Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-23 | Page 10 | Confession in Whisky Case Bares Big Theft

CONFESSION I N IN WHISKY f CA CASE BARES A 81 BG r T THEFT H f I One of Quintet Makes Clean Breast of It and Tells of Operations bythe bythe by bythe the Boxcar Burglars Burglar 1 1 ITH 1111 Yilli William m B. B Holt one WITH V of the thc five men accused of I conspiring to to- break into a car in interstate traffic and receiving stolen tolen goods turning govern govern- Is ber be- be the prosecution witness r Moved ed to have hae pra practically clinched It Its I Ii i calc cae against l. l the five at the preliminary hearing of or Albert Austin Madison and J Ray haY Grant yesterday esterday afternoon after- after noon The pair with David Falkenberry I William B. B Holt and Ed Conley Conle ar arI re re reI reI I fifty Ift- accused of or having stolen three I gallon allon l kegs cS's of whisky from a car in interstate shipment beL between Louisville j I K Ky and San Francisco Thc They are also that has In InI inthe believed to form the tho gang franc I the last year stolen worth t of or merchandise from freight cars In lu the Denver Den Rio Grande yards ards 1 BOY nOY rE TESTIFIES Frank Frank Hadley a year old transfer bo boy was waa probably the most important witness a against the two men on trial before United States Commissioner H. H V V. Van ran Pelt yesterday cst afternoon Had- Had Icy c testified that he was hired about midnight on an the night of the breaking into the car of whisky and was directed Seventh West cst 1 by Holt to a n. point at I Imet and Second South Sauth streets where he ha was met by another man After a roundabout roundabout roundabout round round- about trip h he was t taken to the car ar where the whisky wa was wag placed on an his ho he had delivered deB wagon Ho stated that Ned ered it to a n. barn at Ninth South and State streets He also stated that he had had two previous transactions with wild tim the same men in taking goods from fram the thc vicinity of ar the freight yards to different different different differ differ- ent points about the city William B B. B Holt one of or the five rive ac accused accused ac- ac c- c men turned government witness and testified against himself and the tho theother theother other four faur men lIe He mado a clean breast of at the activities of the entire gang sanS and admitted J the theft then of or the three kegs kess of af whisky for which he said the men received from 1 CAR b 1 Ho detailed how bow the tho men broke open apen the he car cal stole stalo the tho three throe kegs of ar whisky an anti loaded them upon the express wa wagon on The They were then brought ht to the barn bam on an St State te street and Ninth South and later they received OO from Mid Mid- dau daugh h. h Both Bath and Madison Madtson were bound over to the United States district court for trial and were placed under undera a a. 1000 bond Holt himself himsel and nd Ed Conley Conle another member of af the party part will be given shen a preliminary hearing t this morn morning In They were accused Jointly with Madison and Fa Falkenberry Falkenberry wilL wIH not be bo given a preliminary hearing here ref as he wa was bound hound over cr to the United States di district court In tn California Cali Call fornia ornia where ho he was W captured following follow follow- jn log ing a n quick flight from the city after aCter th thc arrest orrest of oC the other ather four