The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-02

had to say about the exploits of this
priest in San Francisco. Mr.. Game said
'We have some priests here who
smoke cigarettes and somo ministers
who attend pink teas, but | have never
heard of any of them wearing ladies
silk stockings or slippers, or ruffles
on their skirts. ] am very sorry tha,
] can't help you old man, but you see
detective work and priests in petticoats
are entirely out of my line. or course,
you are going to interview George
Sheets, and when you do, you will like
ly get a line ON something, for he isl
certainly live wire in his business.
] suggest also that YOU talk with Charlie
Pulver, former newspaper man who has
his Office in the Mccormick block, and
who seems TO have n happy faculty for
finding out pretty much everything that
is none of his business
At this point they were interrupted
by the announcement that George Sheets
was waiting to keep his appointment
with Holmes at home.
The first thing the chief of the Salt
Lake Detective bureau said when they
were alone in hIs Office was, 81 find
from a careful investigation which !
ahavc made since receiving your wire,
that the story of the robbery of Stark Is
house is pretty well developed pipe
dream.
1.-The whole sum and substance of the
matter is that when Stark reached Elko
on his way 10 San Francisco he wired
his stenographer to get some papers from
a vault III the basement Of his house. 10
which the stenographer had the col...
blnation,
1.-The stenographer, in obedience to
these instructions. went 10 the house
and not having a key, proceeded TO
enter the basement, through the coal
hole. To do this he was obliged to
prv open the shutter. This broken
shutter was discovered next morning
by some of the neighbors, and their
nervousness rs result of it seems to
have been sufficient TO warrant Mr..
Bunting. who is something of fakir
himself, IN wiring to Anderson that
Stark home had been burglarized.
81 am Informed that after obtaining
these papers from the vault the stcnog-
rapher found it was too late TO ex-
press them on the night train, which
was about 10 start, and being DESTROYS
of getting them to Stark at the earliest
possible moment, he handed them to
Mr.. G. D. Remington, former bust
ness associate of Stark's, who was
leaving on that train for San Fran
cisco, and who stated that he would he
glad TO deliver them to Stark" F."
Sheets the Real Investigator.
When Holmes had recovered some.
what from his surprise he began in
curing about Captain Stark S early
life and told something of the informa-
tion which he had received on the
train, Here again he was brought to
a rude standstill by Sheets who said;
$50 you have been strung by old
Jordan, have you? He has the repu-
tation IN Ely of being the biggest liar
alive. lie may have told YOU the truth
this time, but the burden is on him.
Holmes spirits were starting boot
ward when Sheets stated that he had
some more information which might
prove interesting, and retiring 10 the
other room, he brought out suit case
bearing the inscription "A. S., Salt
Lake City, Utah
After Holmes had glared at it for
some minutes and pInchcd himself sew
cral times to be sure he was awake.
Sheets added:
q happened to be going through
some baggage at the Short Line depot
yesterday and saw this bag. The
initials naturally attracted me aud
caused me to make some inquiries Of
the baggage man. This person informed
me that the bag came in from San
Francisco about a week ago with
lot OF other baggage and that it had
no check on il or other means Of telling
where it should go,
''T induced him to let me take it
and here it is. You see it is locked.
and / haven 7 attempted 10 open il,
thinking il would be better to await