The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-15
PARENTS DENY SON
Is GUILTY OF ROBBERY

Salt Lake. Dec. 15.-"Our son Is
either the victim Of political plot or
the shcriff's officers are greatly mis-
taken in the arrest which they have
made"
This was the statement made by the
aged father and mother OF W. 5. Jac-
OLSON, " ho was arrested on Thurs
dag afternoon last on suspicion OF be
ing one of the two men who hold up
and robbed the saloon at Twelfth
South and West Temple street last
Tuesday night. and who is also alleG-
ed TO have been one of the highway
men who held-up and robbed the crew
OF Wandamere car on the same
night
My husband absolutely had moth
ing TO do with either OF the rob6eries
of which he is accused I can and
will prove this said Mrs. ]. B FISK.
Despite the chain of evidence
which Sheriff Sharp and his deputies
claim TO have woven about w S. JAG
OLSON and j. 3. Fisk. the father and
mother OF one OF the men and the wife
OF the other say that they can prove
their innocence OF connection with
any crime in this city.
When seen Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobson
said that they did not care 10 make
any statement at this time, except
to deny that their son was a Grim
inal. They were prepared. they said,
to prove that he had never been a
criminal.
Active Church Workers..
Pressed further the father and moth
er said that they had joined the Nor
mon church in Wisconsin seven years
ago, and that their son had joined
| the church at the same time. The
/ family moved to Salt Lake City a
short time later, and the father has
| been engaged in the contracting bus
! mess here since that time.
For some time the family were
members of the twenty-fifth ward OF
this city and the boy was a member
| OF the ward choir for more than a
year. His mother was organist for the
ward The son worked with his faith.
er until July 10 Of this year. when
he went TO Logan 10 enter business
for himself.
He remained at Logan for a short
time and then went to Butte. He re.
turned to this city about two weeks
ago and since that time he has been
living with his parents at 1871 Gordon
! street
The night before the robbery Of the
saloon and of the street car, it is de-
clared. reception was held at the
Jacobson home. which was attended
| by young jacobson, Fisk. Bishop Mich
olas Wilson, a member of the Mormon
church in Wyoming, a brother OF
Bishop Wilson. and a number of 9th
er friends. The party lasted until a
late hour, and according TO the state
mcnt made this afternoon by the
brother OF Bishop Wilson, the guests
caught the last car for this city.
About That SHACK
Mr and Mrs. jacobson made an in
| dignant denial that young Jacobson
and Fisk lived I'm a shack"
"'Thc home cost nearly $1,000 was
their statement
Mrs. } Il. Fisk made the following
statement.
THE story as published in at least
one Of the papers of this city that
was the supposed wife of Mr.. Fisk Is
4 dirty slap at the man who Is the
father of my three children, as well
as at me- | am not ashamed OF my
husband and he Is not ashamed Of me
nor OF his children. | will have some
thing 10 say If the case ever comes tc
trial
''Mr Fisk was born in Iowa. He
went to California several years age
and / met him there We we're mar
ried at Selmas, Monterey county, Cal.
December 25 1894. and have three
children living. My maiden name was
Van Hooscar We remained in Cali
fornia until 1907. came to Utah for !
short time and then went to Wyoming
AT that time my husband and my
self had some money, and we decided
10 spend few months In the Jack
son Hole country, hunting and fishing
OF which we are both fond
1--WE remained there until Octooe
25. when We came TO Salt Lake City
intending to spend the winter here
Did Not Know jacobson.
~ deny absolutely that we ha'
ever known jacobson or any of hi
people until we came to this city. w
were informed that We could sc
rooms at a certain place and wen
! there. II was the Jacobson hom'
and VIC engaged the two front room