Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-04
WHY ARREST WAS NOT MADE.
Story of Parent Gang Operations
Last Summer and NeWton's
Activity With Them.
Claims Agent of The Oregon Short Line
Has IA Story That Forgcs Another
Link in Chnill.

mat tile sensational cOnfessidu OF
W. Fl. Parent Is not set hall complete
became known today. Before the hear
ing OF CHER George sheets of the Salt
Lake police department Capt George
Raleigh of The detective force, William
Newton. police court attorney, and
number of others charged with being
members Of a gang to rob tourists is
concluded. the states VIII hear the story
of Two Grips on why An Arrest
Was Not Made This story as IL will
be told by Frank h. Hansen. GLAZING
agent for the oregon Short Line who
WI be- called 10 The stand to testify for
me state His testimony will SHOW
cenclusivclv that w H. Parent and
his gang operated upder special police
protection
perhaps M two offices ever worked
SO smoothly together az have The CONN.,
y attorneys ana county sherjfris of-
tles III preparing evidence for the
SnSets Raleigh Newton -D0naldson~
q Brlcn-ei-al. conspiracy trial The tes-
thllphF introduced by Parent was like
a thunder bolt from the proverbial blue,
SKY. The prosecution knew II WAS conn.
lIls' III mad the story in hand befofe
falFent reached this city and that Is ii
story ~ itself. When PARENT was an
cHsieh III Denver Il was mot known what
ne would say, What attitude ne ,ynilld
maintain when put on the stand J,Sra
hlllou, one OF the prominent rncn,bsrs
OF lpenVer'S bar Was retained az Mn
lawyer and after affairs pertairinp "a
eNlradllion had been adjusted salts
lpgSptily started, towards Salt Lake,
with his client. i'he prisoner AMI Ia,,.
yer boarded the Overland Lit,,ltpd and
Mhile enroute PaIroni told judge JiItnn
the same story he told on The stand ~
Judge Whitsker's court saturdaw
MAJ SHAH | do when get OH,
there r. asked Parent. Those are he
facts ''
HOW CONFESSION CAME.
Tell The truth answered Judge
Hilton The county attorneys of1fee
mere was advised of Parents actioh
and Mt Hanson left the city quietly
meeting tho Limited down the line
When he reached this city with par
lent and Hilton he had In his racket
a full and detailed confession written
upon an "Overiand Limited" letter head
III pencil by Parent himself and signed
ny nm Regarding the widely atlver-
tised 'altbi which Chief Sheets is to
introduce, the prosecution is not wor-
rSine In the least bit. "Tf there an.
any slight discrepancies, they are con
elusive proof that the story is true
said one of the attorneys for the prose-
cutlon. NO man can remember dates
months past absolutely correctly. Par
rent said he saw Sheets about Aug. 90
Sheets was ON his vacation between
the dates Aug. 10 aud u, II is eH-
planned. We are going to show with
out leaving the least bit OF doubt that
a conspiracy did ana has existed IN this
city By which the police department
shared the spolls Of crooks and sharps.
With the food Of evidence We are In.
Producing the weak cry of the defense
VIII count for uaught"
SOME MISSING LINKS.
The latest and one of the most in
teresting disclosures relative 70 tile
nasty AFFAIR Is that hlnging upon HE
experience of Frank r Hansen, claims
agent for the Oregon Short Line Mn.
Hansen will take the stand Tor the
state. as has been explained and his
story Will show conclusiYey that Par
rent and his gang were protected IN
this city by the police; ii viii also eK-
plain why Parrent 1vls not arresyed Ia
this city last summer after Mr. Hansen
who was then special secret service
agent for the Rio Grande Western hud
pinned him down; II viii 60 still fur
thor and eHpiain the mysterious es-
cape of the Painter Kli' aud Harry
Walters after they had been caught
playing the Did game on matching
coins II Liberty Dark. Mr. Hanscn's
story viii complete the chain ~ evi-
dence and viii be entirely coFrobora-
tive OF many portions OF Parents
confession especially thOs" details re-
gardipg bank chcekz, AeWt0na part
In the nafarOus proceedings and nu-
morous other luiry bits OF damaging
testimony
ROBBERY on TRAIN
Mr Hansen. IS special detective Tor
the Rio Grande Western last summer.
was notified by me conductor OH No.
8 coming towards SAT- Lake that
three crooks posing a7 tourists had
robbed a fourth man uf S2l5. This
was somewhere about Aug. / ar o,
ANA Tho wire came from HELPER
Mr. Hanson immediately wired back
Ia Cotton. another station down tide
line, aud mad a message sent 10 Special
Agent Brown 1t that point, II hap
penel that Brown did not receive this
message. bat upon being told uf tho
robbery, boarded the train, He learned
that inc shArps' seeming trouble mad
Jumped OF a Soldiers summit. 800 he
doubled back to that point only to
learn that they had taken the neNt
Westbound train into this city. Ar
Hanson met the train IN this city ANA
promptly shunted for his three mtn,
but they managed 10 get away.
GOT PARENTS GRIP,
They had left tn train so hurried
~ that they LETT rip aud suit case
In the Pullman can, These MI Han-
son confiscated. Tile hand grip was
full of blank checks drawn upon near
~ every bank in every large city OF
tho United States, and many foreign
Institutions. A number ol cnecks Were
filled out made payable 40 unknown
parties by unknown parties. Three
checks alone were madd out for $3.50
apiece. la the suit case "A numbor Of
soiled and clean oollars We're found
Some OF these had a laundry mark of
NV. II. r." while others We're marked
"M. II, Parent The grip, suit case
and al thelr contents were shown %