Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
HOLDUP RETURNS
FOR ANOTHER JOB
Brigham Street Pharmacy Robbed by
Same Man Who Turned
Trick Before.

1t Is an old adnge of detectives that
a criminal returns to the scene Of his
crime. driven by some strange. mex
plicable instinct. but the rare case Of
a criminal returning to the scene of
his crime for the express purpose OF
repeating 1t In the same manner, oc-
CURED Friday night, when r. Nelden.
prescription clerk, and l.. II, Foulger.
soda fountain attendant, in the Brig
ham Street pharmacy, corner of South
Temple and f streets, were again held
up In exactly the same way, by the
robber who stuck them up on Friday
night. Dec. 8.
Evidently the crook who turned this
double trick isn't superstitious about
working" on Friday. as he appears
to choose that night of the week for
his operations. 1t is believed that
he deliberately planned to copy his
first robbery of the drug store in
every detail, as a Joke on the police.
for giving out story to the effect
that the hold-up had become fright
ened in the midst of his work, had
trembled violently from fear and had
run out of the front door In a panic.
If this was his object. he certainly
succeeded. for he even chose the same
time, to the dot, as the hands OF the
clock pointed to 20 minutes after the
hour OF as he stepped boldly into the
drug store, with a black handkerchief
tied over the lower portion of his face.
Come on. jump out. now, and throw
up your hands" he said, and II you
try to get funny with me, I'll light your
inside with electricity. Well just see
Joint up the first time. I'll give you
how to mako fun of me, / never read
such bunch of rot in all my life as
the stuff you told after 1 stuck this
Joint up the first time, I" give you
another chance, but if you ginks think
you can put the fuZZ over on me, just
try it again, and I'll come back and
hurt somebody"
The hold-up appeared to be quite
cool, and F'oulger did not on this oc-
casion remark any trembling on his
part. and If he did, he took good care
not to mention it.
After taking exactly So just the
same amount that he took In the first
robbery. the holdup walked calmly
out of the drug store and disappeared
quickly in the darkness.
Give Lieutenant Shannon my re-
CARDS. because he's the boke that
joshed about my being so scared that
! dropped the money from my claws,
the last time" was the genial hold
ups Parthian shot.
Nelden slipped out of the store by
the back way, Just as the holdup en-
tered through the front door. and the
prescription clerk rushed Into the
home of DR.. c. F. Wilcox. at 31S First
avenue, where he telephoned to the
police, The bluecoats got on the job
Immediately, but the bird had flown
about two minutes before their ar
rival, and the police searched I'm vain
for the practical joker" thief. In this
case, as In the first holdup of the drug
store on Dec. 3. the robbcr made his
escape, though he had but a short time
to get away before the police came.
The police claim that this same hold
up also robbed the store OF D. Bern
stein, at 2S Commercial street, and
stole a revolver, Friday night.
According to Bernstein, man an
swering the description given by Mel
den and Foulger of the robber who
held up the drug store, walked into his
place and asked that he be shown some
revolvers. as he desired to make pur-
chase of n good gat." Bernstein haul
ed out bunch of fine revolverS and
the man looked them over carefully,
but showed that he was not salts
fed with them. and he then asked
Bernstein TO reach over and get him
a gun that was displayed in the
window. The man grabbed .3S cal
ibre Hopkins G. Allen revolver and
hurried out of the store as Bernstein
turned his back