Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-22
Murderer POOLE
: VAS KNOWN HERE
,...,t G. stackpOIe the Same
Wv Who Served Sentence IN
Utah Prison,
uLsO LOS ANGELES MAN.
cal, Lake lie Held up "a
W." ,ouus couple at the Home Oh
Dr. Higgins

-, arthur Pratt has Furnished
N'i1-.,rrg biz Of information con-
a, .n ,r he Los Angeles murderer ,, - h' ..
''1'' spespo.e, who turns out 10 oe
81 w. .se- than Harry Poole who
s''' ,,sI one Of the boldest crimes
co. occurred here. He was cap
tM ,ts police shortly after Inc
l'" and was sentenced to eight
N'" ,bs state prison but was par
j l'.i .osut il months ago.
Committed MURDER
,.-As OF Poole. Is now held at
s4,Aii.s FOR one Of the most afro
~ Aus,sss the murder of joel
l9us " ggbrb occurred last Saturday.
stae,h ,bgt the wife OF the murder
ST. ,rss iu love with the eX- ,On-
y ne admitted him TO her home on
w. ...,r -'' while Scheck was asleep. me
slll--.-aie criminal walked into his &c
ae bedroom and deliberately shot
~ m rough the heart and then
$500 he head. According TO adj
ily-' t-om lbs Angeles. the woman
tE,s,'s5 fh1t she and Stackpole were
900 and that they planned TO get
sebsrk collect his life Insurance
r.. .sso r. away together. When
s.... ' was arrested he made a COM
rei confession
MAIDEN GAVE INFORMATION.
n. Monday Warden Pratt read the
-, IN The murder as given IN the
~ 8lsnatcheS. lie was struck with
~ SIMILARITY Of the names and was
- reminded Of the fact that Con-
-. po5les real name was Stackpolc.
y, Pratt lost no time IN getting into
,lruunlr1uou with the Los Angeles
sg,f,r.tits with the result that 'he
~g-8sfefs identity was firmly estao-
lstsi
warden Pratt sent a letter 10 the
s.,r.f Of Los Angeles, and also sent 4
-ls;arrauh Of Poole. He stated that
\ could give the criminal career Of
~ nan Warden Pratts letter
rough. the following telegram from
chef q Police Auble Of Los Angeles
Yesterday afternoon:
your letter 10 sheriff given 10 me.
Phase send me by wire full crlmIna!
history Of Harry Poole, Same is Ern-
q. SatkpoIe, murderer Of Joel Schcck
Many thanks
HIS CAREER HERE.
80. .t.i4 ttr.-a.r DIT .,.t-.a 81.
iaoFng 20 the Los Angeles authorl-
uH
larry Poole. alias Ernest G. Stack
pot convicted iu salt Lake city ~
ra,sv. Term eight years. Sem
'g-3 Dec. L.. 1902 Occupation. car.
rrE and walter. Nativity Pennsyl-
u-t Pardoned May n, 1905. Served
nW years in san Quentin, cal. pre-
WIS 20 coming here Left here with
hhr Received letters from him
written from Arizona"
s1.kpoie was a cool. desperate Grim
imui would take more chances than
ti tYuge holdup.
a BOLD ROBBERY.
0-e evening On the fan Of 1902. he
na a handkerchief across his face
aa! toldly walked into the residence Of
Dr. Charles ". Higgins, where "A
daughter Of the physician was enter
Gltiny caller Poole pointed a gun
% he young couple and calmly order
"a them 20 hand over their valuables.
They compiled with his order, and he
quietly withdrew
day or two later he was arrested,
ana some ~ the tewclry taken from
Mss Higgins was found in the fellows
possession Miss Higgins and the
}ogrg man who lad called on her pos.
Myc.y i5uuasi Poole as the rObber
Ihs latter declared that he VAS the vie
u1 ~ a mistake. but he finally si-
ritel The crime he was tried. con-.
,i'is5 ard sentenced 70 eight years In
ne state prison. BE behaved fairly
Vel 20 prison. and hi' friends worked
hin1.ly for DTS release. Eleven
months ago no received a pardon, and
went TO Arizona with his father.
WORKED AT HIS TRADE.
While there he wrote 10 Warden
Pratt stating that Dc was following his
trade a. q carpenter was leading an
honest IKE and proposed 90 do 80. II
seems. however. That he dr'fcd t1 Los
Angeles and got acquainted with the
Scheck woman, who became lnfafuata1
win nm. The woman declares mat the
man hypnoizei hef and that she be-.
heNed everything be told her and look.
81 forward 20 NE OF happiness with
/ Iae murderer e 90 years ~ are q,
l-lllm build. weighing about t56
Nlnds Since he has confessed 10 IN.
yatr 70 is quiiel ikely that he viii
y me penalty with his lie. The
woman wil undoubtedly he nroseo,, -
as an aetompIoe. '0''' 1''u