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Show Discover They Belong to Same Order, Sign of Distress Would Have -Been Effectual as Gun Play. 1 Haymond Meets in Jnil Man Who Robbed Him, and They Form Friendly Relations. It Is seldom, Indeed, that a hold-up and his victim form such amicable relations as havo been established between F. O. Haymond and C. D. Morehcad. They met last night at the county jail, and wore, soon talking like old friends. Mr. Haymond Hay-mond learned that his assailant was bound to him by tho fraternal tie of unionism, and Morehcad confessed with deep contrition that ho had robbed ono to whom ho owed the obligation of a brother. "Had r known," ho said, "that you wero a member of the order, 1 would havo cut my hand orf before I would have stopped you." Should Have Given Sign of Distress. "And If you had given me tho sign o distress. Instead of pulling that gun, you could havo had all tho money I hud with mo and I would havo borrowed some moro for you." said Haymond. Mr. Haymond called at the Jail to Identify Iden-tify the youthful hold-up who monaccd him with a revolver and went through his noekets Simrlnv nlcrlif TIipv Imme diately recognized ono another as members mem-bers of tho Order of Railway Trainmen, and learned, after a fow minutes' conversation, con-versation, that they were both telegraphers. telegra-phers. "Did you notice that I told Benson to givo you back your O. R. T. card when he found it in your pocketbook?" aeked Morehcad "That was the llrst I know that you belonged to the order. After that I put your watch back In your pocket, pock-et, and I would have given you the money, too. If I could havo done so wlth4 out giving myself away." Gave Bnck His Watch. "I am glad you didn't take the watch." replied Haymond. "I paid $50 for tjio works alone. Do you know, I had a notion no-tion to take your gun away from you and lick ou both; but your hand was trembling trem-bling so I was afraid you would pull tho trigger by accident?" Morehcad then told his victim of the necessity that Impelled him and his sev-cntcen-ycar-old accomplice to descend to highway robbery. Ho said they were trying try-ing to mnko their way back to their, homo in Ohio. When thoy arrived In Salt Lake they were cold and hungry and broke, and the idea, of holding some ono up camo lo them as a last resort In their mlnery The conversation seemed like a friendly visit between old acquaintances rather than a confession of crime. The two men described their feelings at the lime of tho robbery, without reserve, liven without with-out lxind of fippmiiitlnii. Air HnvmnncI would not have had the heart to deal harshly with the two robbers, Both an beardless boys and very small In size. They look anything but desperate crooks. When he left them it was with a warm clasp of tho hand and a sincere wish that they might live down the results of their lapse from hohesty. Mistaken About Amount. Mr. Haymond said last night that he hud been mistaken as to the umoUnt that was taken from his pockets. When he called upon his young lady friend ho had io3 and some silver In his purse. The-lady, The-lady, with that Intuition peculiar to her sex, anticipated a hold-up and urged Mr. Haymond to leave his money with her until tho following day. Ho handed her his roll, intending to keep & and his small change. He supposed ho had this amount with him at tho time of tho robbery rob-bery until Morehcad, after his arrest, said that he had taken only $1 CC. Then Haymond Hay-mond consulted his banker and found that ho had really given her J55. So More-head More-head told the truth, after all. Both Morchc-ad and Benson are willing to tako tho punishment that tho law gives them. The former has already entered a pica of guilty and Benson would have entered the same plea had tho court not Insisted on appointing a guardian nd litem to make his pica for him. |