The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-27
HENRY KUNTZ
LANDED IN
JAIL
HE is THE FELLOW WHO BURG
LARIzED A HOME.
Entered the BeeIow Residence, Plum
dered the Place and Departed for,
Spokane, Where He Was Caught.

Henry Kuntz, the German who was
extradited from Idaho this week and
is suspected of having burglarized the
Bigelow residence In this city some
time ago. was arraigned In the. mu'
nicipal court today on the charge oil
grand larceny. The prisoner was rep
resented by Attorney George H. Da-
Wis, who asked for a continuance OF
the case until preliminary hearing
can be arranged for.
1t is evident that KuntZ is going TO
make a determined fight for his liber-
ty and II Is also evident that the man
Is no common prisoner. He was cap
tured at Portland. It will be recalled
that nearly every article missed from
the Bigelow home was found in his
possession
Before the Ogden authorities could
secure the man for trial, the Boise
police appeared and claimed him for
an alleged burglary in that city
Spokane also wanted Kuntz for a
burglary there, but he was finally sur
rendered TO the Boise officers and
preparations were made to try him
for burglary. The authorities, how
ever, upon investigating the case. con-
cluded that they had no certain evil
dence with which to connect Kuntz
with the crime of which he was sus-
pected, and the Ogden police were no
tilted to secure extradition papers and
come for him.
During the time Kuntz was held
at Boise. he obtained money from
some source and secured the services
Of All attorney and prepared to make
determined defense. 1t is stated that
he paid his attorney $50 in advance
and was anticipating an early acquit-
tai when he was suddenly taken pos
session of by Detective Pender from
Ogden and was whisked out OF town
before even his attorney was aware
of his clients departure. The trick
was turned by pursuing extreme Sc
'crecy In the matter even TO the OBJ
tanning Of eXtradition papers from the
governor OF Idaho before Kuntz was
aware that he was not to be tried In
Boise
1t Is stated that Kuntz has
wealthy brother in Texas who has
the $50 received in Boise and an
additional $400 which was received by
him In Ogden within the past "a
hours.
Kuntz is supposed to have come
from Germany about seven years ago
and 1t is suspected that he may nave
a bad European record. He is about
so years Of age and, according TO De-
tective Pender, who brought him here
from Boise, he is one of the craftiest,
most cautious individuals that the To-
cal police have handled for many a
day. He constantly avoids giving
any information regarding himself
and has made only one suspicious
statement since his arrest.
This occurred on the train from
Boise, when Detective Pender assum-
ed sympathetic attitude and remark
ed to his prisoner that 1t seemed too
bad to find an old man in such seri-
bait momentarilv and admitted that
he had made slight mistake and
that the only recourse was for him to
get out of it the best he could He
instantly perceived his error, how
ever, and tried to correct his state
ment by claiming that he understood
English imperfectly.
AS the Bigelow articles were found
upon Kuntzs person and he is alleg-
ed to have confessed that he dropped
into Ogden, committed the burglary
and escaped In the direction of Port
land. all In the same night, it is con-
SidcTed a certainty that conviction
can be accomplished