Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09
seven SUSPECTS
TAKEN BY POLICE
Several Are Identified as "the" HOIduD
Who Turned Nine Tricks
Thursday Night

Seven men have been arrested as sus-
poets since the lone hold-up man turned
nine tricks Thursday night Two, who
were arrested at Provo Friday after
noon, were released after Detective
Chase took a look at them. one Of the
suspects was arraigned this morning in
the criminal division Of the city court
on the charge Of vagrancy, pleaded
guilty and was given a "hoater" out OF
town. This man was c. Rogers, ar
rested early Friday morning -Four sus-
poets are still in Jail, and two Of them
have been identified as "the" hold-up.
The men still in Jail are: joe Porter.
p. T. Thompson. alias Evans: Tom
Calvin and Roy Demar. Two or more
witnesses have identified both Thomp-
son and Demar as the" hold-ups. Each
Of the two offers TO provo an absolute
abb, and the police are up in the air"
Victims OF Thursday nights work
called at police headquarters today and
asked to look at the prisoners. CHn
Hodgson and r. Gotberg. two boys who
we're held up and robbed on east Sew
onth South, identified Thompson, or Ev-
ans. as the man who robbed them at
the point Of a gun. L. 3. Mishkind,
who was in the barber shop when the
robber appeared and held up one OF
the BARRIERS, G. A. Renstrom, took his
money and then cleaned out the cash
register. positively Identified Roy De-
mar as the hold-up. Renstrom was not
quite so positive but said young Demar
looked like the robber
Bert Scheller, who was held up on
Third East and Fifth South. and who
talked To the hlghwayman for several
minutes, declares emphatically that De-
mar is not the man, but that Thomp-
son looks more like the hold-up. but Is
now dressed differently.
Young Demar was arrested Friday
evening by Patrolmen Hendrickson and
Egbert. Tho police kept his Identity
quiet until this morning when several
persons called 20 see him. The young
man says he Is q years OF age but
he does not look II. He admits he has
been using dope" but denies all knowl-
edge Of any robbery.
r. A. SimOns. a motorman on the
Poplar Grove cars. identified Demar as
the man who got onto the front plat
form Of his car near Postoffice place
on the night Of the robberies, rode 10
Seventh South and then boarded a
town bound car. The question with
the police now Is: whose who2 They
don't know. All OF the suspects deny
any knowledge of the crimes and offer
20 establish their innocence beyond the
peradventure Of doubt
I'VE propose TO investigate every
statement made by the prisoners" said
Chief OF Detectives Sheets this morn
ing I'VE are just as anxious to estab-
lish their innocence as TO convict them.
What we want are the facts. and II
the young men are innocent they will
be released. They have told us whore
they were on tho night OF the robberies
and we are checking up on their state
ments, and we are not going 10 rail
road anyone because somebody SAYS
he looks like the man."
For time II was believed that
Thompson was the man who shot Rob
ert J. Robinson, a construction en-
gineer residing at 237 Fourth East
street, on Third South last midnight.
but the idea was dismissed by the pO-
leo after closely questioning Thomp-
son or Evans.
Robinson was on his way home and
was near Earls court when two men
attempted to hold him up. He ran
and one OF the footpads fired n shot
at Robinson. The bullet struck him
in the muscles OF the left shoulder. in
dieting only slight flesh wound. Rob
inson was taken 20 the home Of DR.. J.
C. Ilandenberger. 312 First avenue.
where the wound was dressed and
afterward was taken to his home.
None Of the men arrested were arm
ed. and all Of them had but small
OF money.