The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-10
Remarkable Story of the Man
Who Held Up Rector's Restau-
rant Last Sunday Morning.
VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY
HATCHED BY HIS FRIEND
One of the Men Who Finally Got
Possession of the $4,000 Now
Under Arrest.

CHICAGO, Feb. Even thief Is
not safe In Chicago. is tho plea Charies
Willard made 10 the police today when
he confessed that he held up Rector
restaurant last Sunday morning and Sc
cured s33o0.
Wizards Joy In his possessions was
short lived, he said. for as he was ieaV-
ing the cafe door he was greeted by
three men. who. with a revolver pressed
against his side. escorted him TO an aites
and robbed him. OF the proceeds oil the
holdup.
Willard. according to his confession.
was one OF three conspirators VINO
planned and executed the Rector hoidup'
He. In turn. was the victim OF con
splracy devised by n friend TO whom ne
conAded the plan for robbing the safe;
The story. incredible as II frst seemed
to the police. was corroborateo py thehh'
$500 recovered. and VIII LOTUS, a sa, ,
loon kee1er, has been rearrested ana
charged with being an accessory 10 me
robbery and with having received stolen
property.
The original robbery occurred in Rec
tors restaurant Sunday morning, when
a lone bandit entered. as John Adams,
the cashier. and Raw Saisline. assistant
head waiter, were near the Sasn,er
he proceeded to procure s3S0O from the
cashiers desk
Robbed of His Loot
The police searched vainly for the lone
desperado for many hours, when note
from an unidentified woman gave them
clue as to the nature OF the annasIsod n0,dup,
that he had arranged with Willard 10
commit the robbery He notified Willard
as to the most opportune time TO appear
Adams was not n party TO the con-
spracy
Salsllne named Harry Anderson. a
companion. as one OF the conspirators.
nounced him for his failure to meet
them later and divide the spoils.
Willard, after his arrest asserted that
he. In turn. had been 'hed up n few
The police refused to believe him, but
later developments proved that he told
the truth.
Betrayed by Woman.
LOTUS Is a saloonkeepcr. In whose sa-
loon Willard was in the habit OF spend
the restaurant developed. willard con-
G3ed 10 his friend Lotus and sought his
aid TO the extent OF borrowing two re-
vovers.
with the money in my pocket" said
Willard. three men were waiting for
me. We want you, Charley said one.
and he pressed the end OF revolver
against me.
al thought they were policemen and
that I was under arrest. They ioked
me about getting away so easy. With
a revolver pressed into my coat we
walked back Of policeman TO an alley
back Of the Hamilton club. half a block
away from the cafe.
Confided in Saloonkeeper.
when we cached the alley the men
turned In. forcing me to go with them.
One OF them covered my mouth with his
hand. one pressed the revolver against
my ribs and the third took the money
away from me-. They kept on joking
nbout how easv II was,
" Pretty soft. Charlie said the ono
with the revolver, and then the three
walked AWAY. | could not make any
complaint about II. but had TO hurry
auav Ia keep from being arrested my
self"
Willard says his first thought after tho
men left him was To report the theft 10
the police hut that inclination was over
come by the realization that he would
be greeted with unexpected warmth at
the police station.