The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-24
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SHORT WORK Of
H0LD-UP MEN
Cummings and Rose Arrested
Soon After Bold Job in Com
merCiaI Club Building.
SAID TO HAVE MADE
COMPLETE CONFESSION
PULLMAN EMPLOYE CARRYING
LARGE AMOUNT FELLED
WITH sIX-sHOOTER.

Returning to his office in the CONNER
clay club building on West Temple
street at about $40 yesterday morning,
/ D. Z. Sweet. cashier of the Pullman
company, was beaten down by two
highwaymeu, armed with revolvers,
who had planned to rob him of $500
which he carried i'm a money bag.
The appearance Of c.. H. Graham,
driver of the Elgin dairy wagon, who
stopped his horse on the street in front
Of the building, frightened the thugs,
and abandoning their work before Sc
curing the money, they took flight, max
/ ing their final escape on bicycles stolen
| from the street curbing, where owners
/ had left them.
Shortly after noon Detectives Golding
and Wilson arrested two men answer
| ing the description of the thugs, who
/ were seen by several persons in their
/ flight. The prisoners gave the names
/ of John Fl. Cummings and W. o. Rose.
| They We're rOOmmates at the Y. NJ. c..
| A. Cummings formerly was employed
/ as an engineer on the FambeTger road:
4 Rose gave his occupation as train
| butcher. Neither Of them had been
I working recently. they admitted, and
/ both are of the class who drift about
/ the country and work at whatever they
/ can get
Said to Have Confessed.
! According to Chief Of Detectives
/ Sheets, the prisoners made a complete
! confession of the hOld-up. The details
! Of the confession, however. were not
| given out, though it was learned that
/ sufficient evidence had been secured to
] ~.
/ The prisoners, late last night, agreed
/ to plead guilty on condition that Ienieu-
/ cy is extended them by the court
/ It is the custom Of Mr.. Sweet to col
] leCt the receipts from the Denver & Rio
/ GTande depot and the uptown ticket
/ offices every morning before going TO
his Office. He had made the usual
/ rounds yesterday morning and reached
1 the building where his Office is located a
few moments after 8 o'clock. He had
mounted the stairs at the street en-
! trance, and had proceeded up about
/ four steps when he observed two men
! coming down, and headed directly to-
| ward him.
He paid no attention to them and was
/ proceeding on his way, when the men
/ confronted him with The command Of
/ hands up"
/ At the same time one Of the men drew
/ a revolver. Mr.. Sweet started to step
/ backward and raised his arm in self
/ defense, when one Of the men struck
/ him a vicious blow over the head with
/ the butt of the weapon. Mr.. Sweet
/ staggered backward, but retained his
/ hold on the grip.
Take to Their Heels.
/ Just at this moment Graham. the
! driver Of milk wagon, stopped in front
/ Of the building, and while he stood on
I the pavement the thugs caught sight Of
/ him. At that time Graham had not vet
] taken note Of what was happening on
/ the stairway. but the hoId-up men, be-
/ iieving he intended running TO the res
cue Of their victim, stopped their work
and took TO their heels
/ Neither Of the men was masked. One
I of them ran out Of the doorway, grabbed
! a bicycle I'm the entrance and rode il To
/ Third South and West Temple streets.
/ where the front tire, becoming loose and
/ falling off, he abandoned it.
The man with the weapon, which he
still clutched in his hand, ran south TO
I PieTpOnt street and west TO First West
/ where he turned and ran north TO the
I Smith-Bailey drUg store. There he
I picked no a wheel belonging To Harry
/ stevenson, an empl0ye Of the concern,
/ and rode 70 the postCfice. where he, too
/ abandoned the wheel and took to the
/ street.
Though rendered almost senseleSs
+ when struck down, Mr.. Sweet showed
/ unusual nerve. picked himself up and
made his way 10 the company's office
/ upstairs. Superintendent II. s. Twining
arrived at the Office d few moments
later and Mr.. Sweet was sent to his
/ home His wounds are not serious.
During the progress Of their fight the
fugitives were seen by at least a half
/ dozen persons. Neither Of them being
/ masked. pedestrians obtained a good
/ view Of them in passing. Oscar Raw
/ Inns, bOokkeeper Of the Smith Bailey
+ drug store who saw the man take the
/ Stevenson bicycle, and Fred LAURA. also
/ an employe Of the drug store. who en-
/ counteTed the fleeing men in PierpOnt
I street. both identified the prisoners. The
milk wagon driver also identified them.
having got a good look at both when
Z they ran down the stairway
/ These identifcati0ns. however We're
I unnecessary, as both men made a COM
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