Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
AWAIT EXTRACTION
OF WALTER PERRY
Local Police Unable to Act Until
Advices Are Received From
Pueblo Authorities.
PRISONER is WANTED THERE
Man Implicated With GLADYS Whitney
III Local Diamond Robbery
May Not Return.

The local police arc nnXiously await
ing a telegram from the Pueblo huthofl-
tios advising them regarding the eS-
tradition of Walter Perry to SAT- l>aRe
-, r,ca tho charge of completely with
sf.Inavs whitney in the famous
,,a,,,a,a robbery at the Metropo'e ~
sn,,,,-,har o when j. D. Dichl' oi
peuve: jewclry firm, was ufuss 40 son
wallet containing Sls,9VV
worth of uncut stones
perry was taken from nor.''oou'a
train at Pueblo yesterday ai..'''o
,,1 taken in charge by the Puepio ~
thor;,,cs an the suspicion OF peihs q
coincidence man. Later Perry co t ~,
10 ,vnt wanted In salt Lake io' 'N
DiehI diamond robbery: .o,,.e1
I,n;as ~ police s. NJ. Barlow recclHea
= Wire last night from Chiei Oh fo nv
Charles Yund OF Pueblo statlns .n ,ia,. ~,
had turned Perry over 10 wy s on,
~ ia 1,mta county. The supposifloil
T., .[.,t thc colorado authorities mean
70 ,,ata,n Perry to stand trial for break
Inc, HIS narole at the Colorado state
nrison from which he had beeen r..
jnnsel after serving u brief sentence ~.
s,vIndliur u man out of large sum Oh
money in Colorado Springs,
chief Barlow wired the sheriff OF Ia
Junta county to determine II TINS WAS
tho case but has yet received no re
NV n TIE reply to Chief Barlow.s
,,,iro indicates that the Colorado
authorities are willing to turn Perry
over to the local police CAPTAIN OF
Detectives r. NJ. Beckstead Will leave
nj once. armed with the proper eX-
tradition papers from Governor VII
liam Spry to bring Perry back to SAT-
Lake. ,,,,d
A rumor Is about that Perry robbed
a man Of 500 at La Junta before ieaV-
ing for Pueblo. If this Is true, tit
extradtlon may become more uill't .,,i
and he may also be held to face TINS
charge.
GOES TO JUVENILE COURT.
GLADYS Whitney. Pcrry's accomplice
who was arrested in Memphis Fridas' Is
on her way to Salt Lake IN company
with Deputy Sheriff Corlcss AS she rs
hut 1G years old. she will fall In Inc
jurisdiction OF the juvenile court. TIC
uolicc department believe that it will be
.diaicult to convict her OF the crime
and they attach most of the blame 70
Perry who planned the robbery ana
made a tool OF the Whitney girl.
At pueblo Perry led the authorities
10 believe that he was glad he would
sec Gladys Whitney again He Is
quoted as saying:
suppose we will meet again In salt
I AXE Il have lost all trace of her and
this is fthe only way we could be re-
This seriously conflicts with the re-
ports that came from Memphis to the
effect that Perry had made the whit
ney girl surrender the diamonds at the
point of gun. She showed a newly
healed wound to bear out this fact ana
II was believed that this quarrel led TO
the arrest OF both Perry and Gladys
In letter to Chief OF Police S. NJ
BARLOW, Gladys Whitney said that she
was tired Of the chase and wanted 70
return to Salt Lake. The letter indi
Gates that she had possible consul
tation with the Pnkcrton men, VINO
followed her and rs n result of this
she surrendered herself to the Memphis
notice, The speed with which Perry
went from Tennessee, where the pair
was last together, to Colorado Indicates
that he was aware Of her. intentions
of giving herself up. 5s5sss5
1t Is remarkable that Perry chose
colorado as his place OF refuge. Ho
prison and Is known in all corners OF
the state MS ! q confidence man and
swindler. He was n member of the
famous Blonger gang at Denver. his
record in Colorado and his escape from
tho detectives in the recent diamond
robbery, place him among the clever
est crooks and swindlers in tho country.
j. ID. Dlehl. the Denver teWelry sales lf.*.
man who was the victim In the roh-
berry is not anxious to prosecute~the
Whitney girl and would be satisfied IN
seeing her sent to the reform school.
but he would gladly see Justice dealt
Perry. who, he believes. was resnonsi-
bic for the robbery and who inveigled
the girl into tho crime to afterwards
rob her of the loot and desert her.
STORY OF THE ROBBERY.
The Diehl diamond robbery was one
OF the biggest crimes of the year. Tho
Whitney girl met Diehl who Was
travelling for Il Denver jcwelryf store,
at rathskcller. They went laterrto
the Whitney girls rooms in the Metro
pole. Diehi awole in the morning to
lind that he had been drugsed and his
wallet containing $4,000 worth of un-
cut stones stolen. The Whitney girl and
her accomplicc, Perry, had disappear
cd and the chase which covered seven
states and extended over two months
began. The Pinkcrtons and police Of
ilcers spurrcd by the $1,000 reward for
their capture located the pair six or
seven times only to have them slip
out of their hands. On the night of
Sept. a. Perry and Miss Whitney
quarreled Perry forced her to sur
render the diamonds by threats on her
life. AS result Of this Quarrel it is
supposed that Gladys Whitney reveal
ed tho whereabouts of both fugitivcs