The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-05

ness man than burglar and his dress Is
neat and tasty enough TO carry out TINS
impression. ....,,
watched every movement Of the detsc-
tives with catlike craftiness, could the
real daring of the man be read
IL is believed by the police that ms
harmless looking appearance has enabled
| Wilson to make his robberieS the boldsst
that have ever been known in Salt Lake.
| Even the closest scruhnlzlng OF MN
would arouse no suspicion. and We're ae
/ to I've Sc er lettering about residence ne
would be but little noticed Dy the aver
/ aeu person.
/ when the residence of ]. a. Pollock
was robbed LAST Friday afternoon, the
/ burglary Is believed TO have occurred
| in the middle of the afternoon, at
| time when neighbors children We're
PLAYING about the house. The mouse vas
entered through a window and watches
and ether ieWeiry valued at SSB9 was
taken. The watches were founo IN WIZ
sons suit cases, together with 5 ss'cA-
pin taken from the Pollock resi- fence.
| The residence of DR.. a. A, Kerr was
broken into last Sunday night between
the hours of 6 and O'Clock in the even
ing. From the methods employed the
| same gang was undoubtedly responsible
for both burglaTfes. Almost an OF thS
stuff taken from the DR.. Kerr nome was
found in wilson's possession a ssI OF sai-
/ ent to DIR. and Mrs. Kerr, had not yet
been disposed of. Mrs Kerr was notlIled
by telephone at l O'Clock TINS morning
that her ValuableS mad been recovered anu
She was Overjoyed at the information.
Despite the fact that Wilson declares ne
! has had no partner in his work, tnt
amount of Dlunder taken from me 1 r.,
| dence of DR.. Kerr would indicate tnat
r more than one man was Implicated Inc
police do not believe that one man could
have gotten away with the amount OF
| stuff that was stolen. Neither do the po-
lice connect the girl under arrest WIN
any of the Durslaries.
tThe Eastman girl stated that she me
Wilson only a few days ago. She SAID Shs
had made his acquaintance on the street
2 and it is believed that she has since beel
2 the companion of Wilson, 20 the man uh
- doing, although neither the girl nor I'M
man realized this until last night, Whel
Y ! four stalwart officers of the law Walke
z into Wilson's ROOM
g The Eastman girls people live in Og
T | den and she is wanted by the juVenii
: | court authorities there She Will be het
| also as a witness against Wilson. IL
;, ! stated that Wilson had been rOoming a
a the address where he was taken las
y | night for a number of weeks His habit
T have not been such as to arouse suspi
n cion. and it is said that the man usual
! retired early and was never disslpated
. his habits
= in which Wilson Is believed to have bee
! involved have taken place at late nou
II of the night. Most Of the burglaries nav
= either occurred in the early evening or
= the daytime.
e DESPITE wilson's contentious that he ha
y | been alone in his work, the police are &C
y vancing the theory that Wilson may nav
= ! been the he d of an organized gam
= which gang may be responsible for nun
y her of other big rObberies outside n
" breaking into of residences. The cracl
n ing of the ROYAL laundry safe and II
= / theft of over 500 in cash and the holC
I | ing uD of several restaurants and bal
y rooms recently may eventually be trace
- ! 10 parties with whom Wilson was col
s nected.
- Wilson sahd last night that he had 70
~ lowed the occupation of a plasterer. tt
n notice dragnet has been spread for other
and a number of suspicious character
o. were taken into custody prior to the a
Of rest of Wilson last night.
III \ few of the crimes in which y
If prisoner may have taken part ara X
robbery of Finch & Rogers cafe early
lg october, when they held up the waite
ne and got S112 but missed a big amount
ty money in the safe.
e Robbery of the Combination bar.
ed East Second South. Oct. p, where tn
lis cot $40 from the register and a purse
IS | gold from the dishwasher.
Id Robbery of the Royal laundry safe,
a South State street, last Monday NOR
nd ing. The thieves secured SI52.4 40 in ca
IS and destroyed lot of valuable checks
of Robbery of the home of ]. A. Polio
last Friday afternoon, when JeWelfy VI
ay ued at $500 was taken.
as RObbery of the home of DR.. A. A. Ke
no 5s0l East South Temple street, last Su
dav night. Silverware and Jewelry VI
an ued at $500 was taken.
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