The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-13
ONC[E PLANS
THE K|DNAP INC.
Confession of Both Principals
in the Detestable Crime at
Las Vegas, n. M.
MONEY RECOVERED AND
MISCREANTS IN PRISON
indignation Runs High and Men
Taken to Penitentiary for
Safe Keeping.

LAS VEGAS. n. NJ. April l2..WMil ~
Rogers sell confessed kidnapcr OF his
little nephc1. Waldo Rogers ana Joe
Virgins the cX-convict through WHO'S
srres, and confession Rogers was appre =
hendcd, are lodged in the territorial panI-
tcntlsry AT Santa Fee tonight Rogers
and Virgins were arraigncu todaE, "1lN ~, .u
preliminary examination and are held TO
await action of the grand jury. wig;
gins pleaded guilty. put Rogers enJeteu i,t.,
a plea of not guilty, in spite OF ms written
confession made last night.
Fo TO prevent possible violence by inc
citizens of Las Vegas 1t is declared here s,re
that Rogers viii plead INSANITY as ms ms
regarding kidnapping Rogers and WEIGHS
will be prosecuted under the common
law ,,,, %
Two masked men entered the home Of A.
r. Rogers taking advantage OF Mr. kos-
ers absence from the city. and AZ .me
point OF a revolver. compelled MIS-, hoEess Es,
TO dress her two yearold son for night
ride and deliver him 10 them
She was told that the child would no,
be harmed and that he would he ret9rie9
to her II the police were not informed ana
sl2 900 In small bills was paid TO tner
representatives. As A rendezvous theE
named a lonely spot eleven miles north oil
Las Vegas where they said, messenger
with the ransom would be met by their
representative and the child returned.
Mrs. Rogers needed their instructions
Taking only her bankers ana DeT DTOlnei
n-law. Will Rogers. into her confidence,
she secured the money and placed 1t In
Rogers hand for delivery He returned
with the child, who was unharmed.
thorities. Rogers declared, he had been
met at the appointed place, had delivered
the money and had been told he would
0rd The child In a mountain canyon hf-
cen miles south of the meeting place,
Following directions. he said. he found
the boy al the place named
The authorities were not informed OF
seen returned In his mother. a reward
# $4,000 offered for the kidnapers
md the territorial mounted police. pri-
;ate detectives and posses OF citizens and
-anchers Joined In a sweeping search OF
he countryside
According 10 the story told by Wig
xins. he first became acquainted with
Sogers through the iav firm which was
Instrumental in getting Virgins par
1oned from the penitcntiary. Virgins
.ays that while working in the coal mines
suggesting Il scheme for making $4,000
sasy money Virgins says he came TO
Las Vegas in n few days and later en-
cred into the plot
win Rogers in his confession declared
hat his brother. JOHN Rogers. had no
Snowledge of the crime. He confessed TO
,sving planned the abduction and said
he actual stealing OF the child was done
~ Joe Virgins.
Not until the confession and the recov-
FRY of the money did 7. Rogers. father
,f the stolen child. believe his brother
vas implicated, Will Rogers Is being
loosely guarded. as ii is feared he will at
tc'npt to commit suicide
The preliminary hearing Of the self
confessed ahductors will he held early
this afternoon. after which the plan Is
that both he taken TO the pentcntiary al
Santa Fe for safekeepine. Public feeling
has somewhat subsidized. While con-
dcmning VIII Rogers. people generally
sympathize with his aged father and
mother. who are prostrated.