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Show THE THREE BURGLARS." They Were Liberal with a Saloon Keeper ' and Got Little Money. A trio of burglars by the respective names of Charles Wilkinson, William Upton and Frank Collins, wero put ou trial before Judge Zaue in the district court, being charged with having burglarized bur-glarized a safe iu Joseph Dudley's saloon sa-loon at Park City. The robbery is claimed to have taken place on the night of November 23 last. There was $700 in the safe but tho burglars succeeded suc-ceeded in getting only $25. Each of the defendants were put upon the stand this morning, and Wilkinson stated that Upton and Collins had nothing noth-ing to do with the alleged burglary; that a man named James had told him (Wilkinson) that he owned half the amount of the money in the safe, and requested Wilkinson to get it from the safe while ho (James) was in conversation with the barkeeper. Wilkinson claimed that he, himself, was drunk at the time and that James had opened the safe for him. James was put ou the stand and said he did not havo any money iu the safe, and had never talked with Wilkinson about it, It was also brought out that the defendants de-fendants attempted to break jail, but before they made their cscapo they were discovered and shackled. In its argument to the jury the defense de-fense claimed that James was the leader and at the head of the scheme to rob tho safe, but had recently turned state's evidence and had not been arrested. ar-rested. The jury after being out a half hour returned with a verdict convicting Wilkinson Wil-kinson and acquitting Upton aud Collins. Col-lins. Wilkinson was immediately sentenced by Judgo Zane, and in prouounciug sentence he referred to James as a disreputable dis-reputable witness by inducing another to commit a crime, and iu view of that fact Wilkinson was given only one year in the penitentiary. His home is iu Virginia City, Nevada. |