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Show CONFESSION OF SHAFER LEADS TO ARREST OF TWO OTHERS IN -BARK ROBBERY CAS: - Following a complete confession by former Cashier 8. I. Hhafer of the Commercial bank of Tooele, Oeorjre H. Higg. who tuccecdcd Shafer aw cash- ier of the bank, and who was era ployed as an auditor for. the Halt Lake Mecnrity and Trust company, was arrested ar-rested Saturday night, and his brother-in-law, A. B. Walton, wasarrealed yesterday, yes-terday, and both, in conjunction with Mhafer, will be charged with the robbery rob-bery of :if00 from the bank. The complaints against Joseph f!. Buluff and W. L. Irvine, who were arrested ar-rested at the time Hhafer was taken into custody, have been dimiisaed, and these men 'have been discharged front custody. Kfforts were m:idc to dia misa the rases against liuluff and Ir vine,' but they inaiated that they be given. hearing, and that their cases gu to trial. Their cases were set for lat Wednesday, but by agreement, post ponement was granted until this morning, morn-ing, when the preliminary hearing were to have been Conducted. Instead of the hearings, however, the men were discharged. The arrest of tiigga waa made liv Sheriff M. M. Huah of Tooele county at Tooele late Saturday night. . Waltoa was arrested at the Hermitage hotel ia Ogden canyon yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Harrison of Weber conntv. on information furnished by Sheriff Bush. No arrangements have 'lieen made for hail for the men. Shafer'i Story of Theft. - .In his confession former t'ahiex Hhafer. who wamrwtitfu shorTTv" after the robbery, told what the officers believe be-lieve to be a full and true storv of the robbery, which he declares was' suggested sug-gested by George II. Higgs about three months ago. Higgs. Shafer save, planned the robbery at that time, lie called attention to the fact that a large amount of money was transferred to the Tooele bank on pav dav each month, and liigga ia alleged to liavo declared that it would be a simple matter to rob the hank. Shafer says that thev discussed it jokingly at first, and later the tiir-e men, Shafer and Walton havine hmi brought together bv Higgs. looked upon the matter seriously. They then begun to plot in earnest, and planned to rob the bank in Mar They put it off, however, as the amount transferred was small. In June a large oTnount was transferred, and thev put their plan into execution, sav's the former cashier. Shafer s story of the rohlicrr'is that Walton rode to Tooele from Halt Lake ity on a motorcycle, taking the wire with which Shafer was bound, aud the gag that was afterward found in Sha fer's mouth. Bhaer usiated -Walton In placing the money In M alton a (rip and Shafer was men bound and aaa-d ami placed In the lavatory. Walton concealed Un anp under un-der hla coat, and went lo a Tump of bushes Just outside the town where li had concealed the motorcycle and rode to Salt Lake Cltv. Wallon readied Salt I-ake City before the robbery waa dlst-ot ere,!. When, Shafer Waa round. Shafer waa found an hour and a hair after the robbery and appeared to faint He told the fanlaalli- tale that he li.i.l been held up and bv two men dresaed ns miners, wearing cordurov j-l"tlica ami masks. Theae men, ho said, had leveled guns at Ills head and commanded him to silence while they looted the bank, after which they tied him up With wires and gagged him. From lla day of the robherv suspicion . had not been lirted from Sharer In Hie matter, and hla arreat two weeka aft-r the robbery caused little surprise In police circles. The arrest of Irvine end Hnluff. however, how-ever, caused intense Indignation aniouc tlielr friends, who 'declared that they were victims. Immediately after Walton had hionglit the money to Halt l,ake City he pl'u-ed It In a aafety depoalt vault, but withdrew $.1000 a little later to complete pavtncnla on an aulomohlle and for other purpose. A proposal to return the money waa made and Walton found It necessary lo nisko up the deficit. Money Waa Returned. The story la told thst Walton ttioK the grip with the remainder of tla money lo the Kenyon hotel and checked It In the hotel checkroom, and gave tlie check to Shafer. who took It to P. E. MWiurrin. preaklenl of the Halt J.ake Hecurllv and TruM company, tlie parent Inatltutl'on. Mr. Mclurrtn then aent a meaaenger tu the hotel with the check and received the grip and tlie atolen money. Mr. McOur-rln McOur-rln gave Hhafer a receipt for the money to free Hhafer's bondsmen. This receipt stipulated that the robbery waa caused by Hhafer'e rareleeeneaa, and that he was making good the loaa. Suggestion was then made that the prosecution of Irvine and BaluflT he dropped, but their attorneya refused to permit thla. in order that they might be fully cleared. The threat that a grand Jury be requested to prune the affair la Bald to have been a hlg factor In bringing bring-ing the matter to a dlii-cl lasue. with the reault that wnrrsnta were trailed for the arrest of MifK and Wallon. " TWELVE PERSONS INJURED. JACKSON. Ml-h.. .iuly 3 Twelve persons per-sons were Injured at Clarks lake last night, when a paasenaer train on the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Northern railroad waa atrmk by a rretfht train while making a siding to allow the freight to paaa. While on their travels on the continent conti-nent the Misses Mary and Alice Wall have each had a Sight In an aeroplane, one at Venice and one al Berlin. According Ac-cording to the reports that have reached home. Miss Alice Well waa In the air at Venice tor more than a half hour. Sti to be outdone by her slater. Miss Mary Wall walled till the party reached Berlin, where she. too. had Iter Sight. |
