The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-20
LEADER Of FUREY
GANG IS ARRESTED
Positively Identified as One of
the Men Who Held Up
Finch Cafe.
DENIES, THOUGH, THAT
HE WAS HERE THEN
Is Leader of Notorious Band
That TorrOrized the West
Eight Years Ago.

john Furcy. leader of the notorious
Furcy gang Of California, the exploits
of which startled the western country
about eight wears ago, was arrested
Friday afternoon. at l;3O o clock. by
Patrolmau T.. V. Johnson, and positive
ly identified as the man who held up the
cafe of Finch x Rogers at 20 East Sec
oud South street, October IL. securing
SlI2.
Furcv denies that he was in the city
at the time OF the holdup, and says That
he can prove an alibi Joseph Sands
tho head waiter of the cafe, positively
identified E'urcy as the man who rrflcd
the cash register. i5urcy WAS arrested
on Main street. between First and Sec
oud South streets.
History Of Robbery.
"Stick up your hands and back into
that corner was the command issued
TO George Shollcross. the night cook at
the cafe, as he turned from the range
and looked into tho barrels of two re
volvCrs, pointed at his head, the morn
ing OF October IL. Shollcross backed
into the corner. Sands. the head waiter:
Earl Baughmau, a waiter; Joseph Stone.
the yardman. and John Fisher. the dish
washer. came into the kitchen. looked
i'm the muzzlcS Of tho rcyolycrs. and
backed into the corner
One of the holdup men then handed
his revolver to his partner, after which
he began TO whistle while taking off his
mask. lie then removed bis coat and
vest and rolled up his shirt sleeves. Go.
inc through tho cafe to the front. where
the cash register was standing, he was
accostcd hy Arthur Rodbcrg. who lives
at la East First South street.
Hungry Man Petulant
"Sav. - what ; the matter with that
other waiter! | don I want TO wait
hcra' al day said RodbcrG 20 he
holdup, who was rif!trg the casL :c%.
lister.
ON sec that YOU get your order 10
moment. the robbcr answered.
swearing meanwhile as he searched for
the small money drawer in which was
kept shc money Of Mulvcy's saloon
after that place closed for the night.
Not finding the drawer he walked back
into the kitchen and told his partner
that If was all right. Ilo thon told the
men in tue corner To take a good look
at him. so that they would know him
again. after which he and his partner
went out the back door The police
were Immediately notified. but all trace
Of the robbers was lost.
When the holdup who had removed
his coat, vest and mask and had rolled
up his sleeves told the men to take Il
good look at him, Sands. the head
waiter, did so. Later in the day Sands
went TO the police station. at he re-
quest of Chief Of Detectives George
Sheets, and looked al photograph of
u man who answered the description
given Of one of the holdupS. Sands i'm
mcdiat"ly. recognized the photograph.
which was that Of Furoy.
All She detectives Of the city, as well
as the patrolmcn. were furnished with
photographs of Furey and told to bc
on the lookout for the man. but no
trace Of him was found then, and 1T is
now said by the police that Furcy left
the city thc day of the holdup.
Just Finished Term
Furev was released from the state
prison on October Is. where he had
served eight years for the hold up Of
the Iang saloon in Ogden. about that
length Of time ago. He was arrested
with nine members of his gang. at Og-
den Immediately after the hold mp of
the saloon. For a number of years he
led the notorious California Furey
gang, which terrorzed the western
country. This gang was composed of
some Of the worst criminals i'm the west
and was finally broken up through The
arrest Of Furcv at Ogden. The conyic-
tion of Furcy on this charge VIII "put
him away for twenty years" the police
predict,