Show I I I REWARDS R FOR BUNCO MEN Identity i of Members of Gang Who Robbed Is Established OFFICERS O STILL ON TRAIL GOVERNOR G OFFERS FOR FORi i EACH OF THE FUGITIVES FUGl IVES John OBrien Larry OBrien James J 3 Donaldson D T W Davis and C J T Bell Bellave have haye h ave been identified as the gang gangS who fleeced Alexander and William Mc McWhirter McWhirter out of 2000 and then robbed them hem t of In the Antler rooming house h ouse West Second South street Re Rewards Rewards Rewards wards of 00 for each or for all of them will be offered today by hy Governor Cut Cutler Cutler ler i cr for their arrest and conviction and circulars c bearing Donaldsons and the pictures have been sent out omit in in all a ll directions Sheriff Emery received in formation f from fro m Cooks agency p in New NewYork NewYork York that the had cashed drafts rafts d for more than Mrs Annie OBrien wife of John OBrien living at West South Tern Tem Temple p ie street has admitted to the county count p au an authorities authorities t that her husband and Larry OBrien took part in the bunco game gam Her statement stat ment is corroborated by Mrs Larry OBrien who sho Is ilso known as s May Davis John Joh OBrien was lh the mining expert f in the game and Larry was the decoy who gave the name of Morris and steered the into the game Doctor Donaldsons connection has been b en verified not only by Mrs lUrs OBrien but by his sister Mrs Mary King and his pic pie ture has been tin the ter brothers broth rs Davis ana tU B Bell were the police officers In fn the gang g ng and a de description and the records of the men are aren In I n the hands of the county count officers Colonel Brice who was the supposed host of the party part and did not put in an ap Is not known to the officers Mrs Annie OBrien was interviewed yes jes afternoon in her rooms at West Vest South Temple street Her trunks were in the middle of ot the floor packed and she was dressed in a house dress Her Intended hurried leave after calling on Chief George Geor e A Sheets was stopped Monday evening by Sheriff C Frank Prank Em cry er Mrs OBrien denied that she was going boing to leave leae the city but admitted that most of or her things were packed Looking for Her Husband I 1 went to see Sheets about my hus bus band Mrs OBrien said when asked con concerning concerning her visit to police headquarters and he did not send for me as has been bee reported Yes I went up there In a hack on Saturday I believe and asked him if he Ire wanted my husband and If he knew where he was Why Thy did you go to the police station to find d out o t about I 1 your 1 husband Qa 1 she s was asked Well supposing your wife was out gambling somewhere she exclaimed and you khew she was in trouble where would you ou go so to find her if not at the police station What did Chief Sheets tell telI you ou was asked her herTell herTell Tell me she exclaimed and then pausing for a moment said none of your business For several minutes Mrs OBrien rr re fused to talk but afterward was asked to tell ten the truth about the inter view with Sheets which she claimed was falsely reported re He said to me she continued that he wanted him and wanted him bad He asked me if f I knew knea where he was as and I replied that I did not Mrs OBrien said that was all that was said when she went tp the station She refused to tell who went to the police station with her in the hack huck although Mrs Irs Larry Larr OBrien known as May Mav Ma Da via vis is has admitted that she was in the hack Was a Good Provider Mrs OBrien said yesterday esterday that she sho had been married fourteen years to OBrien He had made marie her a good living every day site sUe said saW during that time tim When asked what his occupation was she sho exclaimed that it was vas as business you say but a moment ago that h lie was out gambling and ard you knew h li hI i was vas in trouble Before the question was completed Mrs OBrien boiled in wrath From on the response received for tor each e ch question was none of business b siness your our Mrs May lIay Davis OBrien was In the tho sheriffs office at the city and county building yesterday esterday afternoon for som some time Several admissions were secured from her which helped materially in the case She admits that she went to the Eolice police station with Mrs Annie OBrien Saturday out Lint did not get out of the hack When hen Mrs OBrien came out and got in ill thy th hack she says that she told her not to t worry that they were all right She cleres d that lint they went there to inquire about the and tells about th tho same story as Mrs OBrien I Another OBrien in Town r rJoseph Joseph OBrien a brother of John and Larry came to Sat Salt Lake on Sunday He is known k own as a bunco man and Sheriff Emery ran into him Monday Monda night He was not ot held however and is still stin in Salt Lake He was seen yesterday on the time street with another r man who answered the description of Davis but It was after afterwards wards learned that his companion was as formerly formel a gambler In Salt malt Lako Laka L When n Joe OBrien came to Salt Lake Sunday ho him was dressed in overalls a soft shirt Continued on Page 3 REWARDS FOR 1 BUNCO MEN Continued from Page 1 and a soft hat bat When seen yesterday esterday however he had on a good front The have operated during Sheets administration in i several rooming houses in Salt Lake Besides the te Antlers Aters rooming house they had rooms room at 2 West Vet Temple street This place become becomes SD 83 s notorious that cards cd were printed Where Big Fish Are Caught and Landed 2 West South Temple street street Mrs Irs Annie Peterson who runs the house says that for weeks at a time the had rooms there they played cards When they first came here I know what they were doing in the te rooms Mrs lr Peterson said yesterday The had trouble several times with men in the rooms room and I know they were gam gambling gambling bling until late one afternoon when the th police came down after them themI I 11 told John OBrien that I would not n t have my rooms used for gambling pur purposes purposes purposes poses but he tod me several times that they the stood In with the police and ad were paying for protection SAID THEY HAD PROTECTION Mrs Annie Peterson Tells of OBrien Gang Gangl GangAt At 2 South West Temple Teple street the OBrien gang has long operated Fur Furnished Furnished nihed rooms are ae rented there tere by b p Mrs Mr Annie Peterson and for months it has been a rendezvous for the OBrien gang gg The stories of many mary fish who have been landed there were told tod yesterday and the part pat played by b Chief Chic of Police George GeorgeA A Sheets Sheet and two of his detectives was wa also alo made known John OBrien the kingpin bunco came to Mrs Mr Peterson on Sept 10 and engaged two large lage rooms In the te house At first Mrs r Peterson refused to rent the rooms tooms to him hi stating that she shedid shedId shedid did not propose to have the rumpus going ging on that was wa carried on by the gang in May and June That was all al a bluff Mrs Peterson OBrien replied You know when the police came down here with the sucker on former occasions it hurt your house in the least Well VeI I will wi tell tel you Mrs Mr Peterson that it i Is fixed up stronger than ever now and there will wi not be any Upon this assurance Mrs Peterson rent rented rented rented ed them the rooms but they were not used until Sept 16 A couple of games were played on the first day and again on the eighteenth Larry OBrien rustled rusted two men Into the room the day d before the big steal was wa made from the Mc le brothers The rue ie next time the thc room was used u ed was in the afternoon of Sept 25 when a game gme was played which lasted late for nearly neary two hours That even evening evening evening ing John OBrien came there and took away a I small smal valise valse containing the poker chips and cards card which were kept there This is the last time any member of the gang stepped over the threshold of the house which OBrien called c led the place landed where the big fish are caught and Transient transient Crooks Welcomed John OBrien and ad Larry Larr OBrien oper operated operated operated In the same place in the months of May and June and many man shady things occurred The rhe were always the principals In the play and from time to time when men came to Salt Sal TAke Lake they the p would pick them up and allow alow them hem a percentage of the winnings But Buthe Butth he the th transient crooks were not allowed to remain long enough to generally known mown Early in rune June une John and Larry OBrien were operating there with wIt two to others other One of the men was called caled Frank Wil VU Wilson Wilson son and he is believed to have been con connected connected connected with the robbery which occurred In n the Antler Anter rooming house It I Is probable probable probable able that ho he was wac the man who gave the name of Davis and ad acted as the bogus policeman who wino robbed Alexander Mc McWhirter McWhirter of 2 According to the story stor told by Mrs Mr Peterson yesterday Larry Lar OBrien went out on the street and brought back two strangers with him The rhe game gme lasted nearly two hours and the sucker who was wa from Denver lost 0 The Tho victim demanded his money back but it was refused him He rushed out of the th place and In the meantime the chips and cards were gathered up and carried out of the room Ten ren minutes later the telephone rang and John OBrien was called caled for all al right let them come was his reply according to the statement of ot Mrs Peterson He rushed into the room and told his brother Larry Lr to get out of the he place arry walked across the street to o 26 South West Temple street street where Mrs Annie AnIe OBrien OBren the wife of John OBrien was living Two detectives and ad the Denver man ma came to the door and knocked They The asked for OBrien and they the were shown to the room They con conversed conversed conversed versed for a minute or two and then John OBrien went to the police station with wih the detectives and the sucker Within half an hour John OBrien re returned returned turned and Mrs Peterson wanted to know what was happening She did not propose propose to stand stad for the police to her house Paying for Protection Why there was wa nothing to it i OBrien explained I simply went over to the police station staton and It was fixed up The fellow got 0 of his money back and ad he be was satisfied and will wI leave town tonight tonight Its Is only a bluff and ad there Is no use of worrying about it You are getting big pay for your rooms and you know we weare weare weare are protected by the police pollee pole The day aay after Mrs Peterson had ha a talk with OBrien about the police coming to her house She told him again that she shedid shedid shedid did not like it i but he smoothed it over Mrs Peterson said that on two different occasions OBrien told her they were pay paying lug ing ng for their protection from the police and ind that they th were the only gang that had lad the th privilege of gambling The bunco men began playing the game too strong and for nearly a month they were called caned off The left the he city ci and also their confederates Dur During During ing ng this time Harry Walter who is known here as Sullivan Sulivan and Doctor Clark who is also known to the police as Pittman came camo to Salt Lake and went to Mrs Peterson for rooms roms They had the rooms three or four days before she knew that they were running a card game game Their confederates were Jesse and a man named Thompson Thomp on A miner from Goldfield was steered into the game by Thompson and he lost some money He resorted re the matter mater to the police and and the entire entre gang was arrested They were taken to the police station staton and held for two days They The p pleaded guilty guity to vagrancy and were given a chance to leave town They came to Mrs Peterson and said sad that they were not on the inside and would not be lowed allowed to stay star sta here and Thompson were back in Salt Lake within a few days and were arrested Attorney William Newton pot got got them off and they went to Ogden There they met Clark Cark and opera operations tons were started there They The were ar arrested arrested arrested rested for a young man and Clark was given 20 days or 0 The others were fined 10 Their friends came to their aid and Clark and the theother others other were soon out of jail jai having paid the remainder of their fines Clark came cameto care cameto to Salt SaI Lake and lived lve at the Cullen Culen ho flo hotel hotel tel He did not undertake to do any anymore anymore anymore more gambling saying that he ho was not on the inside Barney Goldsteins Part Barney Goldstein was wa a a member of the tine OBrien prang gang gang when they came back bak to tD Salt Sal Lake a few months ago atro aJo The had their rooms at South SouthWest SouthWest SouthWest West Temple street again agin and started operations Barney Goldstein was brought here her to do the steering work work He caught aught aughta a sucker In the Temple grounds and lured him Into the game frame Jame He lost 95 and anda a diamond stud Wilson Wison sat at In the game ame with the and held the hand which took the money The sucker sucker re reported reported reported ported his case to the police Detec Detective Detective tive Richard Shannon worked on the case and came eam down to Mrs Irs Petersons house Goldstein went to the police pollee station with Shannon When he returned he told Mrs Peterson that he had settled things thing for 25 2 with the victim and an that the po police police lice Ice would not bother him Detective Shannon came to Mrs rs Pe Pc Petersons house a couple of days later hunting for Davis who is also known as Wilson Wison Davis was not there but had Just gone out and Shannon failed to get any further information The next day Davis or Wilson Wison was told about Shan Shannon Shannon Shannon non coming to the house after him Why I met Shannon yesterday esterday on the street he said He was introduced to tome tome tome me by Attorney Newton yesterday esterday That is all ahl Davis had to say s in regard to the matter mater to Mrs Peterson Time and again gain Mrs rs Peterson says sas the police came there to see the It I became common talk about fleecing men in card games and paying paying for their protection protection tion ton from the police Mrs Peterson says sas that she was told to be careful of strang strangers ers and to keep still in regard to the part played by Chief Sheets and his detectives |