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Show i DEFINITE CLEW IS FOUND TGJQBBERS Men Who Obtained Si 4,000 From (lobe Express Company Com-pany Presumably Still at Large. SUSPECTS ARRESTED BUT NOT IDENTIFIED : Experts in Criminology Be-: Be-: lieve One of Robbers hollowed hol-lowed Money From Here to Grand Junction, i I Special to Tbe Tribune GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., April 20. Although twenty-six men, arrested on Buspii ion, are in .iail here, tn connection with the I theft of $14,000 from the agent of the Globe Express company here last night, i the day luis come to a close without I a definite clew as to the identity of thp I two robbers who forced an entrance into the office and took the money from the sa.j'e. Offlcers admit that thev are at soa arid that the twenty six men arrested are merely " suspects who have been arrested in the vain hope that something eon Id be nrrang from them as to the robbery. i Reward Ma- Be Offered. j So far, no reward has been offered foi the capture of tha bandits, but it j is believed that the Globe express com panj will offer a reward tomorrow. Ben Gilbert, the express messenger, who was forced to open the safe at the point of a gun and deliver two Backs containing contain-ing $14,000 to the two robbers, has been unable to identify any of the twenty-six men arrested. Ex peris in criminology see in the $14,000 express office robbery at Brand Junction, t'olo.. the toueli ot a master hand. Yesterday's dispatches brought the news that the money wa-, consigned by the l:tah Fuel company in this city to the Somerset Mining company at Somerset. ?i coal mining camp fifty miles northeast of DeJta, Colo. This w.a corroborated lasl night by H. Cr. Williams and A. B. Greenwood of the Utah Puol company. The Utah Puel company officials aj thai money hn been sen! o;irh month trom Ball Fvahp to Bomersol to meet the payroll al thai point, but that it. has been sent on different days of Hn month. So far as the lo is concerned, it will have to tif: borne, n is .a'll, bj the express company, in whose charge thr- money at the time of the rob bery. ; Think Bandits Experts. i Peace officers in thi ity, who have J been advised as to the manner jri which j the robbery was perpetrated, arc of the i opinion thai the robbers arc intimately I acquainted with the methods of the Utah Fuel company and that they, in all oroba'dUity, knew when the money left S;.lt Lake City. An official of the Utah Cue! company com-pany said lasi nighl that hi company was taking no steps looking to the ap-I ap-I prehension of the robbers at the Globe Express company was responsible tor the money and would doubtless place ' detectives upon the trail of the thieves, i J, W, Hall, aent of the express company com-pany in this city, declined to discuss the matter, further than to admit that : the money was forwarded by the Globe i ollice. The consensus of opinion among aof I hcors here who are familiar with tho ' doini.'? of the criminal fraternity) ia ! that oni ot the robbers watched the fuel office here, went, upon the same train with the money to Grand Juno- tion, and there robbed the exproes racs- scnger, with the aid Of a companion who had been waiting for him at Grand Junction. The belief that ouc of the robbers, at lenst, was here. wher the money way. shipped, is strengthened b the fact that the money was not al (Continued on Page Two ) ! Wife of Man Who Is Slain In a Quarrel MRS. M'GILLIS. mm W iWmW i-' - vl z2 A I BECKS HE SIT III SELF-DEFEHSE (Continued from Page One.) which is in the same promises, and dropped at the feet of Mrs. Sarah raufer, who wns in charge of the laiin-drv laiin-drv office. She screamed and fainted. Mis- Kloiso McCaw, Sorensen 's assistant, assist-ant, stuoii three feet awav from him as the pistol fire went on. The two women and the two deputy sheriffs were the only actual witnesses of the shooting, though scores of people, attracted by the preliminary quarreling and the arrest ar-rest of MeGillis's assistant a few minutes min-utes earlier stood in front of the ebop and heard the revolver fire. L. I. Bailey, 4 l!i Second avenue. Waterloo, was in the store when Sorensen drew his gun, but fled at the first shot filcGilba was still alive when Deputy Slu-riff Steele and J. N. Flehman picked him up. He seized Steele by the arm and asked if the officer thought he was going to die. A sec ond later he became unconscious and died a moment after arriving at the emergency hospital at the Sty jail. His nrothers, Charles and Abraham McGillis, saw him breathe his last, and had to bo taken away by lriends, so great was their grief. Widow Soon on Scene. Mr-. kfcOillis, widow of the slain mau, reached the jewelry shop five mittUtea after the shooting, on her way to her home in the Santa Ana apartments, 841 Kast Second South street. As she made her way through th dense throng that had gathered, she heard her husband 'u name passing pass-ing among the crowd and something about a murder. "Waal has happened?'' she ak"d anxiously of a stranger. ' Tommv McGillis has been killed,' came the answer. Mr.-. McGillis screamed aud would have fallen to the sidewalk had not several friends of her husband, who recognized her. taken her in charge. It was with utmost difficulty that she was restrained from entering the shop where McGillis was dying. The ambulance am-bulance ha, not arrived vet. She was sssnred that bet husband wa- onlj slightly wounded and thai he would be all right. Before the ambulance came she was taken to the Seinloh hotel and placed under the care of a lhvician. The final news that her husband was dead was not broken to her until late last night Complicated Case. The Incidents that led to the sboot-I sboot-I ing were many and complicated. Sev-I Sev-I eral days ago BfcGillii and his part I uer. EL L Heine, rented the show window win-dow of the Curtis Hat companv, S9 ' Bast second South -treet. Immediately adjoining Borensen's ewelrj shop, and 1 put ui a display of a new patented forni of Soft and collar buttons. M-Gillis M-Gillis was the demonstrator, standing j in the window be went through the n-ual pantomime demonstrations to ; show the superiority 0f his buttous over the ordinary kind. Heine acted a- salesman. They had succeeded in drawing large crowds ! front of the window, snd, it is stated, had been clearing an average of ?2 a day in the business. Th first disnote arose yesterday morning tv hen an a.-sistant of McGillis ! began selling tho buttons on the side j walk. Bofoaseu warn.-.! adeGUlil that this oonetitnted a violation of the li ease ordinance. The a--;stant was withdrawn and the Hales confined to ; the interior of the hat store. Late iu the afternoon Mciiilli? instructed his :isstant, Robert oilier. to mm-I mm-I gle with the crowd and to enter the tore occasionally and purchase the buttons, t'ollier at I o'clock in the afternoon bezau "buying" the buttons ! 10 half dozcu lots nnd took to selling i in. apparently on In, :, .-, 0nt . on the sidewalk. Sorensen. perceiving the action of' I hi. rival, employ ed a man in the crowd itr. buy a pair of buttons from 'olller as evidence Having done this be tiled th I ce an 1 had oilier ar i rest, i fog . i .it : i: n the lu'nw ordi I dance. Sergeant H !. Sieofos took ; him t-. The poHe -tatior. IfeOillis left ;the demonstrating window and went to the station and perl up So bail for ' ol- lier's appes ranee Li court. Ten Mantes after leaving the police tMier M.i.il'i- was shot. He returned re-turned at ouce to bis ptace of busiuess, - and after s consultation with his part ner and assistants, in which, it is de dared, he counseled them to cause-no cause-no trouble, he entered the iewe ry shoo and went directly to the laundry counter and asked for hi bundle 01 lanndry. laving a 50-cenj piece on ths counter for payment While the i nii-l wus huutiug for the bundle. MetfUIlS walked over to where Sorensen eras ro- psirina srateh and began eonverslng with him. None of the SfltBosses beard the opening of the fatnl auarrel, though fhev all declare that McGillis began speaking in eoneiliatorv manner. A moment later he was heard to say, "I'll cot even with vou for this, 901 onsen He srna then leanins forward with ins elbowe on ths counter The wo men were not three feel apart, Btlddonlv Sorensen Bprans back, cry-in:' cry-in:' "I'l! teach you to -one in here and threaten m-.'' The next instant he wa- flourishing his gun McGillis sprang back, berrying Mm oot to shoot. Bvon as he moved, Bor ennen fired. The four shote came in rapid (i p aion Tne Brst ihol shattered shat-tered Met; l!i-"s right wrist. The Bee-ond Bee-ond entered his neck .-md struck the pinnl column. The third entered the right side of the back and lodged in tie left lung, .':nd the fourth completely com-pletely rjierced the abdomen. Any one of the last three shots would have proved fatal beyond a doubt, according accord-ing to Or. H. R Spragne. who attend ed hfeQUlia In h;s dytnc moments. Crowd Greatly Excited. A great throno- blocked the street in front of the iewelrv shop following the shooting and it was necessary to dispatch dis-patch half a dozen extra offlCOTI to eleai a path for traffic. Indignation against the slii'-'er ran high and as be was led away In handcuffs by the dep uts' sheriffs, manv threats of violence were voiced from (he crowd. fter the smoking weapon hal been twisted from his grasp anil he had been knocked to the floor by Deputy Sheriff Hedge-, Sorensen 's rage died within him. He rose from the floor with a ghastly pallor on his face ami held out his trembling hands for the handcuffs. Before these were -napped over his wrists he nsked permission to put his shop in order and this was granted. I'oolly, and with no haste, he gathered the valuables frmn the display dis-play window and locked them in the sale. Then he pulled the blinds, put on his cuffs, wiped the perspiration from his face and stepped nut from behind be-hind the counter and was shackled. His one remark was, 'I shot in self-defense. self-defense. McGUlia reached his hand in his pocket and I thought he was about to draw a gun.'' Beyond that he rc-fued rc-fued to make any statement. Detective William C ZoOSC and Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff Steele searchd McGillis before he was placed in the ambulance. They found no weapon, not even a pocket kuife. Slayer Is Well Known. S'orensen is one of the most widely known Socialists of Utah. Last fall he was the Socialist candidate for city auditor, polling a considerable VOtl throughout the city. He wns at one time the Socialist candidate for congressman con-gressman from Utah and again he was named on that ticket for the state supreme su-preme bench. He is known as a fiery advocate of the Socialist cause and has on frequent occasions delivered lectures lec-tures under the auspices of the local party. He was identified with the sensational sen-sational street-speaking campaign of two years ago. in which the police arrested ar-rested the Rev. William Thurston Brown for yiolation of the street-speak ing ordinance nTews of his arrest brought main prominent Socialists to the county jail last night, but Sheriff Joseph I '. Charp steadfastly refused to allow any oud other than the member-, of his family fam-ily to see him. Among these was David N. Sorensen, a guard at the state prison, pris-on, why was moved to tear.- of anguish as he clasped his brother's hand through the bars of the cell. Mrs Sorensen was admitted to the cell for a brief period and left heartbroken. heart-broken. "Oh, something must have bnapped iuside his head, for Alf would never have done it in a 6aue moniont," she moaned. Attorneys Not Admitted. Several local attorney! called to Bee Sorensen, but were told they could not be admitted until the prisoner asked for counsel, which he had not done late last night. Soren-en is reputed to be fairly well-to-do. He has been in the jewelry busi DOSS for s number of years. He moved his business from ."el K.i-t Second South to 79 Kast Second South April I, His residence is at S41 West First North street. Thomas H MeGiUis w'as vears of age. He was knowu to hundreds in Salt Lake as "Tommy.1' Coming here eighteen months ago from Denver, where his widowed mother. Mrs Dina McGillis. liven, he prospered well in his business of handling novelty goods. Six months ago he and I Levi purchased the Log Cabin bar on Bast Second South street and operated it uutil several weeks ago, when they disposed of their interests. McGillis ls Baid to have loaf $90011 in the venture. Penniless, he borrowed money from hie brothers and started again in the .jewelry noveltj business. Pour years ago he married Miss Stella Loeh in Denver. Since his arrival ar-rival in Salt Lake he had lived in the Santa Ana apartments on East Second South street. Leaves Four Brothers. Besides his widow and mother four brothers and two sisters survive him. They are Charles McGillis, newsboys' agent for The Salt Lake Tribune; Abraham, Abra-ham, Muiison and Isador sfcGiUlS, all of Bait Lake, end Mr Mary Harry of Philadelphia, end Minnie ueGilUe of Denver McGillis wan born m St. Petersburg, Bnasla, One hour after the shooting Assistant Assist-ant County Attorney I harles M. Morris Mor-ris I Id a conference at I bi county jai with all the direct witnesses of ths shooting. With slight variation ;, told the same storv Of the deed. None of them saw McGillis make unv motion mo-tion as though to draw a gun. AH agreed that he was leaning on the eovn-' eovn-' i arith his hands iu front, of him when Sorensen reached for his gun. L. I. Bailey, who mshsd from the shop when the first hot was fired, said. ,;I had called to get rov laundry. MeGilHa waa talking to BOrensen m an ordinary tone of rotes when I entered. I had rast received my bundle and eras making for the door when I heard the men raise their voices and then a gun flashed. I bolted through the deof ai the first shot wa9 fired. I he.-,r.i M,-iilii M,-iilii crying f.,r mercy, but 1 did not I Stop to see the outcome." Friends Excuse Slayer. . vlfTfd Nr rensen ? home is at Ml west First North street, and it is one of the neatest and !.. - kept I n t bri fa sottaces on thai I orougafars A ymit to the Soxnses h.me last night found the members of his family Dumbed with gr.ef oyer the shocking news that had been conveyed to them. Mrs. Boreasea i a brave little woman, but it was apparent that the cxc-r iso of her strongest will power was necessary- to hold her emotious under reu BOOabls control. As it was, th.: tar? I could not be suppressed and they j would stream from her eyes intermit - tentlv as eho sat in silent suffering. The children were wide-eyed in ayve at ths t:i'e;it calamity. Mr SoreuL-en was anxious to know what was ths state of public feeling. it. what do they say?" she moaned. "I know mv Alf must have :e.,-n sorelv driven Somebody told me i that the man said bs would 'fix' my husband, and I expect that he thought , that bia life was in danger. I know that he could never have done it if (there hadn't been something hko i ; aat." Mr. Boronasfj has been highly regard ; pd bv his neighbors on the west aide His acquaintance in thai vicinity is wide, be.-ause he was reared there. Manv expressions of sympathy and offers of-fers of hel',' were brought to the family fam-ily bv neighbors. While Tbe Tribune's representative wa ;,t. the Soren-erj house, and in that vieinity. sorrow was expressed by the residents because of their neighbor's misfortune, and all gave utterance to a faith that Sorensen most have been in fear for his life at the time of the shooting. |