Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-12-05 | Page 3 | Burglar Robs Jail; Escapes; Recaptured

BURGUIR ROBS JAIL; ESCAPES; BECflPTURED Brihain City Is Amazed by the Sensational Maneuvers of a Tramp. , , Special to The Tribune. MltlGMA.M CITV. Dec. (. .Residents of tho city were a.stounded last nlht an'i today by thq sensational actions of a u,uii'. nnw, aner dciiijj iockcu up ror tiring a revolver while walking down Forest For-est street, escaped from the city Jail, brolte into the city marshal's office, recovered re-covered the property Hint had been taken from him anil escaped on a night train to I'ocalollo. where he was arrested thla morning. The tramp appeared late, laat night at the James Hull residence and asked for food. Tie aroused the citizens of Forest street by "shooting up" the street as he walked along. He is alleged lo have Torccd his way into theOGIdncy blacksmith black-smith shop. wliire ho Is supposed to have taken a small sum of monev and some tools to make up a "burglar kit." Ho bad progressed as far jus Main Btrcet when Alarshal Valentine arrested him on suspicion. When he was searched I in had ?l!.o0 In cash and 50 cannery chips from a cannery at Clearfield. The prisoner was locked up In the oltv jull. which adjoins tho county jail. Willi the aid of a fire shovel he dug a hole through the wall near a window and escaped. es-caped. Breaking the lock on the marshal's mar-shal's office, he entered, procured his cash, cannery chips and llfly rounds of ammunition and departed. A night watchman discovered the burglary bur-glary In the marshal's office about lL':ao o'clock, and, suspecting 'the tramp, in-vestigat.-d. It was learned that a restaurant at the Short lilno depot had been entered and that ?2.3r In cash, cigars anil food-hail food-hail been taken. Officers at T'ocatello were notified. When the fugitive arrived there, this morning he was placed under arrest. Sheriff Olsen has goije to I'oea-lello I'oea-lello to bring the sensational disturbor of the peace back to this city.