Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
Most Daring Daylight Attempted At
Robbery al Entrance TO
Commercial Club.
PULLMAN CASHIER, VICTIM
%. E Sweet FeIled by Butt OF
Revolver Had $1,000 on
His Person.

na,,cc DO Smart Work and Arrest
1onn Cummings and W. 9. Rose
Who Are Identified.
u,,,etin,. s 5. n-Botl, men have
a., confessed to Chief Detective
Sheets -
,s.tf o'clock this morning, whllc
,n,cri,r tic Commercial club build
z -, West Temple street, -. ~.
sweet, cashier Of the Pullman Full ] COM
,,nny. carrying in his possession
q 600. was attacked by two W ',4l
,,ssssca thugs. Alarmed by tic ap-
,,.n,,l Of Il milIslnan the robbers
nhon,loncd their ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
after striking Cashier Sweet, ian anu mate NF'
.,,o,r cscapc. within four hours John
n cummings and w. o. Rose. both
occunying sleeping apartments ltl' at 'ae
= NJ. e.. a.. were arrested, ana sum-
,,ent55 identification made by 10 WI
,,ass,.s IN The sflight of the robbers 70
warrant their being held as the l1', sus-
meets. IA 3.3
shortly before noon: today Jonn IL ~.
cummings was taken into custody on
state street by Detectives gliding ana al1l
wilson as answering the description OF
the man who had struck SWEEP Willy,
the revolver, and who had stolen les y
bicycle from in front of the sm nm.
.Pai,ev Drug company and ridden 1t 70
the postoffice. Half an hour later Rose rose
was picked up as the accompllce y
Cummings
Developments following the attempt.
al hold up followed thick and fast this
morning. Shortly after tho arrest OF
the two men. under telephone Calls
there was al, almost steady stream
Y Of men who had seen the two IN On ma re
their escape through the streets. The
principal Identification was Of tho tnan
supposed to be Cummings. tho one who
made the long run and who in his dash
carried his revolver in plain view N'..
Among those who were called 70 IN ld 'el1tt
II the men today were Oscar Isawlins,
bo6kkeeper Of the Smith Bailey Drug
Co. who saw the man take the ste
venson boys bicycle, and Fred Laurie
also Of the drug company, who, while
going to his work, encountered the flee
ing mon in Pierpont street. These
with others. and including Mr. Sweet,
who was brought to the police station
this afternoon, were almost positive
in their Identification OF the men.
REyoI,yERS FOUND.
The matter OF clothing was the one
difference, but from evidence gathered
by the police it is believed that the
men under suspicion, ii they did conf
nit the crime, had hurried III circuit
Gus route to Their rooms in the Y. Nj G
IA. building and there changed their
clothes Clothing found In their rooms
correspondent to the description given
by those called in to identify tbs nler.
and a revolver, similar to description
was also found secreted in each room,
Fred Graham, the driver of the milk
wagon, and who encountered the men
s as they came out of the stairway, was
positive in his Identification.
One of the principal clues leading to
the arrest of Cummings was gained
through a remark of bystander at
Smith, aileyss. who said when he saw
4 the man take the bicycle and still hold
ing the revolver in his hand, Why,
that's Cummings. He used to he a fire.
man on the Bamberger road Cum
.nirgs when booked did not deny his
identity, and the police are now looking
up his past record Rose is known to
have been a peanut butcher on the
railroad until several months ago, but
investigation has revealed that neith-
.er5 man has worked for some time. past.
One of the most daring and boldest
daylight attempted hold-ups was COM
mitted this morning when Two men at
tackled D. F.. Sweet. cashier of the
Pullman company. IN the entrance of
the Commercial club building, and
after telling him to the stairway with
a blew from a revolver, made a spec
tacular escape by means of stolen
bicycles Mr.. Sweet had in his posses
sion close to $1,000 of the Pullman
conpany's funds, at the time of the
hold-up. but the sudden appearance of
driver of q dairy wagon put the men
to flight before they could secure the
money,
The hold-up occurred about SID
o'clock, and the two men had evidently
E heen lying in wait for Mr.. Sweet and
had knowledge of the fact that he usu-
ally collects the company's receipts
from the various offices in the morn
Ing. Mr.. Sweet has just begun tc
ascend the stairway OF the Commercial
club building, where the Pullman Off
ces are located. As he entered he no
tieed two men coming down the stair.
way but paid little attention to their
until. when with one on each side OF
him he was startled by the command
Throw up your hands,! At the same
time one of the men drew a revolver
and as Mr.. Sweet started bacIswarf
and raised his arms in self tense, thu
man struck him over elbow and heat