Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-01 | Page 22 | Brooks Reaches County Jail [Illegible]

BROOKS REACHES M COUNTY JAIL CE: J Deputy Sheriff Riley M. Becker iic-rivf-d in Salt l.ake yesterday a!v from Los Angeles, bringing Wiiiir i:-ie Brooks, a negro, now in the cour.t v on a charge of murder in eonnectior the killing of Joseph Brigcs Janur r,-:- The killing occurred between Fifi: i:;:ct Sixth AVest streets shortly after -night, Briggs, a. farmer, 69 years The of Fail-view. Utah, being shot t:: the head when resisting the evide: 5 Fe forts of two men to rob him, acr r,s to the findings of the officers, r ;" is held as one of the two aua:k Thomas Linker as the other, whi-Maud whi-Maud Linker is jointly charged wi: U C two men as having been a party: affair. Mrs. Linker was landlady t; e, Macedonia rooming house, 42S:i Second South street. According to Deputy Becksuad. 1 insists that he had no connection '" killing and that the officers have Vf;j. ing on him." He protests that t:-lice t:-lice had him in jail for a wee's: a ,:.: he went to Los Angeles and werf ,, able to get anything on him." iae According to the Fheriffs office " cr sc evidence connecting the three : with the murder has been ace:"- J since the Linkers were arresw the and Brooks was taken into cui. ... Los Angeles last week. . . 'exe ,