The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-08
(SpeciaI to The Heraldl

GOldfleld, New, NOV. IA Sherlf1 posse
arrested Ralph Gipple at 5:45 this morning
in the house of Mrs. Mary K. Harper, 900
| North Sixth street, and locked him up
as the accomplice of V. l. Kline. the
jeweler who was mortally wounded last
night while robbing the mill of the Ne
vada Goldfield Reduction company of
amalgam. Cripple was until two months
ago the ticket agent and operator at the
depot of the Tonopah & GoIdfield rail-
road and was an emploiye of the post
| office before he accepted a position with
| the railrOa6 company. He was about %
years OF age and a telegraph operator.
Both From Utah.
Before coming to Goldfield he was en-
ployed OH the Rio Grande at Green River
! Utah He had always borne a good rep
utation. Mrs. Harper, In whose house
| Cripple took refuge after jumping from a
second story window at the reduction
| works. is well-known in Eureka and
Provo, Utah, where she resided for many
years. Her parents live at Spanish Fork.
She was hOusekeeper for Gipple. who lived
one block from her home. Kline. who was
shot in the head by deputy sheriff, has
not regained consciousness since he was
taken to the hospital and his death is but
a matter of time. He has been suspected
of buying high-grade ore at his jewelry
store and has been under the espionage
| VI the officers Tor some time. 1t was
/ learned that he and Gipple had planned to
rob the mill the first time it was closed
and in order to catch the two work was
stopped on the night shift under pretext
| OF fixing the machinery.
Took No Chances.
The officers did not anticipate resist
| ance, but took no chances. When the
command was given "hands up" both
/ Kline and Gipple reached for their guns
which were lying by their sides. The Of
ficers then fired. Kline wore a derby hat
and the bullet which will cause his death
struck the brim near his temple and
passed entirely through his head With
the blood streaming down his face he re-
! tanned possession of his two guns but
was too dazed to use them.
He was able to talk and walked from
the carriage to the steps of the hospital
| half an hour Eater, but soon became I'M
conscious. He has a wife end two small
\ children who arrived but a few DAYS ago
from California. The two men are sus-
pected OF similar crime, two weeks ago.
when the Gardiner mill in the south end of
town was robbed of 5000 in amalgam.
| Immediately after the shots were fired
Cripple ran to the second story of the mill
Dullulng and Jumped from a window thir-
ty feet to the ground, alighting on a pile
OF ore and escaped unhurt.
Confession of GippIe.
Gipple sent for Sheriff Ingalls, this af-
in an effort to rob the Nevada GoidfieId
reduction mill. According to Gipple' :
statement he and Kline were led into
the scheme by Jones. night Waterman at
the MILL He says that the matter was
discussed by the three of them at differ
ent times and Jones said that the plates
could easily be rifled of the amalgam any
night that the mill was not running and
suggested that he and Kline do the work
and divide the spoils with him. Kline
had been buying amalgam at his jewelry
store and shipping it to the mint at San
Francisco, and thought that it would be
a good scheme to act on the suggestion.
Given Tip by Waterman.
Last night. said Gipple, Jones came to
Kline's store and said that the mill was
closed down and now was the time to
turn the trick, that there was 5000 worth
of amalgam on the plates. Kline and
Gipple agreed to do it and went to Clip
pies cabin. where they put on some
old clothes and sweaters and proceeded
down the railroad track to point near
the mill where Gipple says they met
Jones, who took them into the mill and
pointed out the plates. The electric lights
were burning at the batteries and the
men set to work. feeling perfectly sure
with Jones as an accomplice. They were
startled by the command to throw uI
their hands and Cripple Immediately ran
up the stairway, kicked out window
and dropped to the ground. AS he rar
for the fence the Waterman, Jones' shot
at him. He scaled the eight-foot picket
fence on which barbed wire is strung as
he escaped from the building without in
jury of any sort and went straight tC
his house, where he waited a few minutes
for Kline.
Kline Still Alive.
Kline is still alive but unconscious and
cannot live. The bullet which struck hin
tore a piece out of his skull through
which his brains oozed. Cripple was great.
" affected by the condition of Kline for
whom he had formed a strong attach
ment, ard cried when he talked OF the
fate of his friend Sheriff ingalls, believes
that Kline and GiDple were concerned il
the robbery of the Gardner mill tive
weeks ago. but this Gipple denies
While the officers were searching fol
Gipple they ran on to r. w. Taylor neal
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