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

that two of the mysterious hotel guests
had been White and Horton. There
was one signature, however, which evil
IDENTIFY had not been made by either
White or Horton, as the comparison
plainly showed.
Mrs. Ewing furnished another valu-
able clew in the statement that Horton
was q frequent visitor to the Clark
street iewelry store. From converse
tions she had overheard she was con-
WINGED that Horton was transacting
business" With the proprietor of the
store; in other words. that he was
fencing" some of the bands stolen
jewelry at that place. AS she named
the men who frequented her husband 8
house in a social way l found one of
them to be the son of prominent and
respected merchant in the jewelry
trade. but no offense further than his
association with jewelrT thieves ever
was fastened on this young man
AS I said in the beginning. Adam
Brown, or James r. Barron. was at
that time most distinguished criminal.
He was a Scotchman, p years old, and
had brought TO bear on his nefariOus
calling all the strength of character
and shrewdness that have distinguished
the Scot i'm so many lines of human en-
deavOr.
Barron had bSen clerk in a dry
goods store IN Montreal several years
before and had stolen considerable
quantities Of goods from his employer.
Under cloud, he drifted to other east
ern cities, and in each place was a thief.
Although never in SERIOUS trouble, the
east grew warm for him, and he came
to Chicago, where he worked IL Part
ridges, Carson, Pirie. Scott & Co.'S,
The Fair and other large Stores for a
| time. But his sprouting ambition in
the field of crime would no longer
brook the restrictions or even q Esre-
tense OF honest employment sTSd Ne
] at rim oh in
born capacity of a leader a large NUM-
Der of criminals over whom he assumed
despotic> command Most of these men
We're thieves of established reputation
and years of experience, and it was a
cause for Wonderment among detect
ives who knew of the sudden rise of
Barron that they floolSed to the stand
ard of a comparative novice in crime;
but such was the tribute they paid TO
the qualities of his leadership.
His enlisted men We're divided into
squads, according to their specialties.
Barron mapped out the campaign for
each. He ordered them into different
parts of the country to execute plans
he had formulated The booty secured.
| II was turned over to Barron. who had
displayed his mastery ability by es-
! tablishing the most complete network
I of connections with dishonest mer-
1 chants and fences any thief IN this
! country ever had. In Cincinnati ST.
Louis, Buffalo, Detroit and many other
cities he had agents-most of them
supposedly reputable merchants-who
disposed of the booty shipped to them
by Barron.
In Chicago he had several receiving
and distributing depots where the mis-
cellaneous assortment of stolen proper
| ty was sorted. repacked and shipped.
1t was one of the functions in his Lead
ership. also. to protect his men from
] trouble with the officers of the law,
and. once they found themselves in the
| tolls, 10 secure their release. At this
| he was as adept as IN the command OF
men and the disposal OF steien prop
ertS-