Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-09
city INFESTED
WITH GRAF TIERS
ch.ck Workers, Pickpockets,
surething Men and Bur-
glars Galore.
DRESS CLUB SHOW FOR MAY l.
xo,housc Interested i'm Ogden's
pevcIopwcnt--Big Doings for Ar
bor Day-Ncws In Brief.

ogden, April 9.-Check-workers. pick
.oote,s sure thing men and burglars
have occupied the center of the Grim
,rol stage in ogden for the past two
sors hut most of the crooks have
~omo 10 grief for their trouble and
sovera of their number occupy choice
coils at the police station. During
tba mast ten days with the. great in
any NJ unemployed men from the west
have come some very bad characters
Who have lost little time in working
heir games" in the Junction city.
The first to be entered upon the crim-
,nal record were a couple OF check
workers who gave the names of T. e.
Rayllss and j. i. Graves. They We're
s,fh captured while trying to pass some
worthless papers upon merchants and
confessional men. Bayliss visited DIR.
t,lch and introduced himself as n doc
Tar and asked the doctor to cash a
chsck for him. The latter accepted
inc check and gave 1t to an attendant
IN take to the bank and get cashed
INT before the attendant could return
payliss went out on the street upon
some pretense and made his way to the
hank where he met the attendant and
1ook the check Sheriff Wilson was add
yised and after securing description
Of the man started out in search of him
and finally located the fellow in a
Twenty-ffth street store writing out u
check in payment of some goods that
be had purchased. Both the men We're
taken into custody.
II was learned later that Graves had
cashed check at the Falstaff and one
al VIM. Drivers drug store. The checks
were for s12 and S1l.75, and were
drawn upon a Salt Lake bank. An
Investigation is being made to find out
II any other checks were passed in the
city,
4 wary Idaho farmer proved too
much for a smooth pickpocket in the
early morning, and as a result G. l..
Crawford is booked at the police sta
ton upon the charge of attempted rob-
berry. 1t appears that John r. Evans
was returning to his home In Idaho.
from Salt Lake, early yesterday morn
ing on the Oregon Short Line. When
the train reached Ogden, Evans landed
To walk up and down the platform 10
stretch himself. A few minutes be-
fore the train was ready to leave, he
asrted toward the train and got into a
small hurrying crowd with Crawford
closely behind him, and who Kept nudg
ing Evans and urging him to hurry.
In one of the nudges Crawford got his
hand into Evans pocket and ON his
wallet but before the pfckpocket could
make away with the purse, the farmer
had him. and in a few minutes the fell
low was turned over to the officers.
Reports are being received every day
at the Union depot from travellers who
state that they have advanced money
10 fellow travellers who have given them
checks for fabulous sums to hold. The
money In most cases was given TO pre-
pay the express or baggage upon GER
tain pieces of property that could not
be carried upon the regular ticket. One
passenger gave up $3.50 upon Il $1,000
draft, while another passenger lost $50
on the same kind of deal. The game
IS an old one, and has been worked
upon the travelling public at this point
for number of years. 1t is the opinion
Of the officers that Ogden is the head
quarters for the gang and determined
effort is being made to capture some of
the gang.
A burglary and attempted burglary
were reported to the police yesterday,
the former at the Winter residence
on Jefferson avenue. and the latter at
the Hanson bicycle store on Washing
ton avenue south of the opera house.
At the Winter place several pieces OF
clothing and a few dollars in silver
were secured.
The police reported last night that
they had been unable to get any clue
TO the culprits who broke into the Be-
craft garage on Tuesday night and us
ing the automobile of Angus Kennedy
Which they later returned with brok-
en- a1el and covered with mud.
PRESS CLUB SHOW MAY 1.
Ogden April 9.-The announcement
mas been made by the Press club OF
ogden that II will give It's first annual
SNOW at the Grand Opera House on the