| Show FOUR SUSPECTED I BANDITS CONFESS mm THEFTS OF WIRE CO CONFESSIONS were o obtained yester- yester V J day r b by Sheriff Joseph C C. Sharp from rom four of ot the five 1 bandit suspects arrested In connection with wholesale larceny of oC copper coppel wire wiro from flom the Ole Carfield Garfield Garfield Gar Gar- field pl plant nt of or the thc Utah Copper company company com coin pany the bank nl burglary burglar and antI highway depredations While the they admitted ad- ad mUted tho the theft o of copper wire de- de were made In regard to the Riverton Riv- Riv erton though one of Ie them during dur- dur ing ng an unguarded moment I Is said to t I have lave made fragmentary admissions The rite four who confessed to the larceny larceny lar lar- ceny of or more than 1500 pounds of or wire froni Cro tile the Ut Utah h Cop Copper el plant are Jack Wilson lIson Dan Dnn and Ernest Grow alias atlas Irwin Groves Gro and James Buck Duel at whose home some sonic of ot the wire was found Cound together with a a. store of or fulminate ful Cul- minate nl ps ca ca ps czi-ps ps used by hy hl safe of or orthe Curley Arthur Curtis convict ex-convict the Utah state prison on remained mute throughout hout the examination and when told the others had accused him he simply answered that they ther lied During Durin- their confessions members of or orthe the quartet admitted making the first visit to the Utah Titahi Copper Coppe plant December Decem ber 17 7 when the they stripped trestles of or moro more than pounds o of copper Working all nl night ht out on the plains before a roaring fire they burned th the Insulation from rom the tho wiro and cutting cUllins it Into small pieces sold It December 18 IS to Enoch Reeves HeC of or S. S Sixth West cst street It was admitted they next visited tho the copper plant llant on Christmas night and In the same fOam manner obtained a aloa loa load o of copper wire of or similar wei weight ht During a third visit thc they obtained l less s wire On January 2 they disposed of oC another load of oC copper wire to Mr Reeves TIec Making an o oC of tho the Reeves TIec foundry Sheriff Sheri Sharp found nearly 1000 pounds of or chopped copper wire ire Ho lie confiscated the samo When hen James I Buck waS was wai how it happened his fathers father's prospecting pick and anti overcoat o were found near tl tI II o liv erton bank on the da day following n thin the blowing of oC the tue safe his face Cace flushed Hushed For a time h he refused to answer hut but ritually explained that ho lie might have havo been in In that neighborhood with ith the pick an and forgotten or it it He lie denied any safe blowing and o of the tho said the first he lie heard of or it was when lie hc real newspapers Wilson Buck and the thc Grow boys hor will he be arraigned today toda on char charges s of or connection with tho the grand larceny lanen In theft of cop copper from the Utah Copper ph plant a ii t. t |
