Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-25
LAND BOLD PAIR
AFTER HARD RUN
Policemen, Aided by Quick -Witted
WatChman, Pursue Car
Bandits.
CONFESS TO POLICE SERGEANT
After Chase Extending to Hot Springs
The Fleeing Men Surrender Gazing
Into Drawn Rcyolvcrs.

After a chase of five hours through
wind and snow. chase that began at
the Rio Grande depot and ended about
two miles north of Bountiful. Charles
Murphy, aged a years, and George
Radcliff, aged 19 years. both claiming
to be carpenters from Telluride, Colo,
were captured at . O'Clock this morn
ing by Sergeant Henry Johnston. Pa
trolmen Grifhths and Carlsberg, and
Watchman P II. .Nutter of the Rio
Grande company.
The two men are undoubtedly the
same who held up Conductor Martin Fl.
Marsh and Motorman Joseph L. Wat
kins at Second West and Ninth South
street at II 80 Monday night, and at
the points OF revolvers forced the car
men to stand and deliver. securing SIS
from Marsh and 800 watch from Wat
kns.
The men were Landed behind the bars
at the city Jail about IL o'clock TINS
morning and to Sergeant Johnston.
young RadcIiff admitted three times
that they held up the carmen and
robbed them Neither OF the mon had
any money, but they had three gold
watches and two revolvers. a .3S and
a 80 callber. Both were also provided
With black masks.
At o'clock this morning Watchman
Nutter was making his rounds and OBJ
served the Two men in the waiting
room. They looked suspicious and Nut
ter decided to question them.
Not wishing to create a scene in the
waiting room, as several persons were
there. Nutter called the two men out
side and began to question them, ask
ing where they were at 11;3o They
made evasive ANSWERS and Nutter
started to search Murphy to see if he
we're armed. Nutter made the mis-
take of feeling on the left side of the
man. and he had scarcely touched
Murphy when the latter's right hand
was quickly raised and the watchman
found himself gazing into the shining
barrel OF a revolver.
you don't get the drop on us,
and you beat it," hissed Murphy with
a curse. Nutter jumped for the walt
ing room door. The two hold-up men
then ran around the building and Nut
ter, getting his revolver out by this
time, started in pursuit. firing two shots
at the fleeing rehbers---Sphey did not
return the fire md Nutter continued
the pursuit The two men lodged be-
hind the roundhouse and then disap-
peared among the box cars. Nutter
notified the police, and Sergeant john
ston and Patrolmen Griffiths and Carls-
berg responded.
TRACED TO HOT SPRINGS.
The hold-up men were traced from
the depot to Sixth South and Ninth
West, where they circled back towards
the depot, and trace of them was lost
until Beck's Hot Springs was reached,
where the officers again took up the
trail
Nutter accompanied the policemen.
and after walking a considerable dis
tance he tagged q freight train on the
Rio Grande and the officers rode to
Woods Cross. There they got off the
train and started back, feeling certain
they had passed the robbers. They cut
across the country until they got onto
the tracks of the Bamberger line, and
continued southwark.
About q mile and half north OF
Bountiful the police saw the two mon
walking north on the tracks. A train
approached and the two separated
while the train went by. The police
who were in uniform. turned their
coats back, drew their revolvers. and
made a run for the two men. The latter
had no chance to escape. and when
they saw the weapons of the officers
leveled at them they were not slow to
throw up their hands.
NUTTER GETS HIS TURN.
Nutter rushed at Murphy, showed
big gun into his face and exclaimed:
IT'S my turn now: throw up your
hands and be quick about It,"
The two men were then marched to
the Bamberger depot at Bountiful and
were held there until a townbound train
station, Murphy, a tough looking In
dividual; turned to Nutter and with a
broad grin said:
well. our gun plays were something
like poker game, only you had the
second call and your hand was the
best"
Radcliff admitted three times to Ser
geant Johnston that he and Murphy
robbed the street car men. While they
had three watches on them, neither
proved to be the property of Motorman
Watkins. The men did not have any
money and they refused to say what
they had done with the money or the
watch.
Conductor Marsh saw the men at the
city JAIL but would not attempt to
Identify them. saying he could sec
nothing but the guns during the rob-
berry. Watkins was not positive, but
said the prisoners closely resembled
what ne saw of the holdups.
Within an hour after the men had
been landed in jail, one of the watches,
a Hamilton. was Identified as the ono
taken from Engineer Hook of the o. s.
L. who was held up ad robbed while on
his way home two or three nights ago.
Another watch was identified as the
one taken from Conductor Tuntil, on
the Waterloo line. who was robbed the
night after the Hook hold-up The
prisoners confessed that they did the
jobs, but refuse to give particulars.
Sergeant Johnston says he never SOW
two more surprised men than werc
Murphy and Radcliff when the police
swooped down upon them with re-
volyers. He says that Radcliff's hands
shot skyward with a jerk that must
have Jared the muscles. while Murphy
hesitated for a second or two or until
Nutter showed a gun in his face and got
even for the treatment he had received
at the hands of Murphy. The men viii
be charged with highway robbery.
LAST NIGHTS ROBBERY.
The story OF Monday nights rob-
berry. according to the car crew. is as
follows
Seated In the front end of the car at
Second West and Ninth South, eating
oranges and taking life as easily as
possible for street car men. at 1880
Monday night. Conductor Martin II.
Marsh and Motor1nan Joseph l.. Wat
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