The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-22
NAB BUTTE HOLO-UP
IN R0ONING HOUSE
Montana Detective Successfully
Traces Desperate Man to
Salt Lake.
TURNED A $4,000 JOB
ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO
Nearly $1,000 Found in Prison
er'S Clothes When He
Was Arrested.

william Paisley, ono OF two men who
on January compelled the manager of
the Hennessy Mercantile company of
Butte Mont. TO unlock safe at the
point of revolver and deliver $1,000 In
currency and gold, was arrested In 81
West Second South street rooming house
Saturday morning about II clock and
Is now on his way north In charge OF
city Detective McGarvcyr
Caught Unawares,
Paisley who rented n room for him
self and wife the night before. was
caught unawarcs or the story OF his ar
rest might read different He was fully
armed and Is said TO be desperate all
around bad man Feeling suro that he
was on the right track and that the man
he wanted was but few feet away from
him. City Detective McGHrVey, who fol-
lowed Paisley from the Montana city,
pushed open the door OF the room, and
before Paisley could draw gun he was
In the arms OF the officer.
Has S11s2 in Clothes.
When searched Paisley had SllS2 in his
clothes. OF few hundred dollars less
than his share OF the amount takon from
the Butte safe. The money was in bills
and those who secured n glimpse of the
roll when II was handed over 10 the desk
sergeant FOR safe keeping are willing TO
testify that IL was large enough TO choke
a horse with. The money taken
back TO Butte by the officer making the
arrest and viii be turned over To the
firm from which IL was stolen.
Details Of the Case.
ON the evening of January at few
moments after o'clock, the manager of
the Hennessy Mercantile company was
confronted by two masked men few
feet from the store, and but a moment
nfter he had locked the safe. They COM
PEELED him to re-entcr the building az the
point OF drawn revolvers and open the
largo combination safe When the doors
We're thrown open one OF the men rned
the drawers OF their contents and. lcav
ing the manager In tho store they made
their getaway.
Leave Town the Next Day.
Detective McGarvey is OF the opinion
that both men left town the next day.
From clue received he traced the al
ialr 10 Paisley and boon companion,
who had served time with him in prison
Knowing that in case his conclusions
were correct. II would be but matter OF
time before P1islcy's wife would follow
him he determined TO shadow the |
woman. Friday she left Butte, and when
she boarded the train the detective was
also passenger for Salt Lake. After |
reaching her destination she was met by
her husband, but no attempt was made |
at that time to arrest him.
Looking for Both Men.
Thinking that Paisley might strl be
with his partner McGarvey shadowed |
him to n rouming- house on West Second |
South street. where he was later arrest
ed rs described above. a still hunt for |
the other man was made during the day
by Detective Burt and other officers on
the Salt Lake force, but no trace Of the |
man was secured which brought results
Oncer Carlson was shown picture or
the fellow wanted and within an hour
had located a man who answered the de-
scription, even TO scar on the right
check, but later Detective NcGarvey de-
clared he was not the man. The resem-
blance was striking. however, and those
who saw the picture were sure that the
right man had been located.
Wife Was Innocent.
The wife. 1t sis claimed. is innocent of
any connection In the affair. She is
pretty little woman and has only been
married a short time. Paisley had sue
cessfully kept her in Ignorance OF his
acts up 10 the time OF his arrest ex-
planning that he secured the money In
another way When the officer entered
the room and placed the husband under
arrest, Mrs. Paisley was dumfounded and
at the time she left the police station she
husband had committed such an offensc
Paisley also tried TO shield her as much
as a possible, While he denied any COM
had led Wild life and that his wife
knew nothing of his past. The officers
were convinced that portion at least
true, and she was allowed TO leave the
station and go her way. She has an
nounced her intention OF returning to
Butte within a few days
Returns With Prisoner.
Detective McGarvey returned 10 Butte
with his man Saturday night Before
starting he placed an Oregon boot on one
OF Paisley feet and also handcuffcd him
He is known TO be desperate TO an cx
treme, as a good look at him would Indl-
cate. The prisoner is a man about u
years OF age and has served several
terms In different penltcntiaries