Show ENGINEER GRABS v M M mm r r AllEGED THiEf H J 1 Bartlett Believed to Be I Responsible for Thefts in Lodging Houses In the tho arrest early yesterday morn ing of or H J Bartlett who says that he heis heIs heis is a hotel clerk the police pollee think that they have captured the sneak thief who has been robbing rooms in Salt Lake hotels and lodging houses for some sometime time past Bartlett was caught after he had made an jn attempt to loot the room of or James Bickers a Rio Grande railroad ral road 1 engineer r at the St Albans hotel at I West Vest Second South street at 4 yesterday morning When Bickers retired on Friday night he left the door of or his room unlocked The engineer claims that he lie was awak awakened awakened awakened ened from his slumber by the noise made when Bartlett opened the door Believing that a prowler had slipped in Bickers sprang from his bee bed This frightened Bartlett and he ran olit into the hall haJJ Bickers without waiting to put on his clothes followed in pursuit and overtook the alleged prowler In the hall hallA A desperate struggle followed Bart Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett lett after vainly striving to break from the grasp of the engineer and es eo escape escape cape at last yielded to the man whom he had it is alleged intended to rob Bickers held the man until Police PoUce Policemen men Bush and Becksted arrived and took him to police pollee headquarters He Is being held there as a suspicious char character character acter Beyond saying that he Is a ho tel clerk and was from San Francisco the man has refused to talk about him himself himself self L Chief Pitt declares that he intends to hold the man until the th mystery of his night wanderings is thoroughly cleared There have been many man thefts in ho hotels hotels hotels and rooming houses during the thep past p st few days These petty crimes be pe became e came so annoying that instructions were wore given policemen t to keep special watch upon hotels and rooming r houses house for night prowlers S |