Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-13 | Page 7 | Evidence Against Croft

EVIDENCE AGAINST CROFT i s Idaho Officials Claim to Have Leader of Gang of HorseThieves T1UBUNF SPECIAL Cheyenne Wyo April 12 Sheriff 5weobofBlackfootIda left Laramlo tonight for home with Parley Croft of Soda Springs jxirested on the chaig of stealing a carload or horses in Idaho the anlmaln having ien l > sold nt Laramie Lara-mie on Monday The Idaho bfllcer claims to have convicting evidence against Croft aui he says Croft la a I member and leader of the worst band of horsethieve that ever operated Idaho Wyoming and Utah Letters were fou id nn Croft that shows lie has been working under the name of Brown One of these was from a member of the gang and advised ad-vised Brown to take the horses to Wyoming Wy-oming and sell them ab their acts were i1 bejng watched by the ofllcers Information was wired to Blackfoot last night and two members of the I gang were arrested there Sheriff Sweet believes that this Is the gang i that has been doing a wholesale business i busi-ness In Idaho Wyoming antlUtah for a number of years