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Show fjjIBSAR! CHEST AT PT. DOUGLAS $1 I (jaoy Revolvers Taken I j By Thief. ' i Cartridges and Pouchas Also 1 included In List of fWis-:! fWis-:! sjng Articles. ! jf ARM chcBt containing twenty-H' twenty-H' i 4 Fix Colt'B U. S. army revolvers, caliber .38, valued at 1300; about ,hc same number of cartridge Rj -gues. and several hundred rounds of Wfc ammunition, belonging to the band. MS Tenty-nlnth Infantry, was taken from I tte quarters of the band at Fort Dour;-K Dour;-K ,n5" jnie Wednesday night, dlGCOvcry of K ,'vhch was not made until yesterday lrlf mi "isornln?. uccrult James Stone, enlisted on the 'rgiL lflth inst., now languishes in the post "tt guardhouse on suspicion of having USe'fi; fccn Implicated in inc uccu. ne ruu- ery was not discovered until Drum ttottftJNvM George E. Cleveland went Into the i s,rorm about S n J'e6terdav for 'Mi purpose of placing n revolver, re-Ulfi re-Ulfi ; ttntly turned over to him. in the chvst, WtttinL'l ln r,'blch are kcpt the revolvors ;chflofS f, Discovers Robbery. eWtoa Falling to find the chest in its visual , place, he went into the room adjoining, nal only 10 flnJ the "iV,ndow raised, under which, upon the ground, was the miss- .f lug chest. He Immediately reported i the matter to the police headquarter?, p where he learned that twelve revolvers aj N. ; ha(j found by a patrolman oniy t(4l ; yesterday morning near the Salt Lake ier i Brewing company. Tho revolvers wore heerfij 1 thoJe belonging to Uie band, Twcnty-v Twcnty-v 7 rf. ninth infantry. "v7ith the rovolvers J' were found several letters addressed to ririi. James Stone, the recruit now in con-i con-i t it & flnement, and It was upon this evl-i evl-i f dence that the man was arrested. pSi t Recruit Stone's Denial. wj,ttJi f Stone was present at the 11 p. m. in- 4 spidlon of the band on Wednesday. a He belongs to coirlpany D of the Twen-' Twen-' 'i ty-nlnth, and has been, since enlisting, !"-' 1 on special duty with the band, learning ' Vi H(I vcas on thc rlfle r,nnEe at .Practice 7 - when placed under arrest by Drum eYeaa jjaj Cleveland, and taken to the guard-JUalpli guard-JUalpli f bouse to await an Investigation. lie KJied'b ernet! surprised when Informed of the JKIilli lft anJ c'a'ms t0 know nothing of i feti Captain John T. Madden, adjutant of e CllTl i ihe Twenty-ninth, is the responsible of- atsai Hcer for the missing revolvers. Seven "Ibedft 'of lhcm are stl11 missing, of which no raft ) toi-e can be found. ' The lock on the cheat was pried off M-wl - -and the culprit spared the Government 3-003; !, the loss of seven pistole, which he left CCoKls M In the box. jnVvJy , A Milt case belonging to Stone was j3 also found last night to be ml3sing nprofy fnm t,e storecoom. It is supposed waj'Jf I that the letters found with the revol- KCIiiJ T's were In this case, in which tlio . jj phtols were carried to the brewery, '""'ill ar' 11 n,a' develop that another may . f fce guilty of the deed. rtM ; Evidence, however, points to Stone g gilfl i as the guilty one, and ho will be held iewl I at the guardhouse until a thorough in- SO til ;J vertl&atlon Is made, j, Kent Moore, the soldier who left a r-r I few days ago. taking with him a revol- zi&vti t Ver' ls be,nP so5hL for, and it is I thought this man may ha.vc been, an ifUm if accomplice to the robbery. X Jericho Club Initiates. if Twenty members were Initiated Into tif44 'i ,h ranks oC th0 "Jericho Club" at W", J Fort TJouglos laat night, all of whom li are foldiers of the Tvcnty-ninth lnfan- i'mVt 'I tTJ' Tne ,nonthly dance to be given by 'L'! k organization will be held June 23. ijF 'l ft when n large number of Invited guests !UJ i will bo present, and the new members 3 be piven on opportunity to learn ,Tj J the workings of this social organ iza- |
