The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
GOWAhS IS AFTER
ROBBERS ROOST
Sends Leader of Youthful Cave
OWeIIerS to State Indus
trial School.
WERE WELL ORGANIZED
NEW JUDGE HOLDS FIRST JUVE-
NILE COURT.

with the commttal Of Howard Edward
Young. otherwise known as Daredevil
pete or some other fear-COmpelling
-sm. To the state industrial school yes
-ardsy. Judge Z. G. Gowans improved
bis first sitting as judge of the juvenile
.aurt 10 strike d hard blow at the Rob
bors' Roost gang that has made head
...rarrers in d cave in Salt Lake. Over
rure hv the precipitous granite walls of
,t- kuut-fOrd. the "TOOst' extended for
more than a hundred feet underground.
rho drsperadOes that constituted the
-7rg the members of which were from
,s4rs to y Years Of age, had planned
10 have its exit protected by a shanty
rrdpr lock and key, The gang was well
organized and had operated with a de
rec of success when a lynX-eyed Salt
lake policeman got on the trail of the
..rooefersH and. tracing them to their
.sbvriutniHe retreat, pinched Young, one
ur the bandit chiefs. Young was II years
ODD last October
Chase After Bandit.
zot without difficulty did the officer
af the law run his quarry TO earth. The
bandit fed through a gap in the high
board fence that was altogether too mi
1ure To allow the passage Of the police
mans WelI-nOurished body. The police
man had to so around back of the hotel
and attack the 'rOOst' from the rear.
This took place ten days ago. Young
had been at liberty until yesterday. when
lie was brought before Judge Gowans
and achieved the distinction of being the
first person committed by the new judge.
The evidence is all against the bandit
chiefs behavior. He first came under the
jurisdiction of the court in October, 1905,
when he was found guilty of petit lar
r-uy for taking 80 worth of candy from
merchant OF Salt Lake. He has been in
the Norris school several times. His lat
est known offense was to steal several
sacks He had been under suspended
sentence to the reform school a long
time and was taken to Ogden by Charles
B Hahn. chief probation officer. yester-
day afternoon.
Methods of Gang.
The Robbers ROOst' boosted probably
Of dozen members, some of them boys
that had good homes and never commit
Ted misdemeanOrs. These were drawn
into the gang by love of adventurous
living Tt is believed by the juvenile
court officers that the ''roOst" was dis
covered and broken up none to soon to
rescue some good youngsters from sur
rouudings perilous to their future NOR
ality.
The leaders of the gang had various
ways Of securing means besides stealing.
Some of them constituted themselves into
q vaudeville troupe and gave perform
aLces in saloons, taking up collections
Yesterday that on a recent trip to Bing-
ham a bOOtblaCk's box. passed through
saloon crowd in lieu of a hat returned
70 the gang with 81 in money.
some Of the gang are supposed TO he
iu Bingham now. where the sheriff's Of
fcerS are seeking them. Those in Bing-
ham are said to include Punk" alias
Cliff "Blocky' Gilbert and Andy An
named as Chuck, Shorty Frisco
Holt and Bradford. Some of them are at
liberty as probatiOners.
Judge Gowan's first case was that of a
lad who had stolen a bicycle a few days
ago. He was let go on probation. his fu-
ure state to be determined by his moth
cr's reports The boy promised TO re-
turn 10 school and TO be good in future.
Wouldn't Wash Face.
one boy. less than years old. was ae-
c0mpanled by his mother She is sickly
and unable TO handle her unruly son. She
told that judge that the boy refused to go
TO school if his face were washed She
said he did not object TO taking bath
or having his hands washed, but simply
would not allow her to wash his face
And do YOU know. they let that boy stay
90 the school a whole week without wash
ing his face2 she told the Judge evident
ly in the belief that washing dirty young
sterS was part of the duties of a teacher
IN Salt Lake. The boys face bore out his
mothers statements regarding his aver
sion 10 facial ablution. It caused little
surprise to learn that this type of boy
had written nasty notes to his teacher.
He promised to obey his mother and was
let go on probation. If he does not be-
have he will probably reach the reform
school soon.
Must Pay Doctor.
4 boy who had tn Wn a rock at a play
mate stealing a Hn carriage and,
by accident. had woman seated
in the carriage cutting her head so Sc
verelv that she tainted, admitted his act
and eXOneTated TWO companions who had
IN Ii d.