Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-29 | Page 2 | 'Twine' Bandit Robs Youth of Suit, Overcoat

TWINE BANDIT ROBS YOUTH Of SUIT OVERCOAT Gunman lunman Who Raided Second Store Store Uses Use Same Method in Hotel The second victim within two days ays fell feU prey to the builders builder wine tWIne bandit late Wednesday a afternoon af- af when Carl Davis 16 16 d deboy devery de- de livery very boy for the Hart Shaffner Marx clothes shop South Main str street treet et was bound and gagged in a aullen Cullen ullen hotel room and robbed o of ofa a asuit suit of clothes and nd overcoat vahl valued d dat at t The outfit had b been n picked out by the bandit earlier in inthe inthe the le day when he gave the name H. H A. A Williams according to the police police po- po lice ice r report port and said he would pay for or the clothes when they were de- de livered vered About 1 p. p m m. m a man registered under the above name at the Culen Cullen Cul- Cul len lea en hotel Two hours hours' later Wil Vil hams ams called the clothes shop hop and told old them to Ct liver the outfit to tole the le hotel When the boy arrived Williams declined to take the suit and nd asked to have it delivered deliver d Thursday Later Later however he called ailed the store and asked for the suit uit and the boy was again dispatched dispatched dis- dis patched on the errand DIRECTED TO ROOM The youth explained that when he le entered red the lobby of the hotel a aman aman aman man stepped up to 10 him and said he was Williams and asked If he head had ad the suit and overcoat the Corner former former for for- mer ner had ordered Davis was asked to o take the parcels to Williams room oom where the prospective purchaser purchaser pur- pur chaser haser would p uty y for tl the e outfit Inside e the room the theman man stepped quickly to the window and drew the blind down He Ho then turned and handed landed Davis 50 cents and a a note upon pon which the following words were scrawled This gun is noiseless and I am ama a killer If you do not make any noise olse I will not hurt you If you do doas doas dos as s you are told but If not youre you're a dead one one ne Get on that bed and andye lye ye their I Before Davis had half finished reading the note the bandit thrust a revolver barrel against the youths youth's abdomen Davis Davis' laid laid on the 10 bed d and the bandit proceeded to toe tie e him up and to to stuff a towel In it the le youths youth's mouth The clothing was then removed from om rom the boxes which It was vas was was' delivered in and the b bandit left the ro roomS oom n lo locking the I d door r. r Davis lDavis freed reed freed himself from the twine and called ailed the hotel cler clerk about an h hour ur later ater The clerk summoned the polIce Davis gave a description of the bandit which tallies with that given given en n by J. J S. S Nielsen second hand dea ealer er o of the bandit who tied Nielen Nielsen Nielsen Niel- Niel sen en up In a similar manner shortly after fter the noon hour Tuesday Tellow Yellow Yel- Yel low ow builders' builders twine was used in both Instances Nielsen was was f forced Into the he rear of his store at West South Temple street The bandit stuffed a towel into the s see sec cond c- c ond nd hand band dealers dealer's mouth and threw an overcoat over his head He then proceeded to the front of the store and stole 10 from the cash regIster register regis- regis ter er an overcoat six watches and chains hains and four foul pistols The bandit is described as havIng having hav- hav ing ng a well modulated voice nearly six fx feet tall weighing about 1190 pounds rounds 30 or 35 years old and light ligh complexioned