Show ROBBERY RAMPANT AND PROTECTED Conniving with Thieves and Pickpockets The Daily Papers Silent The Sheets style of pick-pocket confidence game appears to he a continuous performance by the police department of Salt Lake The editor of the Utah Independent was favored last week by what appeared to be a with the Salt Lake A gang of pick-pockets have been operating on the railroad trains entering and leaving our One passenger had another a railroad another small amount of and a The depot watchmen were told to keep a sharp look out for One evening P. H. a watchman for the Rio Grande spotted three suspicious who were about to take the evening train for Nutter got into the car near the door where he could watch them when they came Two of the spotted men came in and blocked the thus holding back six or eight The third thief came in last and began to Nutter saw the last man reach for a but he could not tell whether he got anything or He immediately knocked the thief and then reached over and served one of the men blocking the aisle in the same The other thief ran out of the car and Nutter threw the two men he knocked down out of the car and off of the depot form in a manner that highly pleased the Just as Nutter returned after driving the two Edward a Rio Grande freight conductor who was in the crowd that the two thieves held rushed of the car and told Nutter that he had been robbed of Nutter ran and caught the street car was just near the Belle London-Bransford one of the thieves boarded the car and seeing jumped off and ran into the stockade with Nutter after After hide and seek around in Belles' enclosure for a few Nutter caught his With the help of Policeman who got into the they at last landed the thief in the In searching him they found a few silver dollars in his pocket and in his right shoe they found two ten-dollar gold pieces and a card with back on which plainly showed that with the would work train 8 to and back to Salt They were an old trio at the business and were systematically robbing the passengers on those THE Nutter was told to came back to the police station the next morning as a On going to the police station at the appointed he learned that the little game had been fixed Lettle's had been returned to him and the thief set Lettle was told to keep quiet about that he ought to be satisfied to get his money Conniving with thieves and fixing things up with pick-pockes and robbers and then getting the victim out of town or telling him to keep appears to be quite common with the of the locusts and the citizens plainclothes of this the people of Salt Lake including the Donaldson and the Belle London voted for our present mayor and police Will they do it again this A question Did the two thieves that away go boldly back to the police as Donaldson pay in the and then to secure their pal's Or did they turn the trick through a higher April V. S. Salt Lake Dear I enjoy reading your valuable I have paid for my subscription to March now a friend of mine not knowing that I take the Independent paid for a six months' subscription for It seems almost a waste of valuable information for me to receive two copies each I feel that your paper is so valuable in defending the Utah and her and exposing corruption that it should be in the home of every honest Kindly send the extra copy I am getting to Samuel for-the six months it was paid Very sincerely ERNEST Brigham April Editor Utah Please send me a statement for what I owe you and I will I like your paper and read every You may continue to send Wishing you continued I yours S. N. What are the most popular airs in the Who is the greatest safe-breaker on |