The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-23
THREATENS TO USE
DYNAMITE ON BANK
Man Probably Demented Makes
Demonstration, but is
Finally Gained.
TURNS OUT TO BE THIEF
WHO WORKED In SALT LAKE
Stole Horses and Buggies Wher-
ever He Found Them, Ac-
cOrding to Officers.
Special to The Tribune.

| Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN. March 22-Threatenlng to
blow up the First National bank with
a package of dynamite, which he said
he held in his hand, if any effort were
made 10 arrest him. Cornelius MannlX
stood in the office of Dr. r. 5. Joyce,
facing the physician and City Detec,
| tive James Pendcr this morning and
cautioned them against making any et-
| fort to restrain him from leaving the
building.
Detective Pcndcr finally "tallcd him
out of it, and calmly led MannlN TO
the city Jail The "dyuamltc'1 was
found to be a harmless preparation OF
face powder when examined at the po'
lice station.
Mannix called at the Office Of DR..
joyce yesterday afternoon with set
of surgical instruments and offered TO
sell them. Suspecting that they had
been stolen, DR.. Joyce told him to call
again this morning. In the meantime
the police were notified and Detective
Pcnder was OH hand to meet the StIdhS-
er when he arrived
Confesses to Theft.
After questioning him and find ing
that he could give no good account ol,
how he came to be in possession oil
fessed that he had stolen them. together
with a horse and buggy in Salt Lake
CITY last Sunady The horse and buggy
were found in front of the bank build
inc and taken to livery barn TO await
the arrival of Salt Lake officer
Mannix says he found the horse and
buggy on the streets of Salt Lake and,
with his l5-year-old son, TOOK Inc rig
and drove through TO Ogden. he adj
mitted under pressure that he had also
stolen horse and buggy from the
Saith feed yard III Ogden two weeks
AGO. and is believed bV the police to
he The man who stole horse and buggy
belonging to the Rev. Father i. Nj.
Cushnahan from the Sacred Heart
academy last week.
An amusing feature In connection
with the arrest of MannlX was inc ne iacI @
that both the county and CITY ofhccrs
were trailing him this morning on dlt-
feront clues. Deputy Sheriffs Murphy
and Uutcbcns had been notified that
tbe horse and buggy in front OF inc
bank building tailed precisely with the
description of the missing vehicle,
Sheriffs Watch in Vain.
For several hours they took turns
watching for some one 10 clam the We
hicle, not knowing what was trans,
pirinr in the Office of DR., Jovce and
Of Mannix s subsequent arrest. y
newspaper reporter finally. discovered
that the man the deputy sheriiis were
looking for was under arrest at the po,
lice station, and the deputies ceased
their vigil.
Late this afternoon Mannix was re.
moved 10 the county iail and an effort
is being made to locate the son whom
he says he brought to Ogden with HIM:
Local officers are inclined TO the behet
that Mannix is weak minded or ad-
dicted Ia the drug habit In vallse
found in his possession n various as
sortment of articles was found, ranging
from PRAYER books and Bibles TO a
package Of cards. poker chips and a
book explaining a number of card
tricks, The prisoner VIII probably be
taken back TO Salt Lake for trial