Show Poli Police e Capture i Bandits Shot by y Patrolman Burt 1 If Gunman Found Near Death as Result of Operation Op Op- 4 by Companion I POLICE SURPRISE p pI PAIR IN ROOM I I Arrests Lead to Discovery That Burt Wounded Both Men in Gun Fight tOO The concentrated search for tor the l. l bandit duo who engaged In a gun battle battle with Patrolman J. J W. W Burt BurtIn In the attempted holdup of ot the Fifth FUth East Pharmacy 1556 Fifth East Elit street on the night of ot January S B. B e ended Saturday morning at 10 1030 30 1 o'clock with the arrest of ot two men j I suffering from bullet wounds They were wera caught at West est Broad- Broad 1 way The suspects confessed to the T. T holdup attempt shortly after their c e i arrest according to the police Four t others are also under arrest In connection connection con con- with Ith the case 1 The suspects are John Dress Dresser r. r convict ex-convict believed to b be from ron t I Dallas Tc Tex X suffering ButterIng from wounds wounds' wounds wounds' f in both hips and William m G G. G N Nel Nelson 1 son who was shot Jn ln the right l leg IfS g 1 below the knee Dresser may die so critical Is his his' condition due to lack of ot prop proper r. r IT medical attention Nelsons Nelson's condl- condl tion was such that he he could b bl bo L t taken to the city jail Dresser w was a 1 A given treatment at nt the he emergency J I I hospital but Assistant City Phyrl- Phyrl 1 clan cian Dr J. J J. J Galligan ordered d his LV 1 removal to a general hospital under j j police guard a 1 t TAKE NARCOTIC The men had sought relief reller fr m their luf suffering through use- use of ot narcotics Both men had taken a re recent ent shot and Nelson Nelsons was s is in such Buch a a. hop hopped ed up condition condi cond- tion that he could not give ghe coherent 1 answers at times according to the J officers tit Two hours before Dresser and S r i. i were placed under arrest In tn Inan V an upstairs room of ot a house at 18 West Broadway police poUce officers took took j two men and two girls Into custody at a rooming house across The he t street No t. t J The men are Edward Ed-ard who says he Is a painter He Is al alleged alleged al- al to have driven the automobile that made escape possible for tor the tho 1 Continued on page 5 1 GUNMAN BELIEVED I NEAR DEATH FROM J i HYPO INFECTION Continued from rom page page 1 ba bandit pair after atter they had teen been wounded wounded by the patrolman's gunfire gunfire gun gun- fire and W W. E. E Barlow 26 GIRLS UNDER ARREST The girls are Dorothy Barlow age 21 who gives her oc occupation uI n nI nas I as housewife and Eva Ea Wiseman 19 stenographer They are being held for Investigation and possible connection connection connection con con- with Dressers Dresser's and Nelsons Nelson banditry Further arrests are In view Police Police Po Po- lice think the they have a clue as to a Salt Lake doctor who administered aid to the bandits t 1 Examination of ot Dressers Dresser's body brought forth an admission of a a crude surgical operation performed I by his partner In n crime Nelson I told how he extracted a bullet from Dressers Dresser's right sice The lead entered entered entered en en- the suspects suspect's ts t's left side aide and could be felt through the flesh Nelson first took a shot ot or morphine then he lie gave his seriously serious serious- ly wounded companion a similar in injection in- in While Dressers Dresser's pain w was was' s' s subdued somewhat Nelson chiseled and and drilled into the flesh until he reached the lead he told the pUi r i cers NEEDLE CAUSES INFECTION Dressers Dresser's s critical condition is no attributed d to the bullet wound butto but to blood poisoning Physicians think that an an infected hypodermic needle needie was used by Nelson Neson Neson In his Is operation operation operation opera tion Nelson was shot in the fleshy part of his tower lower ower limb the Uie bullet piercing pierc ing an an an artery acc accounting for the many man bloodstains in the automobile automobile automo automobile bile they used it is believed The holdup attempt which they confessed and in which they are said to have Incurred their occurred substantially in this manner manner manner man man- ner The pair pall entered the pharmacy about 10 1030 30 j 1 p. p m m. with pistols drawn They were observed d by the clerks and patrons almost instantly all of whom instinctively raised their hands without a threatening word being leing uttered BURT OPENS FIRE Officer Burt hidden behind the prescription counter did not become become become be be- come aware of the invasion until he saw the short bandit whom po police po- po lice Ilce say was Dresser open the cash register Burt fired two shots into the robbers robber's body as he stood six feet from the officer The victim fell in a heap The larger of the pair who is believed to to have been Nel Nelson on who stood guard at the drug store door shouted Where here did that come from Then Burt le leaped ped to me Ule top of the prescription counter and espied the second bandit The of officer of- of fleer ticer opened fire It was returned A glancing bullet struck Burt on ou the forehead and while slightly stunned the bandit guard rushed to his wounded companion and dragged him frem fram the drug store The police headed by T. T T. T Bunton Burton Bur Bun ton commissioner of public safety instituted a city wide search for forthe forthe forthe the bandits bandit's automobile and the Ute robbers but a twenty-four-hour twenty search revealed only the machine which had been stolen from Exchange Exchange Exchange Ex Ex- change place It was the property of T. T A. A Robertson Newhouse building It was found at West Vest South Temple street with bloodstains bloodstains bloodstains blood blood- I stains on the upholstery and fl floor or boards boardL TWO GIVEN CREDIT To Patrolmen Arthur and J. J J J. J Ferrin goes the major share of the credit for tor the apprehension apprehension apprehension hension of the pair They had definitely ascertained that Dresser and Nelson were living at the house on Broadway Squads of officers under person personal person person- al at supervision of at Chief of Police Pollee Joseph E. E BurbIdge had surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded th the residence at West Broadway and the rooming house at West Broadway early Saturday morning They had the two places under surveillance throughout the night to prevent pre any possible escape of the suspects Detectives It M M. J J. J McGinnis and Dave Beckstead went to the door of ot the room occupied by the pair NELSON SURRENDERS As Nelson fully clothed opened the door he be faced a pair of Di pistols He surrendered The two o officers then went to Ute the next room and found Dresser lying in bed with his arms The guns u used d In the Fifth East holdup were shipped to Denver last Jast Monday Nelson by-Nelson Nelson according to his confession to the police They were shipped by express to James How Howard rd general delivery he said He also aso goes under the name of James Howard he told the officers He denied that he had participated in any other ether cases cases cases' of ot ban banditry saying he had come to Salt Lake on December 27 from Chicago and that he met Dresser on January 5 6 or 6 CARRIES SKETCH The police poUce In their earch search of ot Nelsons Nelson's Nelsons Nelson's Nel Nel- elsons el- el sons son's clothing found an outline of th the American Hide and Fur company company com corn pany store at West South Temple Temple Tem Tern pIe st street and arid a list of drug stores containing such lo locations as West Vest Temple Twenty t South Fourth East Twenty first South and Ninth East Twenty-seventh Twenty South When VIlen Detective L. L L. L Larsen polled palled the p papers ers from tromP his pockets Nelson welson- mutt muttered red a sneering Nothing Nothing Nothing Noth ing but later latr changed his attitude When he saw the officers were not inclined to accept hl his remarks In intha that tha t. t vein The search o of ot the rooms at West Broadway reye led a a. pall pair of crutches for tor use of or a man of eL small stature Which believe were furnished r for r. r Dresser Dressel by a no friend Bottles that had hail cont contained ined morphine morphine mor mor- nor nor- phine tablets were in the ther room om The Police are attempting to tb identify these containers as possibly being among loot taken local drug drugstore drugStore drugstore store burgl burglaries ries SHOWS STAINS The suit worn by Dr Dresser in the holdup attempt was also found ac according according according ac- ac cording to the officers Attempts had been made to remove the blood bloodstaIns bloodstain bloodstains stains stain from the trousers Investigation tion revealed Two dozen call cali ber shells were in the room The bandits are believed to have left t the e scene of the holdup at attempt attempt at- at tempt and to have spent the le night at West Broadway and then to have taken the rooms rooms across the street a week ago Saturday The rooming house West Broadway was the scene of a fatal struggle several years ago Frankie Fore killed Jimmy Doyle in m a hand- hand to-hand to battle battie Fore was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Utah state prison following a manslaughter manslaughter manslaughter man man- slaughter conviction A letter lettel found on Dresser gave gae his address as is Jeffries street Dallas Texas He admitted that he had done time in the Missouri penitentiary penitential at Jefferson City on a b conviction He is about 38 years of age Nelson can carried carded led a letter addressed to box 1504 Salt Lake He is about 35 years ears old |