The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-13
IDENTIFY ROBBER
OF YOUNG'S CAFE
Joe Haley, Army Dcserter, Posi-
lively Stated to Be Daring
Desperate.
WATERS AND PATR0LMEN
ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
Have No Difficulty in Picking
Him Out From Band of
Prisoners.

Joe Haley, VINO was arrested by Pa
trolnan George Phillips ana Desk Scr
geant John Lcn1i AT the Oregon Short
Line depot on The night of December 81
as dcscrtcr wanted ut Fort Douglas
for breaking iail has been positively
identified a. tho man who held up
Noung's cafe on the morning OF Decem-
5er 20, and finally made his escape IN
n spectacular manner by running the
gauntlet OF eighteen shots fired from
The guns of the pursuing patrolmcu. On
January 4. The Tribune called attention
10 the fact that the man answered IN
every pariicniar the description OF the
man who had held up the cafe.
The first two men to visit tho fort
for the purpose of identifying the man
werc William NTurdock, the night man
as,cr al the cafe and John Mullins, q
waiter employed in tho restaurant, both
Of whom. as they faced tho gun OF the
holdup. 5ook good look at him. The
third man to call at the fort was Ia,
trolman Cassidy who also had good
lock at the man. All identlfications
were positive.
Haley Is identified,
When W. II. Young, proprietor of the
cafe, who has been devoting his spare
time 10 searching for the holdup ever
since the robbery took place, heard that
HALEY answered the description OF tho
hol,lup. he Immediately sent the call
up 10 Colonel Scott, the commanding
officer of the fort, and made arrange
lnents for the identification OF Haley
Mullins started for Fort Douglas and
II was while they were gong along The
walk 10 The iail where they expected to
find the prisoner that Mullins stopped
Nnrdock and said as he pointed to al
man who was sweeping the snow on the
sidewalk:
- believe that is the man.
Murdock, too. looked at Haley who,
rs soon as he saw the rctaurant men,
lowered his head and continued sweep
ing until both men bad passed. Muir
dock suddenly turned TO look and saw
Haley wasching him. Both men then
went to Colonel Scott and told him that
HALEY was the man. They afterwards
picked him out among the thirty pris-
oncrs.
Cassiday Is Sure.
While Patrolman Cassidy was APP
proacbing the prison at the fort the
same thing occurred Cassidy, turning
TO his companion, Patrolman Phillips,
with the exclamation:
''There is the mani
Haley was again sweeping tho snow
from the walk
Haley is said to be the man who on
The morning of December 20, walked
into Young's cafe on Main street and
after covering the two men who were
on duty with his revolver. took Sl50I
from the cash register. He then ran
olr onto Main street, telling both tho
restaurant nirn not 10 follow on the pen
atty OF death, and disappeared from
View
Palrolman Cassidy heard the door Of
the Nevada rooming house slam and up
an being informcd of the robbcEy dash |
ed upstairs to reach that place,
Suspect Makes Escape.
Hearing the officer asking for the
landlady. the holdup, dressed as though
he had Just arisen from bed stepped
out of room and started for the lava
tory Before he could be stopped he
stepped into the lavatory, climbed out
mcrcia street.
On Commercial street the man was
seen by Sergeant Roberts, who knew
IothinG about the hodnp at that time,
but who was surprised at The man 5
appearance and called 80 him to
halt instead. the man daited toward
tho Wilson hotel, taking shot at the
sergeant as he ran. lie was followed
by % score of persons and patrolmcn,
but ran the gauntlet of eighteen shots
and finally escaped into the block bound
ed bv Main and West Temple streets
aud Second South and Third South
streets.
Under Double Guard.
Al Fort Douglas n double guard has
been placed on Haley, who is known
10 have q criminal record in Colorado
and Oregon. According TO the police,
Haley has served time in the pcnitcn
tiarv at Canon City. Colo, and also in
the Oregon pcnitentiary. lie will be
tried by the officials at Fort Douglas
for iail-breaking aud will be sent to Fort
Leavenworih. if convicted After serv-
ing his time be will be turned over 10
The civil authorities of Salt Lake City.
A private safe may be rented In the
fire and burglar proof vaults of the
Salt Lake Security and Trust cn%pany,
90 LID Main straet 80 Ia npr xcnr