The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-23
BURGLAR |NVADES
THE KENYON HOTEL
Was LoOting the Apartments of
Miss COsgriff When
Surprised.
MAKES DESPERATE
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Is Finally 0verpOwered, Handed
Over to Police and Lodged
in Jail. =

A young man giving the name Of Ed
Thompson, but whose true name is
probably Harry O'Neil, was caught in
the act of going through the apart
Kenyon hotel at s;45 o'clock Sunday
night and now occupies u cell at the
city prison.
". f. Fife. the well known CONNER
cial man, who is q brother-in~law OF
Miss, Cosgriff, had just returned with
heTr from an automobile ride. He pre-
ceded the lady down the corridor
toward her apartments and was sur
prised to find the electric lights burn
turned of.
Entering the first apartment of the
suite, Mr.. Fife saw u man rummaging
about the dresser of an. adjoining
are you doing there9'
For reply the fellow turned and in
formed Fife that if he uttered q word
or attempted to stop him he would kill
him. He rushed past Fife into the
hallway. The latter followed him, and
the chest which knocked him fat on
the floor
Fife was up in an instant and after
the burglar, al the same time calling
to Miss Cosgriff to follow another sus.
plcious looking character he had seen
hurrying down the hall and who, he
was certain, was a partner of the man
he had found in the room.
The lady followed instructions with
splendid courage, but the man was too
clever for her and disappeared down
the stairs and lost himself in the
crowd.
Fife Calls for Help.
Meantime Fife had caught up with
his man, laid violent hold upon his
coat tails and set up a call for help
that, according to his own admission,
W2uld have put megaphone to shame,
away and bolted down the stairs. Fife
after him. AT the turn into the office
the burglar turned and. pointing to
Fife, yelled to the crowd: "There's IS
the thief. Arrest him!" This ruse
came = very near winning out, for J. Il.
turner, a mining man, and several
,hant and he needed all his breath to
,el them they were mistaken, and who
ne real thief was. Then they released
am and surrounding the fugitive
closed III on him and made him pris-
,ner.
The police were potiaed and Officers
alpley, Johnston and Clough were soon
IN hand and took the fellow into Gus.
,ody.
On the way to the station the pris-
'ner was seen TO reach his hand out
lnder the curtain Of the patrol wagon !
md draw it quickly back again. Little
vas thought of this circumstance at the |
ime, but after the prisoner had been |
ocked up Officer Ripley returned On |
till hunt over the course traversed by |
he wagon and, in front of the Wilson |
otel at the point where Thompson
ad thrust his hand outside, he picked
,p handsome pearl stick pin-part of |
he recent hotel plunder.
When searched at the jail the pris-
ner's pockets yielded a valuable clus-
er diamond broach, a solitaire diamond
roach, a solid gold bracelet and a
ruclfix of fine quality and workman
hlp, He was also relieved of three
keleton keys such as are found in the
its of all wellequipped house breakers
nd room thieves
About SIX weeks ago Miss Cosprifr,s
partments, the same she now occupies.
Tere entered III q similar manner dur
1g her absence. On that occasion she
'as relieved of about 5000 worth of
swelry, The management of the ho-
Il Kept the matter quiet and eyery
Mort was made to locate the lost ieW
Try and catch the thief. No sign of
lther has yet been found.
He who steals my purse steals trash.
he who HolJ |