Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-10
Protests His Innocence Until the
Police Take His Cigarettes
From Him.
MYSTERY PROMPTLY SOLVED.
Property Stolen Consists of Fifty Bicy-
Giles. Twenty Dozen Glasses, Etc.
--Ruse OF Detectives Enectual.

A youths craving for cigarettes
caused the arrest Of three burglars and
the recovery of considerable property In
Guiding about so bicycles and 10 or
90 dozen glasses. and also solved
problem that has been worrying chief
of Detectives Sheets and his plain
clothes men for a number of days.
For the past two weeks complaints
have been coming in thick and fast
at police headquarters about the theft
of bicycles. Wheels were stolen right
and left from all parts of town. Many
of them We're recovered but the police
We're unable to locate the thief. Then
came reports that the Fair store ware
house at 251 had been broken into
and dozens of glasses stolen. The
place was broken into five or six times
but the police were unable to get a
clue.
Bicycle Policeman Dan Grundvig was
detailed to work up the wheel end of
the mystery while plain clothes men
were detailed on the warehouse rob
berry.
FIRST CLUE.
Last week officer Grundvig obtained
a clue that Lawrence Martin, aged II
years. and man named Mike Donald
Idu Dttu SNtdlllb W HtfiS anu Stllllb
them about town. Both were placed
under arrest and many of the bicycles
recovered, Donald was locked in the
city jail but young Martin was sent to
the Juvenile court. There he told
story that excited sympathy and was
released pending his good behavior,
No sooner was he out of the clutches of
the law than he was up to his old
tricks again. Denied the assistance of
Donald he hunted up Percy Peterson,
hop head" hack driver who had
been arrested many times for various
offenses. and the pair began to rob the
Fair store warehouse. They gained
entrance by smashing lock, Dozens
of beer glasses and fancy glasses were
carried off and sold to various saloon
men in town. Al Swain OF the ocean
bar purchased 10 dozen and several
dozen We're sold to Roy Cahoon Of
the Council bar on east First South
street
ARREST THIS MORNING.
This morning about o'clock. an en-
ploye OF the Fair store saw young
Martin trying TO get into the ware
house again. He tclephdned the police
and then nabbed the youngster.
Sergeant Roberts and Officers Hinton
and Moore hurried TO the place in the
patrol wagon and placed young Martin
under arrest. He was taken TO police
ilttillldlANlS anu lbAhtu up
The young man declared that he was
not trying to get into the warehouse
and swore that he had never been IN
the place. The police tried every way
they could think OF to induce HIM TO
make tlenn breast OF the whole af-
fair but he persIstently denied all
knowledge OF the rohberies that had
occurred there. Finally chief OF De-
tectives sheets said 10 the 1ailer;
REFINEMENT or CRUELTY.
Lock him in the cell by himself ana
take his cigarettes away from him and
do not lei him have any"
This proved 10 be too much for young
Martin ana he wilted he confessed
that he had broken into the warehouse:
that ha had stolen many bicycles and
implicated Percy Peterson in the ware
house robberies ana Donald IN the theft
OF the wheels
Detective Wilson and Officer Gold
ing hurried out and soon located Peter
son In q west Second South street
roominghOuse. He was brought 10 the
station aud questioned At first he de-
MED all knowledge OF the robberieE. but
later broke down and made a fun con
fcsslon. About 10 dozen of the glasses
were recovered and are now at police
headquarters awaiting the owners.
Donald was already In jail for the theft
OF h4tAAlt bAA an lHlft VIII It
charged with burglary and attempted
burglary,
Peterson is said to be addicted To the
use OF dope" lie has been arrested
many times IN connection with petit
larceny and burglary cases. He has a
most unenyiable police record.
COMES or GOOD FAMILY.
Young Martin has "a home with his
parents az S3 l street His father ana
mother have done AN In their power
for him He was provided with good
home, food and clothing. but preferred
TO drift about the streets and mix with
bad company. Some years ago no was
arrested by Defective sheets FOR rob
hing q candy stand II seems that hc
would rather steal than work for a
living lie has been mixing I'm bad
company and wandering the streets
late az night M spite Of all that his
parents could do for him. He takes his
arrest I'm a careless manner and eyinces
no interest IN his predicament until the
police threaten 10 take away his cigar
cites.
II is more than nkely thar the sa-
loon men who purchased the stolen |
glasses VIII be arrested for receiving