The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
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Fisk had been arraigned for examination
They Immediately identified them as the
short and tall' men who had flashed
reVolVerS I'm their faces Tuesday night
Scott Groesbeck who was robbed about
ten days ago on A street, between First
and Second avenues, also Identified them
as his aSsalldnts, ana Chris ClausSoh'
proprietor of the Standard Electric COM
pany, 231 West Temple street, says that
he saw them leave a Wandamere car
near the end of the Wandamere car line,
quarter of an hour before the robbery
of the WauQamere car Tuesday mghI.
Thursday, Immediately after their ar
rest by Deputy Sheriffs John CorIess
and r. S. EddingtOn, assisted by Spe-
clay Deputy Sheriff sam Novel;, ia
cObsOn and Fisk were positively ldentl-
fled by Charles A. Birtch, J. A Smarter
and j. II. Schwartz. who We're IN me
George Bess saloon at the time OF the
hOldUp. a 8 the men who had committed
the robbery This makes total OF
nine identGcatiOns, an of which are
of the positive character
No Doubt About 1t.
'They are certainly the ones who
held me up," said Conductor T. Z.
Miller OF the Wandamere car" as he
gaZed upon Jacobson and Fisk. 81 re-
member their faces very we'll ] must
confess that I was excited. But there
/ is just one thing more which viii make
me absolutely sure that they are the
hOldups. Show me the revolver that
the shorter man thrust into my face. I
have a very vivid picture of it in my
mind. Tt had q shiny spot just TO the
right of the muzzle'
With a smile Sheriff Joseph c.. Sharp
produced the revolver carried by the
short man. He examined it and the
conductor Immediately recognized it as
the weapon which had nearly fright
1 ened him out of his wits. by a shiny
spot on the barrel. Both Jacobson
and Fisk were armed with the very
latest pattern of .3S-Calibre Colt reVOl-
vers. MOtOrman Hendrickson recOg-
niZed the revolver that had been thrust
into his face by jacobson, in addition
son and Fisk were the highwaymen
who held uD the street car.
Scott GrOesbeck. an engineer resid-
I ing at the ToUraiue hotel. who also
recognized Jacobson and Fisk as 'his
! ASA ilants, was on A street, between
First and Second avenue, about ten
nights ago. when TWO men attacked
hin. robbing him of $40 in currency
and a valuable gold watch Powerful
/ of build. Groesbeck took exceptions to
I the order of hands up and showed
fight. but he found himself no match
/ for the holduDs.
Holdup Carries Revolver.
Two boys saw Groesbeck and the
I two men, who answer i'm every detail
10 the description of Jacobson and FISK,
d
I it a fight. rushed in that direction. The
holdups then left Groesbeck I'm the
street and started to run In the dlrec-
tiOn of Second avenue, when the taller
of the two turned and pointing re-
VOlver at one of the boys named Bert
/ Brown. ordered him to turn back or
he would blow out his brains.
Until late last night Sheriff Joseph
c.. Sharp had been unable TO connect
Richard W. Head, who was arrested
on the night of the street car hOldup,
with the movements of jacobson and
Fisk. The sheriff is convinced that he
is a member OF a gang OF lnieNes or
which Jacobson and Fisk are leaders.
{ When arrested Head was on street
car bound for the city, and search
disclosed a revolver of the same pat
tern as those carried by jacobson and
/ Fisk He was also equipped with
mask of the kind used by highwaymen
I of the stage. which had been carefully
tucked away i'm an inside pocket.
Chris CiaussOn of the Standard Elec-
+ trio company told Sheriff Sharp yester-
dav that. while on his way home Tues
+ day night. Jacobson and Fisk left the
car lust ahead OF him at Wandamere
and walked slowly down a street
Their general appearance aroused
suspicion" he said They gradually
reduced their pace, and when l got
close to them opened up as though
they desired that / walk ahead of Them
But j was carrying considerably money
that night ana SLoDhtu5 as tutuA II 4 lldQ
lost track of some address which l had
been trying TO find.
Photographs Are Taken.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Sharp
had photographs taken of jacobson,
Fisk and Head, with which he viii at
tempt to connect the trio with burg
laries and holdups in Salt Lake. as
well as points outside of the city where
they are believed to have operated.
The young woman who was found
in the quarters occupied by Jacobson
and Fisk on Culley avenue, between
Eleventh and Twelfth South and Fifth
and Sixth East streets. when the ar
rests were made claiming to be the