The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-27
BOLD BURGLAR IS
CAUGHT RED HANOEO
Detective Shannon Finds Rob
Der in Closet i'm Duncan Nc
Vichie Residence.
MAKES FULL CONFESSION
OF RECENT BURGLARIES
Last One of Desperate Gang of
HOuSebreakerS Is Run
Down.

When Detective Shannon crawled
through 4 rear window OF Duncan Nc
Vichie's residence 7o2 Brigham street, on
Thursday night and pulled n burglar out
OF Il closet where he had taken refuge,
the last OF 4 gang of desperate criminals
was landed In jail, and incidentally -FOUR
burglaries committed since Sunday even
Ing were cleared up. Within half an hour
after being arrested the burglar admitted
that he WAS the partner OF Young ana
Norris the two men arrested Tuesday
evening by Chase and Burt. and that nc
had participated In tho Eccles burglary
at ogden the j. d. Woods urglhry, tho
Newell burglary and the McVichie bur
glary. being caught rcd handed while in
the latters residence.
Detected by Night Watchman.
The first lntlmaton that anything was
wrong at the McNichie residence, tho
family being down town at the time. was
when the Brigham street night "atch-
man heard the sound OF falling glass.
and fastening To the rear OF tho house
saw a whole window pane broken out
AS soon as possible telephone message
was sent to the station for officers. but II
was difficult to even secure the Corpora
ton OF passcrs by TO this extent until
woman came along and saved the day.
When Detectives Shannon and Ralelgh
and Officer Moore arrived on the scene
they found the night watchman guarding
the broken window. With the men named
standing guard on the north, south ana
east sides OF the house. and Patrol Driver
Ripley keeping his eye out for the bur-
glar on the west side, Shannon entered
the residence and made his way to the
upper floor Entering a closet he finally
found the burglar standing UP In one cor
nsr, behind large oycrcoat, and when
the latter felt the detectives hand close
around his neck he at once said he would
be good
Burglar Is Young Man.
The burglar gave his name as Frank
Martin and his age is. He was well
dressed on the way TO the station he
asked permission TO smoke cigar, and
when one OF the officers reached In his
pocket and drew out ffteen-center Mar
tin lighted 1T and puftcd away as coolly
as though he was a delegate TO the Sec
America First convention. When ac..
cused of being n partner OF Young and
Norris, and of burGlarizing the Newell
residence single handed Wednesday
night Martin at first denied 1t, but after
he had been searched and IL was found
that ho was dressed In some OF Mr. New
ellis clothes and that Jewelry taken from
the Newell residence was to be found In
his pockets, he saw the jig was up and
confessed to the whole affair.
Tried to Hide.
Martin told the officers that he had
just got to work when the heard the
patrol wagon coming, and after looking
out of an upstairs window and seeing tho
night watchman below standing guard.
made up his mind the only way TO make
his escape would be to hide In the house
and trust to luck that he would not be
discovered He was without arms OF any
kind, and promptly told Detective Shan
non so when lie was collared Don't
shoot said Martin, II haven't got a
gun and l know the jig is up"
A Good Weeks Work.
Taken altogether, the Salt Lake police
force has done a good weeks work in
landing all three men behind the bars
Young and Morris have already pleaded
guilty. and after waving the preliminary
examination were held to the District
court in $500 bonds Martin expressed a
desire shortly after being arrested TO be
given the same treatment that his part
ners got Neither OF tho youthful bur
glars are over 20 years of age, but that
they are not new hands at the business
20 apparent from tho systematic manner
in which they started and carried on op-
erations after reaching Ogden and Salt
Lake. After the trio has served time for
the jobs done here. the Ogden authorities
will be ready 10 nab them for the Eccles
burglary OF Sunday night. which the men
have already admitted was done by them