The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-11
PLAIN FACTS AS
TO JEWEL ROBBERY
Herald Persists in Misrepresent-
ing Two Women Whose
Jewels Were Stolen.
PREVARICATES OUTRIGHT
REGARDING THE MATTER
Aggrleved Parties Have Absolute
Confidence in Police, and
So Say in Statement.

As there may be some individual in
9aIt Lake who has not yet made up his
al rlrno as TO who has lied In the ne VS.
paper reports Of the Croslcy robbery
case the tacts that have been many
lneS published. and some new ones
which have, for professional reasons
been kept in the background are here
| given 'oio
That spite, pure and simple. and tho
| Potuest sort OF spite, at that, was be-
hind the first criticism of the police pub
| lished by the Herald Will appear when
| THESE new facts are made known. They
| would never have been written nj ali
but for the persistent course of tho
! Herald. which makes 1t necessary to
teil the whole truth, or at least enough
ca,,ne oa IL 20 snow snow the venom behind the
course or that paper, from first to last
| On the day OF the arrest OF Doris
Crosley. the girl diamond thief. Her
| aid representative met Detective Chase
In front of police headquarters and
asked him according to the detectives
| statement:
o.,S1 Who is, Is that fellow Doris you ar
Detective Chase says that he ex-
Ploined In the presence Of the Chief of
Police that the prisoner was not man.
| but a girl and that he proceeded TO
| give the Herald representative the
same brief outline Of the facts IN the
case as he had given the other news
| him about IT. There can be no doubt
that the Herald man was busy. prob
ably diverted by other duties, at the
time. for on the following morning he
hadn't a single line in his newspaper
about the Crosley case, which was by
long odds, the criminal story OF the
day,
Herald Was Very Sore"
1t is known that the Herald repre-
been beaten by the other papers on tho
diamond robbery story and II is as
serted by several persons that he de-
clared he would got even with Chase
Sheets
on him. The Tribune does not know
positively, of It's own knowledge, that
the young Journalist made this threat
but IT has been declared, over and over
again, every day since the first publica.
tion of the Crosley story, that he did
so and The Tribune has been asked at
least a dozen times. since the con-
troNersy began, to publish the fact In
justice to all concerned. II has fatly-
refused TO DO so, and would not print
this all-important phase OF the matter
now II II were considered that the Her
aid representative could be injured In
any way thereby.
he has certainly made a good, stiff ef-
fort TO carry out his threat. But his
zeal has carried him beyond the facts
In the case and the Herald publications
have tended TO cloud the truth to the
detriment of the officers who are trying
In every way, and sueceedins In
splendid style. to give Salt Lake tho
best administration of police affairs the
city has ever known,
Here Are the Facts.
Here is brief review of the old.
threadbare facts quantity OF Jewels
were stolen from Mrs. Ward and Mrs.
Throckmorton by Doris Crosley. The
ladies consulted the Chief OF Police and
the arresting officer as to the best meth
cd OF recovering their property They
wore informed OF the two methods
which, under the law OF Utah. are oDen
to owners Of stolen property which has
been recovered from pawn shops. one
method is by replevin proceedings.
which are usually costly, amounting In
many cases, 10 more than the amount
the pawnbroker has advanced TO the
thief The other method is to pay the
pawnbroker the amount no has ad
Vanced thus saving the costs OF a suit
time advised to adopt either course.
They were simply instructed as TO tho
law in such cases.
The police have been criticised for
not prosecuting the pawnbrokers for re-
ceiving stolen goods. They would be
only too glad TO do so II the Herald. or
the brokers knowingly received stolen
goods. Everybody knows that intent |
must be proved TO fasten a crime on an
American citizen. and everybody, out
side OF the Herald Office. understands
the great difficulty in establishing guilt
in this character Of cases,
Only Person Not Satisfied.
1t is fact pregnant with Significance
that the Herald is the only party to
this whole needless controversy who
is not entirely satisfied with every step
which has been taken by the police. !
from the hour of the arrest of Doris |
Crosley to tho present moment Mrs.
Throckmorton has expressed herself as
not only thankful for the capture of the |
thief and the information furnished her
as to the usual methods OF procedure |
In the recovery of stolen property, but |
she has informed Chief Sheets that she |
is ready TO sign a statement that she Is |
satisfied In every way with all the de- |
partment has done and Is doing In the |
matter
Mrs. Wards Statement.
AS to Mrs. Ward, read this;
Salt Lake City. July 10. loO6-I |
state now that / am perfectly satisfied.
and have been so at all stages of this |
case with all the police have done.
MRS. HUGH WARD"
1t would require more space than the |
controversy is worth to reproduce all |
the mistatements which tho Herald has |
made In this matter 1t has pictured |
Mrs Ward Indignantly interviewing the |
police at headquarters. The good lady |
has never been to police headquarters In |
guide TO find her way there 1t has had
Chase advising her to go and pay the |
pawnbrokcr, She stated to a Tribune |
reporter Tuesday afternoon In the pres |
that IL I decided to pay the pawnbroker |
instead OF beginning n suit In replevin |
l ought 10 make the cIosley woman pro- |
duce the money. as she had been the |
one to profit throuPh the pawning of my |
jewels"
Herald Is Misleading.
1t has attempted TO misead the pub
lie into the belief that Mt and Mrs. |
Ward doubted the veraoity and integrity |
Of the police Nothing could be further |
from the truth. Mr. Ward has once |
stated for publication TINT he had alb
solutcly no fault TO find with the man
which
him end his wife. and Mrs. Ward sold |
to the reporter and his witness Tues
day: "As to tho Herald5 statement |
that we doubted the veracity of tho po-
lice IT is all absolute nonsense"
Doris Crosley appeared in the Police |
court Tuesday for arraignment She |
asked and was granted until today to
plead
Socialists and Others.