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Show GIMLET SCORES flNOTHERSCOOP Foolish Story Appears in Discredited Dis-credited Sheet Ancnt Diamond Dia-mond Robbers. DENOUNCED AS A FAKE BY OFFICERS WHO KNOW The Article, However, Is on a Par With Majority of the "Mouth's" Dope. In bold, red-blood type, tho "Gimlet." Bometimcs alluded to as tho SmooL "Mouth," and occasionally called Iho Hef-nld-Rcpubllcan, Wednesday morning consumed con-sumed a big portion of Us first page with an elaborate description of tho arrest ar-rest in Iluntsville, Tex., of Walter N. Perry and Gladys Whitney, wanted in Salt Lako for robbing J. I. Diehl, a Denver diamond salesman, of unset diamonds dia-monds worth ?10,000 in a room at tho Motropolo hotel 'on Septembor 2. The story was in keeping with about 00 per cent of tho mattqr appearing In the dls-roputablo dls-roputablo sheet, an absolulo Ho and wholly whol-ly without foundation. In the "face of absolute denials that Porry and the Whitney girl aro under arrest In Texas, or In any other part of the United State's' so far as is known, the sheet persists in publishing what it knows to be a deliberate lie. a fake nearly near-ly up to the ridiculous and daring one perpetrated a few days ago when there was published a lcllcr, purporting to have been written by an alleged burglar, but which, It is pretty conclusively shown, was written within the "Gimlet" office by tho man who robbed tho Press club and the mother of Allan Lovey, the dead cartoonist. Just Another Fake. Tho Smoot "Mouth," in its dramatic story of Wednesday morning, described in detail the movements of Gladys Whitney Whit-ney and Walter Perry slnco they disappeared dis-appeared from Salt Lake nearly two months ago, no details being omitted. It mado a pretty good story, but was laughed at and ridiculed by L WIHslc. of tho Pinkcrlon Detective agency. Chief of Police S. M. Barlow and other officers who havo been working on the case. Mr. Willsio, when questioned Wednesday as to the authenticity of the Herald-Repub lican's story, said It was a deliberate falsehood. "There Is absolutely nothing to the report," said Mr. Willsle. "Last Saturday, a man and woman answering the description of P.crry and Gladys wero arrested In Hnutsvillc. I wired an operative op-erative to go to Huntsvillc and to be absolutely certain the suspects were the right parties. On Monday I was advised that the couple were not tho ones wanted in Salt Lake, and so far as I know they havo been turned loose." Chief of Police S. M. Barlow reiterates the statements of Mr. Willsle. "It is another of the Herald-Republican's ridiculous ridic-ulous attempts to create news," he said. "Such stories as that hurt our work. It may be possible that a few persons, having hav-ing no other sourco of Information but the red rag, will read tho Item and stop looking for the thieves. It would bo a good story. If true, but like half the stuff appearing in the ITerald-Rcpubllcan, It is not true." News Gets Into Line. Tho Descret News, which tries hard to follow In the footsteps of the Hemorrhage. Hemor-rhage. Wednesday night had the temerity temer-ity to say the local Plnkerton operatives did not know their business. The official organ said that In spite of the denials of the Plnkertons and tho police, tho thieves wore under arrest (evidently another an-other revelation), and then attempted to qualify its assertions by saving the officers of-ficers are trying to withhold "news of the capture. As a matter of facl, no one Is more anxious to have Porry and the Whitney girl apprehended and brought to justice than Is Superintendent Willsle. and ho Is frank to confess that It will bo a great delight for him to announce their apprehension. appre-hension. Does it not, therefore, seem ridiculous ri-diculous that he should deny iho arrests If there was anything to it? |