Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-11 | Page 3 | Heir to Fortune a Theif

HEIR TO FORTUNE A THEIF. Arrested in Cheyenne, James Hughes Admits Stealing Diamonds. FHRYENNE, "Wyo., June 10 James Hugh, s alia. Carl Albertaon, who waa arrested hero on a charge of vagrancy, has confessed that he gtolfl a diamond brooch und a diamond ring, which were, rolled In a sieve of his undershirt, from i ".m 4 nf the Cumberland hotel, Bu?h strcot, San Francisco, where he wna etn-ployed etn-ployed ns a bell bov 1 1 admitted that ha find from San Francisco Muy 2 In com-pflOiy com-pflOiy with William Wise, and said that they jtpparnted. Wise going to Denver. Hughes also had. when arrested, a diamond dia-mond stl'.-k-pln and diamond cuff-buttons, but hC claims these are his property Hughes and Wlso. It Is eh Id shipped a basket tnlnSQbpc supposed to contain diamonds dia-monds and other Jewelry to Denver, and the police will be asked to look It up; also to try to rind Wise, who is believed CO be a member of a gang of diamond thieves, although Hughflg says he knows nothing nbout Wise, except that ha worked ns a bell boy In a hotel in San Francisco not far from the Cumberland. Hiigh s claims to be an orphan and heir i-.rt une i