The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-26
MURDER PLOT TOLD
By FIVE BAD BOYS
Quintet of Tough Youngsters
Confess When Captured
by Officers.
ADMIT MANY BURGLARIES
ONE SAYS HE EVEN. PLANNED TO
ROB HIS OWN BROTHER.

Confessing to scores of burglaries and
even plan to commit murder, Ernest
Howard, age IS, James Whvte age Is
Elmer Hervst, age II, Dennis Bowthrope
age 10, and Clarence Howard. age L. were
arrested at Halliday last night by Dep
uty Sheriff Isaac Emery and Juvenile
Court OFFICER Charles SDerry
Actlng the part of fallen highWavmeu
and wearing an air of defiance. mucf
aIter the nature OF portrayals by dime
novels OF really desperate characters. the
youths boosted that they had broken into
the hiram Nelson grocery in Halliday
81 times since last summer that they had
on various occasions entered the Granite
Mercantile company on the county ROAD
near Seventeenth South street. and thf
ANDERSON Grocery company on the county
road between Seventeenth South and
eighteenth South streets, and also OF
the residence Of Mrs. Anna Anderson
IN Halliday, where they secured SIS from
a trunk.
To Rob Own Brothers.
A tragic portion of the confession was
made by Ernest Howard and james
Whyte. They admitted that thew had
schemed for weeks to secure the earn
lngs of Towards older brothers. who are
employed in brick yards in Halliday and
regularly turn their wages to their aged
mother. Assuming bravado with flashing
had planned to hold up Mrs, Howard
shortly after her sons had turned the
earnings over to her and that they would
have shot to kill If she had hesitated
The band OF five desperate youths had
taken all the necessary precautions OF
eoncealing themselves from authorities
In bank Of Spring creek they had a
dugout in which they had stored their
loot and established a most complete Ii
brary OF dime novels. The dugOut was
equipped with tables, blind doors, can
dies and the walls were hung with crude
weapons All had revOlVers, either on
their person or cached in the dugout.
According to the youngsters the little
dugOut was originally intended for the
breeding place Of rabbits until the thought
OF robbers roOst" and dime novel Ii
brary occurred to them.
Two days ago, authorities were in
formed of the robbery in the residence
of Mrs. Anderson, in which trunk had
been pried open. One of the youngsters
seemed to be well supplied with money
yesterday afternoon. He entered the Neil
son grocery and spent so cents for candy
and cookies. It later developed that other
members of the quintet of robbers We're
also well supplied with money.
None Liked Work.
None of their parents had given them
money, and they are rarely known to
have worked. Suspicion then developed,
and the attention of authorities was
called.
Assisted by Juvenile Officer Sperry,
Deputy Sheriff Emery went into Halliday
yesterday to make an investigation. Al
most instantly evidence began to pile up
against the five young men. 1t was
learned that the dugOut in the bank of
Spring creek had called for much of their
attention. This was investigated, and
scarcely had the juvenile officer and the
deputy sheriff entered the dive than they
had become enlightened as to the source
of recent rObberies in Halliday. In the
hut was a quantity Of silverware, gloves
and similar articles stolen from the gro
Gerry stores, and an abundance of trim
kets.
After the investigation of the robbers
rOost, the juvenile officer and deputy
sheriff secured Halliday for the occu-
pants and finally placed them under ar
rest. Confronted by Sheriff Joseph G.
Sharp in the county Jail, the five youths
seemed willing to tell the tales of their
past lives, unfolding them much after the
nature Of a dime novel story.