Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-06 | Page 12 | Peter Paid Dearly for His Whistle

PETER PAID DEARLY FOR HIS WHISTLE Wine, woman and song cost Poter Johnson, John-son, a visitor from the country, $140, a diamond pin and a gold ring Monday night. Ho came In to attend conferenco and fell In wIUi Nina Wood, an Italian musician. He was so entranced with her melodious voice that he took her to his room at tho Imperial hotel and said: "Warble, sweet bird." Nina said sho could not do the warbling warb-ling act successfully alone and called in T. J. and Florence Kelly to help her. Johnson did not como from under tho soothing influence of their dulcet strains until yesterday morning. It was thon that he discovered his loss. He ran out on the street and met Officer Offi-cer Slegfus, to whom ho related his sad e:perlence as a musical critic Sergeant Hcmpel and Patrolman Johnston ateo gavo a sympathetic car to his story and aoon took tho Wood woman into custody. Sho confessed her sharo In tho robbery and Implicated Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, who, she said, had received all but W0 of the money and the diamond pin. Tho3 were found on Nina's person. Tho Kellys wo placed under arrest, but they denied all knowledge of the robbery. They admitted admit-ted that they had been to Johnson's room, b.it said that If anything had been stolen tht Wooda woman must be tho guilty i arty. Tho trio Is still in tho city jail, but no complaint has boon signed agolnst them.