The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-11
Secret Service Agents Declare
Prisoner Was Leader in ST.
900 Steamship Robbery.
SALT LAKE POLICE END
LONG FLIGHT OF SUSPECT
Authorities Will Return Man
With Alias TO San Francisco
for Prosecution.

c. a. Barrett. alias Charles McCabe,
who was arrested last Monday by the To-
cal police and hed pending an investiga-
ton, has been declared by government
secret service agents TO be the leading
spirit OF the gang OF robbers who got
away with $4,000 from the Alaska
steamer Humboldt last August
The officers refuse 10 say whether
enough OF the spoils Of this gigantic rob
berry were found with Barrett here TO
identify him as the robber. lie is being
held pending the arrival OF requisiuoh
papers from California.
The Humboldt robbery excited wide
interest ON account of the amount
involved and the daring and skill dis
played by the robbers. n shipment OF
slie.o00 worth OF gold bullion WAS started
from Fairbanks. Anska. August 20 1910
TO go by way OF Dawson city; In the
Ifloudylee. and White Horse, on the upper
Yukon river. to Skagway; port IN
southern Alaska. from which 1t was to be
taken by the steamship Humboldt 10
Seattle.
Discover Robbery.
AT Seattle It WAS discovered that one
of the two boxes in which the gold bul,
with and. upon investigation. instead OF
the ;hirty-five bars OF gold which the
box, had held was found 2 box fuii OF
lighter than the box of gold, The rob
bers had removed the gold bars with
out disturbing the seal Of the Washing
a
shipped the bullion. One OF The boxes.
containing saG.oOo worth OF bullion. was
rl0ed Besides this the robbers obtained
siSGoO worth OF bullion from the reg
list. red mails.
Immediately upon the discovery of the
iheft. the government. the bank. the
comnary insurinr the shipments set
larre. force Of detectives on the trail OF
the thieves. Great care had been taken
10 Ade The identity of the lead bars. but
these were finally identified by their
compositiop and this hclped Il great deal
In tho running 6o~n Of The outlaws.
say the authorities. as nc is regarded as
thc leader and the brains OF the gang,
bnt up Until last Monday he had sue
cceded in Guiding the grasp of the Of
1ccrs.
Grundvig Finds Fugitive
Pnroman Dan Gruudvig of the Salt
Lake nnlicc force went TO Ogden. where
he located Barrett. February /. Grund-
his man. hut recognized him by the de-
scrLLption given. He shadowed him in
OGDEN and cane 10 Salt Lake, on the
same car With Barrett and his wife.
Ticrc he followed the two To an East
Second South street rooming house.
where they were arrested few days
and Detectives r. j. Goiding and II. +.
WILSON,
Barrett is said hv the authorities TO
be well known in Alaska ss q confidence
man. gambler and an all-nround crook
He was suspected from the first and has
heen followed from place To place ever
since the robbery became known. He
was traced 10 Portland. Or. where II
IS thought. one al his confcdcrates. who
had been captured. gave away informa-
ton which strengthened the suspicion
ccans; Barrett. Barrett Is a native OF
Oregon. ard the police OF that state
tried their best 10 capture him.
Escapes Frisco Officers.
The police of San Francisco loca ted
Bn,rett. in company with OrviIle Cavi-
ness Who is supposed 10 be his right
hand man. Caviness WAS captured there.
hut Barrett again escaped and IL was
known cnly that he had gone east. An
c!atinC In san Francisco and Portland
was Elmer ". Z. Mead, who is known
as Christ Kid" Mead Is now held In
san Francisco, and is though, by the
officers TO be one OF the gang.
Barrett and his wife We're arrested here
time OF the arrest an automatic revolver
was found within Barrett's easy reach.
Roth were brought to tho police station
where they gave the names OF Cha rlcs
McCabe. aged % years. and Mrs Am.
bros McCnbc. aged 20 yea-s. man and
wife. Barrett said that he was a cook
Mrs. McCabe was relea sed from custody
Thursday afternoon and left for her home
in Oregon. The detectives stated that
they were positive .hat she had nothing
to do with the robbery and IL is thought
say the secret service men. that she was
ignorant Of the part played In IT by her
husband
As some OF the stolen bullion was dis
posed 'of in San Francisco, Barrett will
be prosecuted there first. II Is expected
that TequisitioD papers viii be presented
10 Governor Spry In a day OF so.