Show BOLD BANDITS ARE TOGO TO fiO 60 fiOTO TO TRIAL AGAIN Thompson and Bringhurst Must Face Trial in Davis County Court for Attempt to Rob Hob Layton National Bank BankW BankW ILL ILLARD nD THOMPSON and Wil IVil William W liam Bringhurst who vho were vere sentenced to 20 io 0 and anti 1 years respect rC I vely for the holdup of the Cliff Clift House gambling rooms room on the morning of May laT 20 0 it will HI have hate to stand tand trial for the holdup of the Layton SR n bunk May 24 t tIn In a n conference betheen District Attorney A X i J 1 Harris of Ogden Coun County Count County ty t Attorney Henry W V Stale Staley of Bonn Doun and Sheriff J II Ware are of Lay Layton La Laton Layton ton all aU of Davis Duls county count It was de decided decided to proceed proc el against Thompson and on the bank bunk robbery robber charge District Attorney F P C Loofbourow of Salt Lake said last la t night that the I fact that Thompson unit und have already been sentenced for one I crime does doe not prevent them from be being beIng belag ing lag arraigned on another though they the theare are already alread serving their sentences In Inthe inthe Inthe the penitentiary In accordance with the law concur concurrent concurrent concurrent rent sentences may ma be he given shen for a n se cc series rice rica of crimes Thompson and confessed to Sheriff Joseph C Sharp June 29 Continued d on Page Two BOlD BANDITS ARE ARETO ARETO TO GO TO TRIAl AGAIN T Continued from Page e One Oneto Oneto Oneto to the holdup of ot the Layton National bank In a 8 written and signed state statement statement statement ment they also aleo confessed to twenty four tour other holdups and burglaries which In a large measure helped to clear up the mystery of ot the crime wave of last winter Should Thompson and Bringhurst be given the maximum sentence for tor the holdup of at the Layton National bank it will virtually result in life lite imprisonment for both Should each be sentenced to 20 ZO years for tor the tho latter crime it would mean 40 years in the he penitentiary for tor Thompson and 32 3 years ears for tor Bringhurst Arranging for Trial District Distrct Attorney Harris ot o Ogden stated last night that arrangements are being made to proceed against Thompson and Bringhurst on the bank robbery charge at the earliest opportunity opportunity opportunity Charges are to be drawn by County Attorney Staley and signed by L 14 1 E Ellison BUlson cashier of at the Layton National bank who Thompson and attempted to force torce into opening the big vault of at the Layton Laton National bank on the morning of ot May MayU 24 Though unsuccessful the attempt at robbing the Layton National bank was well planned On the day previous Thompson and Bringhurst made a care careful careful careful ful study of at the bank and of the prem I lees of the home borne of ot Cashier Ellison At 3 S on the morning of at May 24 4 they th y held up the watchman of ot the Layton National bank and marched him to home at the point of or ofa ora ofa a revolver Bringhurst who is an electrician climbed a 3 pole and cut the telephone wires leading into the resi reel residence residence dence of ot the cashier When communication had been be n rendered impossible Bringhurst and Thompson aroused Mr Ir r and Mrs Elli Ellison Ellison son They told the tho cashier to dress and come out and Instructed his wife that they would kill her husband should she attempt to make an outcry The cashier was WIlS marched to the bank Up Upon Upon Upon on commands of ot the highwaymen he ha opened the main entrance and pro proceeded proceeded to the main vault Ha He opened its first door but showed the highway highwaymen men that the second was regulated by bya byn a n time lock over which he had no com corn command command mand Convinced that they had failed In Inthe Inthe inthe the attempt at robbing the bank Bring hurst and Thompson stripped the cash cashier cashIer ier of ot a watch and some money and locked him in the bank They returned to Salt Lake in a stolen horse and buggy and remained about the city un until until Until til they the discovered that they were be being beng beIng ing ng watched by members of ot the sher sheriffs iffs lUs office Then they went to Og den where Bringhurst was arrested in the Broom hotel by Deputy Sher Sheriffs Sheriffs iffs lets Axel Steele and Samuel Nowell Thompson was WIlS later arrested in Butte Mont upon information furnished the Butte police by C E Riley of ot Mur Murray Murray Murray ray a former acquaintance of Thomp Thompson son A Reward Reword Is la Offered Immediately after atter the attempted rob robbery robbery bery bary President James Pingree of at the Layton National bank offered a reward of ot for tor the arrest and conviction of ot the tho highwaymen Simultaneously the Maryland Casualty company of at Baltimore Md in which the bank is Insured offered an additional reward of at noo Cashier Ellison EllI on said Bald last night that the rewards would be paid Deputy Sheriffs Axel H Steele St ele and Samuel Nowell and C E Riley of at Murray as soon as a conviction of at Bringhurst and Thompson has been ob obtained obtained tamed for the robbery of ot the Layton National bank Riley Ulley who was In Butte Botte while Thompson was waa a fugitive caught him and turned him over to the Butte police Though both Bringhurst and Thomp Thompson son made oral admissions to Sheriff Sharp that they held up the Layton National bank and discussed the value of ot a time ock on a bank safe sate to a considerable extent they were more cautious when they presented the writ written written written ten and signed confession to the s and robberies In the tho written confession conCession the following olI wing allu allusion sion slon is made to the tho Layton robbery The night before we went to Lay ton we broke broko Into nto Smiths store Whether hether or not this line can be ac accepted accepted accepted as a confession conCession to the robbery of ot the Layton National bank has been taken into consideration by District Attorney Harris of Ogden Though thy they have made verbal confessions to the robbery rubbery it is Ie not probable that Thompson and Bringhurst will plead guilty as aa they did to the holdup of ot the Clift House gambling rooms Bringhurst considered himself lucky to get oft off with a sentence and ind his partner Thompson did not be become e come peevish over being given 20 years in n the penitentiary Both Thompson and Bringhurst are sUll under sus sue suspicion suspicion of ot having murdered Jacob C at nt corner Feb 17 11 1909 Though it may be Impossible to find them guilty of ot the crime it itis ItIs itis is thought that concurrent sentences for tor the Layton Laton bank robbery border bordering bordering ing upon life imprisonment will serve serveto serveto to force Thompson or Bring Bringhurst Bringhurst hurst burst into a complete confession |