The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11
DETECTIVE DAY
IS IN TROUBLE
Portland Officer Is Accused by
Client of Conspiring to Rob
Him of $4,000.
SLEUTH ACCUSES SHEETS
SAYS SALT LAKE POLICE CHIEF
HELPED RELEASE PRISONERS.

AS sequel to the thrilling chase and
capture Of Harry and Leora Morgan,
alias ''the Candy Kid" in Salt Lake
on September 81 last, Detective Joe
Day charges Chief of Police George A
Sheets of the Salt Lake department
with aiding the prisoners to escape
punishment. He also accuses the Utah
authorities with SO Juggling the reQui-
sltlon papers that We're sent here that
IL was impossible TO return the prison
ers to Oregon for prosecution.
These charges, none of which are 1t
all specific, were made by Day in de-
Tense of other charges of conspiracy
made against him by Anton Fritz of
Portland. by whom Day had been en-
ployed to trace the Morgans
Day is a well known Portland thief
catcher, having served twenty seven
years on the Portland police department
as patrolman, TOundsman and detective.
He was discharged from the Portland
police force last August. Day claims
his dismissal was for political pur-
poses.
Story of the Robbery.
Shortly after his discharge from the
police department, Anton Fritz, a re-
tired butcher and theatrical owner, was
robbed of $4,000 in a mysterious man
ner. He told the police that in walk
ing home he found a woman weeping
on the steps of the white Temple"
Portland's most fashionable church. He
asked her why she Wept end she told
him she had been deserted by her hus-
band and that she was about to commit
suicide. When he attempted to com
fort her she threw her arms about his
neck and stole $4,000 from his pocket
He did not miss his wallet until he
reached home end uncressed.
On the night of the robbery Day says
he was standing on the corner OF
Twelfth and Washington streets, four
blocks from the scene of the robbery. |
He saw a woman run by him and rec
ogniZed her as the Candy Kid AMI
CctorOon woman, whom he had arrest
ed many times. AS he was not on the |
police force at the time he paid little
attention to the fleeing woman. After
learning that Fritz had been robbed he
offered his services to appreherd the !
woman.
Long Chase Begins.
He found out that the Candy Kid"
had left for the east accompanied by
her lover Harry Morgan. After AMI
exciting chase to st. Paul and Chica go
the pair were arrested in Salt Lake
by the local police on receipt of wire
from Day, VINO was then in Chicago.
He and Detective Mark Hubbard |
came directly to Salt Lake en- learn |
ing of the arrest of the pair and began
proceedings to return them to Portland. /
The prisoners were held pending the |
arrival of requisition papers on a fll-
gitive warrant sworn to by Day and
Hubbard. The requisition papers were
secured, but before they were PASSED
upon by the governor Day advised the |
county attorney that the matter was
to be dropped and the county attorney
recommended the dismissal of the priS-
oners. and they were released from RE
county Jail on the order of JuCge Diehl |
Day returned 10 Portland that night |
and the negroes remained in Salt Lake
at liberty
Sheets is Accused.
While in Chicago Morgan had depos-
tied 81, 500 in a bank there and this was
attached by an attorney for Day. In
Salt Lake he deposited $1,000 IN the
National Bank of the Republic. Dag
now claims that the police of Salt Lake
were only lukewarm in their efforts to
hold the prisoners and that the chief
allowed the pair to withdraw the $1,000
from the bank and also returned 70
Morgan the money and jewelry taken
from him at the time of his incarcera-
ton.
tnleI SDeelS denies lIlS CndTSSS Oh
Day and accuses the latter officer of
attempting to compound felony with
Morgan and his paramOur while they
were under arrest at the city jail. He
said that Day had told him that he
wished to settle the case with the ne
groes but that he informed the Port
land officer that he would allow him
to do nothing Of the sort while they
were here, and told him that he would
hold him until the requisition papers
srrived.
When the prosecution of the negroes
was dropped after they had been re-
moved to the county jail, Chief Sheets
says he presumed that the case had
been settled, and afterward when Nor
gan was released the chief asked him
how much it cost him to settle the case.
and the negro replied $4,000.
A letter written by Detective Day