The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
ALLEGED HOLD-UP
MEN ARE CAUGHT
George BOughtOn and ]. 0'MaI1
ley Arrested for Sa-
loon Robbery.
WERE FOUND IN A DIVE
PATROLMAN LYONS YIELDS HIS
CLUB ON THIRD SUSPECT.

George BoughtOn and J. O'Malley were
arrested last night in Commercial street
ave by Patroiman J. NJ Lyon. charged
with holding up the Independent Branch
saloon al $50 West South TemDIe street at
3 O'Clock Saturday morning and robbing
the Greek bartender, Christ Narralas, of
The hOld-up was accomplished in an I'M
usual manner. O'Malley who claims to
be railroad man recently employed bv
the san Pedro road. entered the saloon
at } o'clock Saturday morning and en-
gagged IN a game Of pool with a man
whose name is not known.
Boughton and another man entered the
saloon at o'clock and ordered VarraIas.
the bartender. and the two other men
10 hold up their hands which they did
Both the holdups were masked. While
BouEhton Kept his revolver leveIed on
Inc bartender his partner went through
The bartendcrs pockets. relieving him Of
81. which was all the money on hand be
longing 10 the house. While this was go
ing on, o Mailey drew gun and trained
IL on the bartender
As soon as the job was finished Bough-
ton and his masked partner walked out Of
The saloon and went TO a rOOming house
across the street at 36l West South Tenn
pie street
O'Malley also left the saloon and dis
appeared In the TOOminE house across the
street The police were notified about d
o'clock and a search was commenced
which resulted i'm the arrest of RoughtOn
aud OMalley last night The third party
10 the hOld-up has not yet been located.
q. MalleV saws that he could not SlepD
and got up at o'clock Saturday morning
and went across the street to the Greek
saloon to play pool and pass away the
time, and that ne is not a partner Of
BoughtOn and never saw him before the
time of the robbery. He tells a fiShy story
as TO the reason why he leVeled the gun
on the bartender. He says that he was
trying to help the bartender, and that his
gun was leVelCd on the unknown hOld-uD
who was going through the formers
pockets.
This story had no weight with the 10
lice. and to make the case all the strong
eT against O Maley, both he and BOUgh-
ton were arrested while together in a
house ON Commercial street.
PatrOlman Lyon entered the saloon
known as the knickerbOCker, at IS East
First South street. at about O'Clock last
night to arrest two men suspected of be
ing parties 10 the hOld-up. Lyon lined up
the two men against the bar +. J. Ken
nedy. the proprietor of the place. yelled
10 Lyon. saying: What I'm the h do YOU
want here" Lyon replied that it was
none Of his business.
Struggle in Saloon.
The remark of the saIoonkeeper gave
announcement To owen Reid. one of the
suspects. who caught the officer around
the legs. throwing him to the floor 4
scuffle followed. Lyon. in the mix-up
struck Reid several blows on the head.
While the two men We're down. Ken
buns and thugs who had assembled
around the struggling men, saving. Take
away his club. Several responded to
The command of the proprietor with the
result that Lyon was diSaTmed.
While the fight was going on in the
saloon. a small boy rushed into police
headquarters "A short distance off, and
called out: Two policemen wanted. Come
on
Several detectives and patrolmen hur-
RED TO the saloon and stopped the fight
Patrolman Lyon was Uninjured, but his
face was covered with blood from the
wounds on Reid's head, inflicted with the
policeman'S club.
One of the suspects was arrested on the
spot and AT headquarters gave his name
rs y Peterson. Reid made his escape
from the knickerbOcker saloon immedi-
ately after the fight. but was soon To-
Gated at another saloon, where he had
washed away the blood At police head
quarters ne was identified by Lyon and
locked up.
Kennedy was arrested on the charge of
resisting an officer, but was released on
S. bonds for his appearance in court
Monday.