The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-27
|G|NLET SCORES
ANOTHER SCOOP
Foolish Story Appears in Dis
credited Sheet Anent Dia-
mond Robbers.
DENOU need AS A FAKE
BY OFFICERS WHO KNOW
The Article, However, Is on a
Par With Majority of the
Mouths" Dope.

In bOlo, rcd-biOOd type inc pinhe''
something's alluded 10 as tho Smoot
| Mouth" and occasionally called tho Her.
| aid Republican, Wednesday morning con-
| sumcd big portion of Its first page
with an elaborate description OF tho ar
| rest in Huntsville. Tex, of Walter n
Perry and Gladys Whitney, wanted in
Salt Lake for robbing j. d. DIehl, a
| Denver diamond salesman. OF unset dla-
monds worth $4,000 In a room at the
| Metropolc hotel on September 2, The
story WAS in keeping with about 90 per
cent OF the matter appearing In the dis
reputable sheet. an absolute lie and Who'll
ly without foundation.
In the face of absolute dcnials that
Perry and the Whitney girl are under
the United States. so far as is known.
the sheet persists in publishing what IT
knows to be ii deliberate lie. fake near
ly UP to the ridiculous and daring one
perpetratcd few days ago when there
was published letter, purporting to
have been written by an alleged burglar.
but which, 1t is pretty concluslvely shown,
was written within the "Gimlct' office
by the man who robbed tho Press club
and the mother OF Allan Lovey. the dead
cartoonist.
just Another Fake.
The Smoot Mouth" in its dramatic
story OF Wednesday morning, described
in detail the movements of Gladys Whit
appeared from Salt Lake nearly two
months ago, no details being omitted
II made a pretty good story, but was
laughed at and rdjculed by l. Willsie.
OF tho Pinkcrton Detective agency, Chief
OF Police S. NJ. Barlow and other officers
who havo been working on the case, Mr..
TO the authenticity OF the Herald Repub
falsehood Thsre sa is absolutely bs5 sos5 nothing
to the report" said Mr. Willse Last
the description of Perry and Gladys were
arrested in Huntsville. j wired an op
erative to go TO Huntsville and to be
absolutely certain tile suspects We're the
right parties, On Monday 1 was advised
that the couple were not the ones wanted
IN Salt Lake, and so far as l know they
have been turned loose
Chief of Police S. M. Barlow reiterates
the statements OF Mr.. Willsie. 'It is
another Of the Herald Republicans ridc-
ulous attempts to create news" he said.
Such stories as that hurt our work. 1t
may be possible that a few persons. hav-
ing no other source of information but
the red rag. will read the Item and stop
looking for the thieves, II would be
appearing. in the Herald Republican, it
is not true"
News Gets Into Line.
The Descret News. which tries hard
to follow in the Footsteps of the Hemor-
rhage, "Wednesday night had the temer-
ity TO say the local Plnkerton operatives
did not know their business, The official
organ said that in spite of the denials
Of the Plnkertons and the police, the
thieves were under arrest evidently an
other revelation). and then attempted to
qualify its assertions by saying the Of
hccrs are trying to withhold news of the
capture.
AS a matter OF fact, no one is more
anxious TO have Perry and the Whitney
girl apprchended and brought to Justice
lhan Is Superintendent Willsie. and he Is
frank 10 confess that it will be a great
delight for him 10 announce their appre-
hension Does it not. therefore, seem RI
diculous that he should deny the arrests
ii there was anything to It?
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