The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-12
LARGE SUM WILL
AWAIT CAPTORS
Blackmailing Letters
Mention Other Crimes
for Which Standing
Offers of Rewards Still
Exist; Detective Ed
wards Shows Improve
ment.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, Nov. 1.-The price on the
head Of any member OF the blackhand
gang operating here will be at least
$4,000. This amount will constitute
the aggregate Of public and private re-
wards already offered and TO be offered
in the next few days.
The division Of the rewards follows:
State of Utah, $500; city of Ogden.
$1,000; county of Weber, $1,000; private
contributions, including rewards from
victims Of the blacShand gang, $500;
total, $4,000 The rewards from the
state. city and county have already
been announced, while the other $500
is being rapidly raised through contri-
buttons from the public aud from the
persons who have been mulcted or
threatened by the bandits
In addition TO these rewards. the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Shorl
Line railroads have standing offers of
rewards for the robbers who held mp
and robbed their trains near Ogden. In
their blackhand letters the brigands
have boldly confessed to having per
petrated these daring holdups. If these
letters are proved to be true, the price
on the heads of the bandits viii eX-
coed $4,000
The Ogden City and Weber county
commissioners arranged at joint
meeting this afternoon TO offer re-
ward Of $4,000 for the capture of the
blackhand letter writers. This deci-
sion means that the city will offer a
reward of $1,000 and the county will
offer like amount.
In reaching their decision TO offer
the reward the commissioners did not
lose sight Of the fact that the city and
county officers are TO be given free
rein and every assistance in their
efforts to apprehend the desperate
criminals. but it was their opinion that
the blackhaDd crimes have developed
70 such an extent thht no means should
be spared 10 effect the capture Of the
guilty parties. The action at the special
Meeting this evening viii be ratified at
he regular meeting of the city COM
nissioners tomorrow and instructions
will be given 10 secure proper pub
icity Tor the announcement. The state,
,ity and county rewards for the appre-
,ension of tho blackhanders now az.
,regate s2500.
Arrest Suspects.
The intense excitement which pre-
nils in this city as a result Of the
,lackhand atrocities and tho fact that
no local officers are not overlooking
ny opportunity 10 capture the men
yas shown today when J. w. Cox,
'inkerton detective, and F. G. Ashe, "A
ivil engineer Of Denver, Colo, were
AIKEN into custody as suspects. The ar
ests were made by Detective George
!. Wardlaw, who was assisted in the
apture Of Cox bv private detective.
{ required only few minutes for ex-
lanatious after the mon were taken TO
olice headquarters, but the affair
aused great excitement and Furnished
mple material for new supply OF ru-
lors to the effect that the real black
anders had been caught
Detective Cox, it is said, arrived in
le city only yesterday and his pres
nee here was not known TO the local
ficers. He has been stopping at the
eed hotel and his actions last night
ere reported TO the police. When he
as seen 10 stand by n mail box for s
w minutes this forenoon and then
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