Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
TRUSTED EMPLOYE
STEALS FROM FIRM
Mystery of Wholesale Disappear
anoe of Rabbit Metal Cleared
Up by Police.
OFFICER jim TAYLOR'S WORK.
Runs Down Man Who Had Been Steal
ing From Utah Mining Machin-
cry 6 Supply Co.

Police officer Jim" Taylor, whom
the organ of the "refrom party
| frantically attacked few days ago
| and demanded his removal. complet-
| cd another good piece of detective
| work this morning when he landed in
| jail junk dealer named Max Gold
berg and sheet metal worker named
Ed RappcTart, on the charge of grand
larceny.
The arrests were the result of many
days hard work and to officer Taylor
belongs the credit OF clearing up a
mystery, recovering large quantity
of stolen property and landing the
thieves in Jail Taylor also secured a
complete confession from Rapporart.
The last named of the prisoners is
young Roumanian. He has been in
the employ OF the Utah Mining Ma
chinery & Supply company for long
time. 1t is n case of another trusted
employe gone wrong. For three or
four months the young man has been
systematically stealing from the COM
pany babbit metal and brass gate
valves Just how much of the proper
ty has been stolen cannot be determine
ed at this time, but about $500 of it
was recovered by Taylor this morn
ing
HIS WAGES WERE 81 A DAY.
Rapporart was an expert sheet metal
worker He received 81 q day from
the company, but this was not enough,
he says, and therefore he began to
steal, He wanted to get enough money
to take his wife and little child back
to Roumania. He fell In with one
Max Goldberg, a dealer in junk who re-
sides at 81 West Seventh South street.
The pair schemed to steal the brass
valves and babbit metal--which is
worth 55 cents per pound--and sell 1t
to machinists. Rapporart would steal
the metal and valves by degrees. hide
the same until a large quantity was OBJ
tanned. Then Goldberg would load the
stolen property into his wagon and
haul it TO a purchaser. He found
ready buyer. SO he says, In @. A. Cart
man, proprietor of n machine shop on
West Second South street. He bought
several loads of the metal and valves,
paying a good price for the same. The
proceeds We're divided between Rap
porart and Goldberg
HOW 1T WAS DISCOVERED.
Tho discovery of the stealing came
about through a man who formerly
worked with Gartman. He met Man.
ager j. l.. Gallagher of the COM
pany, and told the latter that
Rapporart had been stealing metal and
that Goldberg had sold 1t to Gartman.
IA ba np than
three months. Mr.. Gallagher reported
the matter to Captain Burbidge sew
eral days ago and the latter detailed
Officer Taylor on the case. The latter
worked watched and waited. This
morning he caught Goldberg at Cart
mans place of business. on his wagon
was about 400 pounds of the valuable
metal. Taylor Immediately placed
Goldberg under arrest and the junk
man weakened and offered to go to the
supply companys place OF business ana
point out the man who had been DO
ing the stealing. He named Rapporart:
TAYLOR took Goldberg to the station and
booked him for grand larceny. The
metal and valves were taken from the
wagon and placed in the detectives
room. Taylor then returned to the
works and placed Rapporart under
arrest The latter at first denied guilty
knowledge but later made a complete
confession.
TIRED OF WORKING.
Before being locked up he said:
II know ] have been making good
money but was tired of working and
wanted to make more money quick.
Then ] did this thing to make money.
| wanted to go away. / would have
worked only one week more then ]
would have had plenty of money. But
now 1t is all over. ! can not help it. /
feel for my wife more than for myself"
1t is estimated that at least 900
pounds of metal and brass valves have
been stolen sinse Rapporart and Gold
berg began to rob the company. 1t is
not likely that It was all sold to one
man and Taylor is still at work on the
case IN the hope of recovering all of
the DrnDerty.