Show ARRESTED FOR GRAND LARCENY A Clever piece of detective work by officer wilkins when the last grand enry was iu session an indictment was found by them against william gillis a young man about 25 years age who has been in provo the last two years the indictment charged him with grand larceny ahe particulars of which are as follows about the first of last month gillis went to Walls burgh provo valley and aith e pound told the keeper that a heifer then in the pound belonged to him the let him have the animal and gillis then and there i sold it to the keeper A few days after this the rightful owner appeared on the scene identified lna anini ul it and took it away the i then appeared beauro alie grand jury biere against gilli and an indictment was fu und against liim for grand larceny thia indictment was returned on alie and a warrant immediately issued for his arrest gillia getting wind of alie matter took the D R ti owl that same night for colorado and until sunday was secure deputy norrell had tho warrant of arrest but seemingly could not get scent of gillis whereabouts officer alex wilkins of this ily spoke to norrell subsequently and said he thought he could gillia out an arrangement was then entered between the two of them to undertake his arrest officer wilkins then started on a clever piece cf detective work and soon found out thai gillis was working on a ranch somewhere in montrose Moa trose county colorado this he told orrell and they agreed to leave for that district on saturday last when down at the depot saturday dinner time all ready to start deputy norrell got word from headquarters in salt lake not to leave just then he told officer of this who replied that he never yet had good luck on turning back from a job he had to do and he proposed to go himself and make the arrest it was then arranged that officer wilkins should stop over at P V junction and wait for norrell who if he could not send him a dispatch armed with the warrant officer V alkins leffand lef tand at 2 morning a arrived from deputy norrel tu go ahead and serve the warrant officer wilkins did so he arrived at montrone Mont roae on sun dav afternoon at 5 0 clock and went at once to sheriff J B office of that county the papers were shown sheriff and also a letter of introduction tro from sheriff john turner said he knew the man in whose employ gillia was and lie would first go to the ranch and see if gillia was there officer wilkins objected to this he wanted to go with bene the papers as no time was to be boat the possibility being that arienda of gillia would get on alie scent of the affair and let giglid know and hu would get away finally sheriff johndon yielded ond a boree and buggy officer iia started out with johnson who was on horseback to alie ranch which was about eight miles from montrose the ranch was reached about half past ten that night officer wilkins tied hid horse up ome distance from alie house while sheriff johbson rode up in front of the door and went inside and shook hands with ohp owner of the he to gillia who was sitting in the room and told him a gentleman outside wished to officer wilkins had by this time reached the house gillis met him face to face at the door officer wilkins told him what business he was on and took out his handcuffs gillis at once exclaimed by G d you wont put them ou me officer wilkins repeat ins his words said by G d but I 1 will though and told him to put hands gillis did so and the bracelets were placed in position he was then given the privilege to say anything he might to the folks arid the midnight journey back to montrose was reached at half past twelve and the west bound thain waa not due lill 3 monday morning gillia was jailed A few minutes before 3 he was removed from the jail and both he and officer wilkins started for provo AS no requisition had been issued to officer wilkin lie did not read the warrant of arrest to gillis until crossing the utah line gillis thinking his arrest was solely effected through the instrumentality of sheriff johnson was loud in his imprecations against him i provo was reached at 4 0 clock yester daj afternoon and gillis lodged in jail where he will languish till tomorrow to morrow when he is to go to tho penitentiary at salt lake judge henderson fixed his bonds at 1500 which as yet ho is unable to obtain |