The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-23
TWO OGDEN BOYS
ARE IN TROUBLE
They Are Taken Into Custody in
Salt Lake OH Charge of
Burglary.
ALLEGED TO HAVE ROBBED
HOUSE At JUNCTION CITY
Tip Is Given Zion Police, and
the Arrests Are Quickly
Made.

Charged with burglarizing the home
Of R. s. Carlew of 1042 Twenty.fiftb
street, Ogden, two young men, who give
their names to the local police as John
Ward, 10 years old. and Frank Gordon,
20 years old, are locked up in the city
Jail, having been arrested Sunday after
noon at 8 CLOCK by Lieutenant Rich
ard Shannon and Sergeant John Rob
erts at Main and Second South streets.
Word was received at police head
quarters Saturday night that the Corlew
home in Ogden had been robbed on
Saturday afternoon and the police of
the Junction City discovered that tho
property had been left in the Wells
Fargo Express company for shipment
to this city.
The local police informed the man
agement of the express company to be
on the lookout for the person or per-
sons who went for tho goods and 10
notify them Immediately. Two police
detectives were stationed at the Denver
Rio Grande depot to watch for the
appearance of somebody to get the suit
cases which the goods were known TO
have been shipped in.
Detectives on Lookout.
The two detectives remained at the
station Sunday until the express Office
closed up and no one had como for the
cases. It was only short timo after
the detectives had left the depot, how.
ever. when telephone message was
received at police headquarters that
two young men had called ut tho eS-
press Office and asked one of the clerks
who was stationed on the outside if
cases Of the description Of those known
TO contain the goods had arrived. In
formation was given the two Young
men that the cases had arrived. but
could not be obtained until after the
Office opened up.
The express company employee,
knowing that the police were wanting
whoever called for the cases, took a
good description Of the two inquirers
and, Immediately after they left, tele-
phoned it to the police station Lieu
tenant Shannon and Sergeant Roberts
went out to look for the two young
men. and, meeting them at Main and
Second South streets. placed them under
arrest.
Guilt Is Confessed,
The two young men evinced much
surprise at their arrest. declaring that
mistake IN identity had been made
But at police headquarters, after being
searched and some of the loot found in
'uhil IjONhChS' llCN IbuItSSGhl 10 I'd Nlup
committed the Ogden burglary,
As stated above, tho robbery of the
Corlew home took place some time dur
ing Saturday afternoon. Property
valued at about 500 was taken. It
consisted Of two new suits of clothes,
one revolver, one automatic gun, one
rifle, two suit cases, gold rings, gold
watches and other jewclry and mis-
cellaneous assortment of trinkets.
When the cases are taken from the
express company the police hope to re-
cover al the goods which were stolen.
The two young men were taken be-
fore Lieutenant Shannon TO be cross
examined as 10 their guilt and no
trouble was experienced in securing q
confession.
The Ogden police have been notified
of the capture of the burglars, and it is
expected that an officer from the Ogden
will come here Monday for
the prisoners.