The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-19
||}}|NE|I WORKING
N SOUTHERN IDAHO
Ia postofice Robberies in
|rht Vicinity During the
Past Two Weeks.
tvEN MEN ARE JAILED
xofics Inspectors Believe
They Have Evidence to
Convict Some.
Tn. Tribune

ITHE Ids. Dec. '''''i'o W
| ..o,bsrn Idaho OF the yecEmen work
1 ,se various Towns and cities With
4 ,o,, ,het Two postoffice robberies
,,s,n place Witnin the past month,
,,csssnt that there exists In this
L. gang Of the most danGerouS
r ard safe crackers. the government
.-,h lis agents. is rapidly rounding
.z,s.ts. and. With the assistance Of
4 ..s,lffs Of the respective counties,
\. A,s no less Than seven yeESs behind
. ~. Edward Colton and Harry and
IL Tes,sr, together with Paul a, Jen-
y ,r. lailed al Twin Falls. charged
u roshery OF The Kimberly postoffice.
IN, Barton. alias Fred Murray; Tlom~
4 Brrse and ] Benton, alias Murphy,
4. h custody at Shoshone for hurSlariz-
n tts posIof;lcc at Picabo. United
BIZ District Attorney c, II, Linsen-
b. here declares he has sufficient evl-
|a 10 send the prisoners TO the fed
II tniitcnliary,
Theory EXploded.
|n, federal agents claim they have
n6ed the theory tnat Harry Barton,
|p Fred Murphr, one Of the trio of
sEzsn who dynamited the safe In the
|asnce al Picabo. Ida. had the side
hs iecc blown away by his COM
a,kAs and vas deserted by them to
he. over The lava beds in the yicin-
k Il Plcsbo Instead, they claim that
;Eius vas the victim OF The dope" or
fs:lycerinc tnat the gang had with
- 10 work on the postofficc Job. for
IA s.sU they have evidence 10 show
Arra became careless with the nitro
fyTns. II exploded and he was terri
Il slOrcG as result. and. with The
y d his head blown off, he wandered
D. finally found and taken back 10
2ak. where he has since been hover
y e'secn life and death. He will
FEg
~ Plcaho Dostotiics was robbed on
! asht Of November 2l The yesgmen
Erel the building in which the office
tralntaihcd. armed with the necessary
- and explosives. The safe was
20, blown and the contents, consist
3 o. several hundred dollars. taken.
burglars made their getaway. but
= XXI ni2ht Barton was terribly in
"a He has not since been able 10
4 es story, but 1t was claimed after
sls discovered roaming about in a
<rENonaclous condition that he was
slllm OF his companions. who. dis
tsan,1 over division of the spoils OF
y m9oeiy conspired TO kill Barton and
~ ~ nls snare. They appeared in piCabo
'+5 Barton was found. claimed him as
a
ae;'er bills. The authorities i'm
yr,,ely suspected the pals" Burke
q Enton, OF being implicated in the
'''''E and arrested Them AT Shoshonc.
Has the Evidence.
isloifice Inspector p. l.. O'Sen
[Me ~, on tie Picabo case and Sathcred
1. ss.snf s that makes the charge good.
~ lusl returned from Seattle, where
Prominent witness In the Alaska
4, sn9 'nvcstieation OF the Cunningham
1t ne Claims tn have absolute proof
E Iee%iVcd his Injury through the
z Tine. ''N N"i 'ie" a.
,ns Kimberly 1ostoffico robbery Was
y asnllsr 10 the Picabo. foI the safe
''speo and n fuse attached blow
" enaolhe the TesGmen TO secure
,, comparatively small haul, or SIC
= ".ssuin money, S5S in money orders
4. chsnse: They madc their cs-
VI w We morning Of December . after
& gs%IY was committed and cvadeo
,a". V,'vvts Tor d week II was then
ro 'aai there was woman in
n, % shg II is claimed that through
Eu an .V'als located the vegas. They
rSn SteSicd, together with the WON
lslsbsInss sS isler relcahed with the un-
apled sne Is 10 appear when
b u slm FEDERAL officials here re-
'e oilt her name.
Given Third Degree
s. ,Ssias SsiSsmen implicated in this case
b. az names as Edward Cotton.
's,.r 'nn T John Lester and pauI 4
VA d.s.e! were all pUt through the
sEv, uHee. The sweating Is said
liam 'nlte9 In the confession OF three
b. ss,c,Me Me twa Testers aud Cotton,
= d,nandLld dprel'ninary bearings. Jen-
y. vas W., 70 be given one and the
! tscb V,s Ior December %. The bond
cat,s u f,d niacnd Al $4,000, and. being
ne rers,dsH.sl H.sl tnst amount. they
'elss Msr.,aI ~ ~ me custody Of United
''fsrenrS placed on the trail Of tho
,,1l. tSe amu The members OF which
f'sTsn, cstp'QTc possible. located tv,
ts pseeyda yac,les ne in which The robbers
.sos,c.rl,, 'nelr tools. together with
4, TuIgo, wo., sha other instruments used
lst rs,' sS'',Ssed ,S. ,by the redersI officials
sfnsn loc, 49, is an organized sang of
,,4 ob,,s, ssft OF this State who ., rrv r,.,,
~. bui bao?ns ON not only in soutbrrn
IA s,lor, tab and Ore snn ,rI
|r V'' VII be made ia comb lien, hen