The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-19
Piece of Broken Revolver
Handle Proves to Be Tell
tale Evidence.

rR1 1ILLIAM and Charles Samuel
NM SOB, 16 and IS years Of age,
WV brothers and natives OF Salt
Lake, were arrested yesterday
afternoon by Detectives Moropi Giles
pie and h. D. Lyon, on q charge of
robbing Henry OH, a Japanese, OF
$500 in Pioneer park Thursday night
The youths confessed to attacking
and brutslly beating the japanese, but
denied that that they got any yhna money ~; a., A.
the skin, taking off his shoes In the
process.
Dressed in cowboy attire and posed
like two aspiring young bandits enter
ing into crime compact, tho brothers
had their photographs taken together
recently. Late Thursday night they
were at the room of Madeline Julian,
123 West Third South street, engaged
in drinking bout, in company with the
Japanese.
Before leaving the place and dog
ging their victim to Pioneer park,
where they attacked him, they yielded
TO natural vanity in giving the woman
pictures of themselves The pictures
were later secured by the police.
TelltaIe Evidence.
Only when faced with a piece
broken from the revolver used in the
attack on their victim did they cease
their denials OF any connection with
the crime. The telltale bit from the
handle of the revolver was picked up
tective George E. Cleveland.
When the boys were arrested at the
residence Of their father, Thomas Sam
uelson, 363 West Fourth South street
Charles was armed with revolver
The handle was found broken. After
the prisoners arrived at headquarters
they were faced by inspector Carlson
with the revolver, to the handle OF
which the broken piece had been fitted
Charles, "now / will be able TO get
rid of the old woman. He has a wife
living at 527 Seventh East street.
According to the story told by the
boys and by Miss Julian, they first met
the japanese in her room Thursday
night. All we're drinking whisky. The
Japanese boasted that he had more
than a thousand dollars, according tc
the story told to the police by Miss
Julian, and one Of the boys suggested
that che ought to get It. Shortly be-
been with the Others and hired to play
mouth organ for their entertain
ment left.
Followed by Youths.
About IL o'clock tho Japanese de
parted and the two brothers followed
him, explaining that they would take
him home. Oti was later found stag
gering on Third South street as 6e
made his way, bleeding and half un
conscious, from where the attack tool
place, He was taken to his room. 27L
Richards street, by a girl who haG
been told of his condition by thrc,
young men whom she met. They wer,
arrested shortly afterward by Sereean,
| Charles Olsen and gave their names a.
L. Grow, Ray Shell and II. Leonard
but were released By the police yester
| day.
The Samuelson boys were identified
by Miss Julian Mt the city iail las
night as the two who left her room
with the Japanese. Before leaving
they gave her their pictures. taken r
the costume of cowboys and posed Will
| the evident idea Of giving a tough an
I pearance. 1t is thought that the pic
F.; ture is significant of compact en-
tered into by the boys In connection
with criminal Intentions.
AS soon as the victim Of the robbery
Is sufficiently recovered from his in
juries TO visit the jail, he will be taker
there TO identify the prisoners.