The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-11
OGDEN HOLDUP IS
SENTENCED To JAIL
E. l.. Craft, Confessed High.
way Robber, Pleads Guilty
in District Court.
Special TO The Tribune.

I Special TO The Tribune,
\ OGDEN. Feb. 10.-The first conviction
| for the series OF holdups which recently
| terrorized The citizens OF ogden occurred
| In Judge y, j. Harris's division Of the
| district court today. when John Dura mt
| accomplice Of L. l.. Craft. pleaded guilty
| TO the charge OF highway robbery. waived
the statutory tins for receiving sentence
| and was Immediately sentenced TO an in
determlnate torn In the state prison
Although Craft confessed To number
OF holdups, duplicating himself and Du-
| rant, the latter was charged with only
one offense the robbery OF Walter j.
Hoyt. assistant city auditor. on the night
of January a. 1914 Armed with revol-
vers. Drant and Craft held up Hoyt on
on Twenty eighth street, robbing him OF
a valuable watch and other articles. No
charge has YET been filed against Craft.
but District Attorney John c. Davis VIII
information which he gave TO the officers
following his arrest in Brigham City,
Both OF the criminals are regarded bJ
the authorities as desperate men. and but
for the action OF Craft. Marshal Joseph
Iillywhite OF Brigham City probably
would have been murdered by Durant at
the time OF the capture According TO
the local officers. the Brigham officer
searched both men twice without finding
the revolvers with which each was armed
or a belt OF cartridges worn by Craft.
w ME lne bpNcluer county olilceIS Welc
searching for the men who attempted to
hold up blacksmith I'm Brigham City a
week ago. Marshal Llllywhte happened
upon Craft and Durant on the morning
following the crime, Failing to find any
weapons Them he released them. and
later It was. decided to take them into
custody. The two men were attempting
to make their escape from the city when
they were located by Marshal Lillywhite
along the oregon short Line railroad
tracks at the edge OF town.
The officer. after placing his own re-
volver in the hands OF a boy who was
with him. handcufred Craft and Durant
together and again searched them with
out finding the revolvers. The two des-
peradoes tied themselves on the rail-
road rail while the officer went q short
distance up the track 10 talk TO third
man. According to Crafts confession.
Durant rea ached inside his shirt with his
free hand and drew his revolver. with
the intention OF shooting the officer,
the weapon against Durant and declared
that ii lie shot the officer he would kill
his companion and then shoot himself.
They then decided to conceal their weap-
ous. which were found by the officers
along the railroad track following Crafts
confession. The cartridge belt worn by
Craft was not disposed OF until after they
The cartridges were thrown In the toilet
and the belt was burned Marshal Lilly
white, who was in the city today. was as
sured by both Durant and Craft that
they had revolvers inside their shirts
when the officer searched them.
by Deputy Sheriff John Zundell OF Box
elder county. Deputy Sheriff J, l.. Hohson
OF Weber county and Detective Thomas
Burk Of the Ogden police department