The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-16
BURGLARS RUN DOWN,
PLUMBER RECOVERED
officers Accomplish Clever Piece WokThree Men Burg
lared Clark Residence Placed Under Arrest
Jail-Stolen Goods Found at Local Express Office
Boxed Consigned "Siege at Butte
Jewelry Taken Pidcocks Residence
Not Yet Recovered.

Chief Browning. Capt Brown, Detec-
| tive Pender Robert Burke and the
members OF the Ogden police force
| have accomplished clever piece of
work in running down the
criminals and recovering the
valuable cut glass and other plum.
der stolen from the Clark residence
by burglars. last week.
A box containing the cut glass and
other articles was traced to an eX-
press company's Office In this city.
and quietly taken possession OF by the
police. The box was consigned to
"Siegel," at Butte, Mont. and the con-
tents were removed and the box filed
up with rock dummies to represent
the probable weight of the glass. This
was then forwarded to Butte and the
police of that city notified TO be on the
lookout for the fence" to which the
box was addressed
1t is quite likely that ere this time
the dummy package has been deliver
ed TO Siegel, In Butte. Mont, and 1t is
very likely that he will be brought
into the case as an accessory
While the action OF the officers has
been going on regarding the possibll-
lty Of capturing the thieves at Butte,
Mont, searching investigation has
been prosecuted here in ogden with a
view of locating the parties that made
the shipment Every possible clue as
to the Identity OF the culprlts has been
carefully followed, even to getting an
Ia Of N
which the cut glass and silverware
were carried to the express office.
The box containing the goods was
carefully scrutinized by the officers
and upon 1t we're found sufficient
marks and names to lead the officers
to conclude that Ogden parties were
implicated in the burglary and so we'll
defined were the marks and brands
on the box that the officers became
quite certain of the identity Of the par
ties who had turned the trick.
Following this clue careful watch
was kept in the city for the guilty
parties, Last evening a few boys
were throwing snowballs and among
them. or near by theme was one of the
men under suspicion. AS a pretext to
take this Suspicioned man to jail, De-
tective Ponder approached the fellow
and accused him of disturbing the
peace by entering into the SNOWFALL
ing episode The fellow. quite unsus-
pecting that he was being arrested In
fact for the Clark burglary, which oc-
Cured over a week ago. accompanied
the officer, but when be reached the
station in the custody Of the officers
he was advised that he was wanted
for that crime.
The explanation OF the officers 80
closely Identified him with the burg
larry that he became sure that the de-
partment was well advised as to his
connection with the burglary, so he
made a confession and told the officers
who his confederates were. This con-
fession IN hand, Officers Pincock,
Burk. Wardlaw and Kelleher were dis
patched to the pool room. where the
man under arrest stated his confed-
crates were engaged In sociable
game OF pool.
The other two men were soon under
arrest and landed In the police sta
tion The three men gave their names
as John w Beckman-he is known In
W. Mitchell, the latter's right name
is Smith, and he belongs to a promi-
nent family of the city.
1t will be remembered that 1t was
reported in the Standard that Joseph
Clark's residence, 2752 Washington
avenue, had been burglarized and that
about 500 in jewelry and cut glass
had been purloined. Among other
things taken was a cut glass punch
bowl valued at SITS. This valuable
piece of glass was found in the box
found at the express Office consigned
to "Siegel." of Butte. together with
other articles that had been taken
from the Clark residence. A part OF
the plunder. however. was held here
by the offenders. all OF which was
seized last night 1t was found in
rooming house which two of the cul-
prits have occupied since the time OF
the burglary.
The jewelry taken from the DR.. Pid-
cock residence at about the same time
has not yet been recovered. but 1T Is
the opinion of the officers that it Will
soon be located. 1t was shipped out'of
the city by express. as is known to
the officers and 1t Is not improbable
that within the next few hours 1t will
be seized and returned to the owners.
The work of the officers In these cases
Is very commendable and 1t means
that IL is not an easy matter to burg
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