Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 5 | Capture of a Hotel Thief

CAPTUR Of A HOTf THff ALBERT 1UDE STOLE A DI MOND RING I Case Was Reported to Datective D2tectve Sheet Who Soon Had the Culprit In LimboA Xutford Bellboy Albert Budde a Knutsford bell boy Is languishing In the city jai charged with larceny as the outcome ot one ot Detective Sheets bits ot fly work The valuables stolen were a diamond rIng studded with pearls belonging to Mrs McLaughlin ot Park City and a razor taken trom the room ot tnother pnotel guest Manager Henshaw reported a few r day ago that piering was going on in the hotel and described these losses to the detective who In his own mysterious mys-terIous way started after the culprIt Mr Henshaw had gone all through the I Employees roster examining each but to no avail About 9 ocock last night the patrol wagon was called for at the I Short Lne depot and Sheets returned wIth Budde The young man strenuously strenu-ously denied the accusation but when put through quizzIng by the detective detec-tive and Acting Chief Janney confessed I con-fessed and took the officers to the I Knutsford ant Uncovered the cache In the basemeI Both the ring and tho razor were recovered Budde begged for leniency and It was promised him He Is 20 years of age He was at the depot hustling passengers for the I I Knutford when collared