The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23
ORDERS
D 'HARA AND
CL0RE FREED
Holds State Failed to Make
Case Against Men Sus-
pected Of Overland
Holdup.
OFFICERS EAGER TO
FOLLOW NEW CLEW
Hunt for Men Implicated in
"Tex' Hamilton's Con
fession Begun in
Earnest.
OFFICERS EAGER TO
FOLLOW NEW CLEW

Victor Clore and Bryan O'Hara, the
men charged with the robbery OF the
Overland Limited train at Reese on the
night OF January ., and the murder OF
William y. Davis and Albert n. Taylor,
negro porters, were freed at Ogden
yesterday when Judge J. D. Murphy of
the city court ordered their release.
Judge Murphy held that the state had
failed TO make case against the two
men. Following the discharge of Clore
and Hara, the officers have Il tangible
clew in the confession of Tex Hamll-
ton or TEX" O'Racket, made through
Pat Wycherly, an intermediary. in which
confession Big Dick Wilson and Wal
ter Foley. eX-convicts, were named us
the bandits.
TEX" said to be in hiding In this vi
cinity, promised. according to Wycherly
that rather than see Clore and O'Hara
bound over he would make full breast
of the whole thing and put the of1cers
on The trail OF the really guilty men Sns,das IL
hoping TO escape punishment for turning
states evidence. calculated that he would
come in for share OF the $4,000 reward
offered by the Oregon Short Line Rail
road company for the capture OF the train
robbers and nurderers. Fearing TO ex-
pose himself TO the law. TEX" has been
carrying his negotiations with the of
fccrs of Ogden and Salt Lake through
Wychcrly. and Wycherly and Gilbert
Belnap. formerly sheriff of Weber county:
are also to receive share Of the reward
money.
Now that Clore and OHara are free.
and will not be rearrested. according TO
the police and detective officials at Og-
den. TEX" and Wycherly are less an%-
ious probably 10 give up their quarry In
hurry. and II is expected that the Of
iicers Will have to promise them entire
immunity before, they divulse all the in
formation they have, and make possible
the sure capture OF Foley and Wilson.
Wycherly Avoids Visitors.
.'1cx" has not been seen personally by
the officers. who know him. however.
through his police record. and now Wy
cherly, following conference with Chief
OF Police =. NJ Barlow yesterday morn
Ing. is also keeping himself secreted.
Local police officials admit that they
know Wycherly, but that they know
nothing of his connection with Tex or
of the confession. 1t is known. how
ever. though the police do not admit this.
that Wycherly has been doing secret
work for the police department for some
time and that he has occasionally given
them valuable information.
When a Tribune reporter called at the
Wycherly homo, on West Temple street
just above Second South street, yestcr-
woman purporting To be Mrs Wycherly
that Wycherly could not be seem Mrs
Wycherly said later that Wycherly was
not at home, but that no one could sea
him when he got home unless she said
so. Upon the Information that Wycherly
would he ut home In few minutes"
the reporter called again in half an hour
only 20 find the house apparently de-
serted. except for n dog which snarled
i'm response To repeated knocking at the
door. Suspicious looking movements OF
the window curtains gave the impress
sion that the house was not nearly. so
deserted as ii seemed. but nevertheless
the WyChcrlys were evidently not lat
home" to visitors.
When asked regarding new develop
ments in the case Yesterday afternoon
Chief Barlow WAS reticcnt. He said only
that he had met Wycherly in front Of
the police station yesterday morning
ana that Wycherly said he didn't know
how the story ever got out. Further
than this Chief Barlow did not talk
Captain BeCkStead has been investigat-
Honfinnnd ON Pare -Four