The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
HARRY MARTIN IS
AGAIN IN CUSTODY
Formal Complaint Charging
Burglary Expected to Be
Filed Tuesday.
Special to The Tribune

| Special TO The Tribune
OGDEN, Dec. 13-Arested for the
third time within ten days and still sus-
| pected OF having been connected with the
biackmail operations. Harry Martin,
| cousin OF J. Henry Martin is confined
in the Weber county Jail on the charge
OF having cracked the safe OF the Riv-
erside Milling company In December. 1912.
According to Sheriff T. A. Devine, who
caused Martins arrest at the home Of his
| father. ]. F. Martin. on West Seventeenth
street this morning, formal complaint
| charging burglary will be Issued on
| Monday.
OF other crimes involving the use Of nitro
glycerin for blowing safes is Indicated to
| ne officers by the fact that the safe In
sne ofhce OF the Ogden Macaroni COM
pany, one block south OF the Riverside
mil, was blown open on tho same night
and sos taken. The safe at the milling
oltce, which is located near Seventeenth
street on Washington avenue, was
broken open. but II contained no money
and nothing was taken. On the Same
night there was third burglary in the
ing been entered Whether Martin is
guilty OF all three crimes may be proven
later
According to tho information received
his cousin. Henry, had taken part in the
Riverside burglary.
Although the officers refuse to dfvuIse
the name of the person who furnished
the information on which Martin was re-
arrested for the alleged burglary of the
mll II Is known that their Informant Is
a man who encountered Martin and
talked to him while ne was on his recent
trip to the northwest The officers de-
clare that this first handed informa lion Is
rom very dependable source, 30 GER
that Immediate steps viii be taken to
ISSUE the complaint. 1t has not yet been
decided whether the charge will be first
or o. second decree burglary. IN the mean
lorna ton tending to show that he also
blew open the safe and robbed the naca-
rom companys office. According to the
officers informant. Martin is alleged to
have boasted that he turned ali OF the
tricks" "
The young man did not evlnce sur
prise when Deputy sherifs George Leath-
am and Waldo Ritter took him into Gus
tody and brought him to the county Jail
this morning, Martin did not question
the officers as TO the cause of his third
arrest.
II the several burglaries In which nitro
slycerin was used can be definitely
charged to the younger Martin. the police
and snerir's force. feel certain that the
securely bound about both of the Mar
TINS now under arrest for their alleged
blackmail operations, Should Il be dis
covered that Harry Martin, as well as
his cousin, Henry was familiar with the
use OF itro-glycerin. referred TO as
soup" In the blackmail letters, the OFF,
GERS will be possessed of valuable clew
IN the blowing UP OF the Leroy Eccles
home.
There were no further developments to-
day with regard to the valuable evil
dence discovered by Henry Lee, the vet
Urinary surgeon OF Morgan. The local
officers admitted today that the infor-
nation had been In their possession for
several days hut that efforts had been
made TO keep It secret because they did
not think the general public had any
Fight to know 1t. 1t was their intention
TO spring the Morgan story as a surprise
at the preliminary tearing of Henry Mar
tin before Justice r T. Rhees at Pleas
ant View next Tuesday