The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18

said, IF it is SO bad as that, here is
$40 to you The Chief said TO Bell,
is it not possible. can you not get
some Of this money back, and Bell
said, We'll, Sheets, / believe can. "
You give me an hour or two Will try
and get in touch with the crowd and
viii phone every hour The Ch,ef
asked if l was agreeable to this, and
1 said, If you will send an officer
with him I am quito agreeable that
he should GO The Chief turned 20
Bell and tapped him on the shoulder
and they went out together, The Chief
did not say anything. They returned
In two or three minutes and the Chief
said, This man had proposition to
make to me. Bell said he had been
considering the thing and he had de
cided to loan me $1,000 provided l gave
MIN receipt stating that ] would
pay it TO him when ] got back my oWn
money. I said that was all right and
Bell went away The Chief said TO
me. when you get this $1,000, stick
TO it, They have done you aud don :
think about paying 1t back, | asked
il he had sent an officer with Bell, and
he said, Yes.
Talked with Other Officers.
''The Chief left for dinner and |
went out 10 look for my brother, but
] did not find him. ] came back up to
tho police station, but Bell had not re-
turned. 7 met Capt. Burbidgo In the
corridor, and he asked if ho could do
anything for me. | told him about inc
robbery, and wanted to know about the
developments. Bubidge said some
thing-[ don t remember what 1t was
and then passed on. Sergt Hempel
then came along end showed me into
q room He told me not TO open my
mouth about this affair to any OF the
officers, as tho Chief had 1t In hand
and would mako it al right for US.
"Ny brother then came IN, and tnen
we were introduced TO Detective Ia,
leigh. Shortly after the Chief returned
and my brother said to him that ne had
seen two Of the men. one OF whom was
the bogus officer, They had hirod a
the Cullen hotel, and the stable man
bad told him they had driven out to
New England addition. l asked the
Chief if the other man was the detec'
tive aud the Chief said, Yes.
Gas we were hungry, we then went
out and had something to eat. W hen
We returned we went into the ChIef|s
office and be made remarks TO us about
its being n damn shame and remarks
of that kind. Some time after my
brother asked the Chief if he had done
ed by Hempel. The Chief said, No.
That was the first I knew about the
tickets After that Raleigh came IN
and remained until the end. Ny brother
said he was afraid we would have to
go that night, that we had no money
and it didn 't seem likely that Bell
was coming back NV brother said
we had better take advantage of our
tickets and we would leave our address,
and if any developments should occur
the Chief could write US, The Chief
agreed TO this, and / gave him my San
Francisco address.
Bell Again Appears.
Shortly after this Bell came IN.
He said Good evening, gentlemen
and sat down beside me on the sofa.
He snid: What is the least you can
do with until you recover your money?
All have been able to get for you is
$3.50 / said the very least I could
make q fair start IN business with was
81 900 Bell then said to the Chief:
+ believe | can manage that $3.50, il
you give me another hour The Chief
said he would have to hurry. as we
were going on the midnight tram. Bell
said he would be as quick as be could,
and as he was going TO the door ] told
the Chief he had better relieve him of
that $3.50, The Chief went out and re-
turned with the money. He put it on
the desk and told me 10 hurry and put
il in my pocket.
Gin short time Bell returned and
said he had been able to get the rest
ot the money, and he. put 1t on the
Chief S desk, ] signed the note, and
bnn 10 Inf will
- keep very quiet about this, boys. II
it comes out, it will be bad thing for
me- He said we would likely meet Il
whole lot of reporters at the Cullen
1otcl, and we were on no account to
utter a word to anyone. That his sue
;ess In capturing the men would de.
pend upon silence Bell said, We'll,
BOYS, YOU will require TO get a hustle
IN ii you want to catch that train.
He shook hands with the Chief and
Raleigh, and my brother and I and Bell
and we were Just in time TO get on
BOARD. Bell stayed with us until the
rain started, and gave US a lot OF
advice.
Returned to Salt Lake.
81 returned TO Salt Lake on Sunday
evening. September %. I first cou
suited Mr., Whittemore. The next day
consulted Mr.. Braffet. Shortly after
returned I saw Davis and Bell at the
Braffet aud / were ex-
mining the hotel register to find out
Who had been registered there about
ne time the robbery occurred. Ny
brother was still IN Los Angeles When
We were looking at the register two
women and man appeared on the land
ng, and the man was Davis. They
,assed upstairs and Immediately behind
hem came Bell, Bell hesitsted on the
stairs. looked over AT us for few
.econds and then went upstairs. 7 told
Mr.. Braffet about my discovery, and
We went outside and stood opposite the
] wanted to know II we
'ould not get the men coruered and
2raffet said he thought the police de.
was standing in with them.
Sraffet said we could come down in the
morning, and if the rest Of the gang
Tas 10 town probab bly, we could locate
md arrest them al When we went |