Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-28
CAPT. BECKSTEAD
MAKES BAD BREAK
Chief Of Detectives Arrests a
Local Dentist for Office
Burglary.
BRAGS OF HIS GREAT CAPTURE
Then Told by the News That star
Arrest Has Been Released by
Superior Officer.

Captain OF Detectives Riley NJ.
Beckstead. the new head of Chief
Barlow's gum-shoe squadron. an
nounced with true Sherlock Holmes
secrecy today that he had the man IN
jail who has boon making the rounds
of tho office buildings and stealing
therefrom all valuables that could DO
turned into cash quickly. IL was not
10 be
a reporter for The News discovered
that the detective chief had made
great mistake. The man was not In
Jail but had been released !ast night
by Lieutenant shannon. who had
neglected TO tell Captain Beckstead OF
his action, Beckstead then looked
around and found that he had been
mistaken. He will look into the mat
ter further when the absent minded
shannon goes on duty today
The facts connected with the tale OF
CHIEF of detectives OF a great city
thinkipk he had a man In Jail and
didn't are these. Last night Or. e A.
Douglass, "A dentist from Los Angeles,
who lives at the Palmer hotel. went
u the office of dentist friend in
the Felt building 10 treat a tooth for
oN'NAA'l iAiNHN VINO WAS IN pam. Mhon
they arrived at this dentists office
they found he was not there
Douglas and his friend then start
cd for another dentists Office I'm the
Boston block and when they arrived
there Douglass treated the tooth Pa
trolmau G. J. Carlburg who had been
informed by the elevator boy at the
Felt building Of the visit OF Doug
lass and his friend. started on the
trail Of the two men. He arrested
them when they emerged from the Bos-
ton block
GOES HOME TO DREAM.
At headquarters Captain Beckstead
turned them over To Lieut. shannon and
went TO his home to dream over his
success In capturing the burglar as he
had promised. Today he was so secure
In the thought OF his capture that he
neglected TO take a look into the CITY
jail to see his man or men as both.
he thought were in jail Then The
News told him OF the fact that Doug
lass had gone back co the Palmer no
tel last night and was very Indignant
over HIS arrest
II would seem that Lieutenant shan
non had questioned the men after
Beckstead had left last night and for
some good reason had released them.
capt Beckstead was dumbfounded over
ANN 'li'l A'uhN ana Sdtu ne ndN becn
trailing Douglass for some time. He
maintained that Douglass had been a
booster for a gambling game since COM
ing here and. although he was a dem
tst he thought his actions were sus-
picious. He excused himself by say
ing that II Douglass was not in Jail he
ought To be.
Another queer phase Of the matter
Is that when Capt Beckstead made his
announcement TO having the men in jail
today he said that he was going To
send men down there TO search his
room at the Palmer hotel
Douglass could not be found At the
hotel today but he had returned there
last night and WAS very indignant over
his arrest lie said then that he would
proba bly, bring suit against the city for
false Imprisonment
capt. BeclSstead had a long confer
ence with chief Barlow over the mat
ter. IL is understood that the police
AS a whole. Barlow included. are up
In the air over the office building
thefts. and they have II il said. aban-
doncd their theory about the Young
man well connected locally being the
thief