The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05

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effort to change his voice, and it was
noticed that he was deeply agitated.
A black cap was then placed on Pat
his face. Mair still declared that Pat
rick was the man who robbed him.
Burke Identifies Patrick.
Burke also said that Patrick was tho
night man, answering the description
IN dress and general appearance. Pat
rick s agitation increased when Burke,
who had entered tho desk sergeant g
Office while Mair was identifying the
prisoner, called attention TO Patrick s
peculiar eyes, and gave it as his be-
het that he was one of the holdup men.
Patrick, declaring his innocence, was
searched, then taken to his cell. Burke
was not as positive In his identificat tion
of Patrick as one Of the robbers as was
Mair,
McTierney and his bartender, Need
ham. visited the jail and took look at
Patrick They were unable to say with
any degree of certainty whether Patrick
resembles one of the men who partici-
pated in the holdup. Needham s back
most of the time during the robbery
was turned TO the west and as MAR.
McTierney and Burke were lined up
against the east wall Of the saloon and
only one of the robbers came behind
the bar. the bartender was not able to
get good view of the other two men.
At the jail Needham visited McCloud s
cell and, after taking good look at
him, said his appearance corresponded
somewhat to that of the man who held
him up,
Patrick gave his age as twenty five
years and said he came here from Den.
yer three or four weeks ago. He is
discrepancy in his story of his where
abouts. the police say, at about the time
the robbery occurred Thursday night.
Patrick asserted that he. in company
with two friends, went to Liberty Park
about 7;30 clock that evening and
remained there until near $50. Nc
Cloud corroborated Patrick's story
about being at Liberty park about the
time Of the robbery. He was arrested
employed in telephone work. Things
found in his room bore him out in that
part OF his story, Officers Carlson and
Pierce arrested him.
Patrick's Arrest.
Patrick was arrested at his rooming
house at 63 West Second South street,
about 8 o'clock Friday morning by
Officers Carlson and Pierce, his actions
arousing their suspicious. They follow
ed him from the street to his room and
made the arrest. Patrick bee anne visibly
frightened, the officers said. He said
he had worked Mt Denver three years
and showed knowledge Of that city
that led the officers to believe that part
we'll built man, dark comple1ioned, with
black hair.
a pawnbroker named Markell, it was
learned, sold three black caps to that
number of men Wednesday. Markell
was set for and said Patrick resem-
bled one Of the men to whom he sold
cap. He was unable to give an opin,
ion as to whether McCloud was one OF
the cap purchasers.
Copeland is an old offender, his pic
ture being in the rogues' gallery at the
him and Schuddig on the streets, hav-
Ing noticed Copeland here Thursday.
The former was ''pinched" here in
1904 for robbing tourist at the Rio
Grande Western depot of something
like $3.50. The loser refused to prose,
cute Copeland upon the return of the
money and the prisoner was released.
Copeland had S15 in gold, a $40 gold
piece and a s. gold piece; also WON
an g gold watch and chain and several
trlnkets, on him. Nothing suspicious
was found on Schuddig.
Think They Were Spotted.
Mair is of the opinion that he and
McTierney were "spotted - They were
out walking shortly before the robbery.
and Msir thinks that the robbers fol.
lowed them back TO the saloon. The
diamonds they wore, Mair believes, at.
tracted tho robbers attention and in.
creased their cnpidity, Mair at the
police station Friday thanked Patrick
for the return of his gold watch.
Frank Bond, a bartender at the sa-
loon, left the Bank with diamond and
about $3.50 on him few seconds be.
fore the holdup occurred. He was
probably lucky in getting away when
he did. McTierney also had a bunch
Of luck in that he cashed about 5000
worth Of checks Thursday with money
from the safe that afterward was loot.
ed 1t Is almost q certainty that ba
would have lost this sum. too. If II
had not been for the fortunate cir.
cumstance Of the cashing of the checks
preceding the holdup few hours.
The best chance to effect n sncedv
capture of the robbers was lost OWING
to the impossibility Of surrounding the
block In which the holdup occurred he
fore the robbers made their escana
from the square. From the allevway
ut the rear of the Onyx Bank there are
five avenues of escape, and it required
five or SIX minutes to guard all these
places. The holdup mon were no donbt
out of the block within 81 few oacosJ