Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-09 | Page 2 | Robber is Charitable

ROBBER IS CHARITABLE Gave Back Part of His Booty to His Victims in Chicago. CHICAGO. Dec. . Acting by day as superintendent In the printing department depart-ment of a local manufacturing company, com-pany, and at night the part of charitable charita-ble highwayman, is said to have been . the career of Edward B: Clark, now under un-der arrest. According to his confession he has played the varied role for a year. He has admitted being Implicated in several hold-ups which have puzzled the police. Incidentally, Clark declared that he traveled all over the world, and that on one occasion while making a trip to China he struck down and killed three of a crowd of sailors who had mutinied. Herbert Boyer, also a printer, was taken ta-ken Into custody as an accomplice. In all the robberies Clark is said to have been a charitable thief, returning part of the stolen property to the victim. In one Instance he ordered Boyer at the muzzle of a revolver to return a gold watch which they had stolen from a woman. In another case, he says, he and his companion were robbed by a bartender after they had robbed him. Clark's home Is handsomely furnished and he has borne a good reputation.