 1905, by 6 W Dillingham;