The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-27
CLEVER GANG
CAUGHT [ BY
POLICE
SALT LAKE OFFICERS CAPTURE
SIX BAD MEN.
Made Use Of a Train and a Light En-
9ine In Chaslne the Fleeing
Thugs.

Salt Lake. Jan 27-One of the clev-
crest gangs of high-waymen which has
ever operated in Zion. was rounded up
by the police Tuesday night in the
north yards, just this side OF Beck's
hot springs, and 1t is considered one
OF the most important captures which
has been made here in many months.
Six men constituted the band, and it
is generally considered in police cir
cleS, that they are the ones who have
been committing all of the holdups,
robberies and burglaries In this city
during the past several weeks In
fact 1t is not known but what members
OF the gang are responsible for the
robbery of the safe at the Davis Shoe
company's store last Sunday morning.
Unusual grit and determination TO
land the robbers behind the bars of
the city jail was shown on the part OF
the yariouS members of the police
force, and Patrolmen Harris and Lyons
are deserving OF special mention. for
1t was these two that landed the two
most desperate members of the gang
and also underwent the greater risk
OF life in so doing.
When additional hold-ups were
learned Of at the police station. an
other band of officers was dispatched
which met the first band at the Ore
gon Short Line depot yards. Suppos-
ing the highwaymen had made their
way north up the Short Line tracks,
the police mounted Short Line freight
train No. 81, bound for Ogden, and
various officers dropped off at differ
ent points along the road until, when
the train came TO n StandStiU at the
switch just this side of Beck's Hot
springs, Patrolmen Harris and Lyons
were the only ones left on. They dis
mounted at this point and in a few
minutes Patrolman Harris saw man
approaching. He thought this was one
of the highwaymen and Immediately
got ready for him. AS he approached,
presumably to take the train for the
Junction city, Harris pulled gun
on him and ordered him to throw up
his hands. This he did, and Harris
proceeded to search him when the Of
ficer was approached from the rear
by third man, who aimed a pistol at
him and was about to fire when Pa
trolman Lyons came from around the
engine and ordered the man to drop
the gun. Lyons then searched him
and the two men were handcuffed to-
eether Had Patrolman Lyons been
second later it would have meant Har-
ris' death.
Patrolmen Harris and Lyons then
marched their victims up the track,
where they met two more of the gang,
but these were unarmed and were cap
tured with very little trouble. About
this time the switch engine, manned
by S. NJ. Bell, foreman OF the train
crew, Nose Garside, engineer, and
o. p. MrnCe. fireman, overhauled the
freight train carrying number of 9th
er officers. among whom were Detec-
tive Janney and Patrolmen Clough,
Johnson and Bretz. who had already
captured two other members of the
gang.
The six were then brought back to
the depot by the switch engine. where
they were met by the patrol van and
brought TO the police station.
AT the station they gave the names
OF Frank Leland, Ike Goldberg, Chas.
Weekland, ]. NJ. Caulfield, r,
Stone and Frank Rogers. The two
first named were the ring-leaders
of the gang and the two first captur-
ed. On their persons was found the
gold watch which was taken from
Frank Steiffel the preceding night
and the scarf pin secured from Joseph
Straka. On the person OF Charles
Weekland was found .38-caliber
Colts automatic revolver and a belt
containing about fifty cartridges. Mon
ey was also found on the persons or
the men TO the amount of about SIS.
One man had $19 in his possession.
but the others had only a few cents
each, The men ranged in age from
20 to As years.