Show Z IT I E D EX J 1 1 C 1 O l N 1 VIC T t A L. L A I N i U. U DE 4 41 R A I WILLARD WILARD THOMPSON THOMPSONs IS s AILED J AFTER DESPER DESPERATE TE CHASE Patrolman Joseph Emery Captures Fugitive Who Says Chief White Has Confessed to Robbery Robbery Rob Rob- bery of Store South of Murray l FOllOWING a desperate chase of several blocks in th the early i dawn today Patrolman Joseph Emery succeeded in capturing capturing capturing cap cap- turing Wilfard Willard Thompson 35 paroled convict and said by the police to have been the most desperate holdup man in the West I According to Chief of Police J. J Parley White Thompson at once confessed to the officer that he had robbed the Workingmen's Cooperative Cooperative Co Co Cooperative operative store two miles south of Murray The patrolman had observed the fugitive toss a bundle over a high board fence as he fled and when he searched for for- forit it he lie discovered discovered discovered ered several pairs of shoes and a revolver The capture was made I at Fifth South a and d Main Maln streets I Although the officer had drawn his revolver he did not fire relying on his speed to capture the the fugitive Emery stated that Thompson had been observed s sl skulking in the shadows shad shad- with a bundle and when he commanded commanded com com- him to stop he fled anti and andi his arrest resulted i BLACK RECORD According According- to the police or ormay may be responsible for many of the daring holdups which have la been staged in the city recently Willard Villard Thompson and his partner William Villiam Bringhurst hurst are alleged to have tortured tortured tor toe the cashier ot of- the Lay Layton ton bank bankin in 1910 In order to tu matte maRe 1 him bin tm open open the vault door According to police police po po- lice the bandits forces forced l the me scantily clad man from his bed to the bank and attempted to compel him to open the safe Iafe They cut every wire leadIng leading leading lead- lead Ing out of Layton The cashier had set the time lock loci and tried to persua persuade e the desperadoes desperadoes' that it was impossible to open the door The men stayed with him until dawn and when farmers started to drive past they fled On June 26 1910 they walked walled into a gambling game on South Main 1 street and held hel 1 up twenty-five twenty men roen man many of of whom were armed BATTLE They carried away all the money which was in the game and succeeded ed edin in escaping from the city At that time Chief White Chief of Detective Detectives Joseph Sharp and Detective Axel Steele were members of the sheriffs sheriff's force Bringhurst was later located in the Broom hotel in Ogden and Steele was detailed to effect his capture Steele drew his revolver at the instant the bandit fired at him and the men clinched at the entrance to the mans man's room The They fell down a flight of s stairs still struggling and Steele Steele a length managed to choke the man 1 cb 0 i- i submission handcuff him and secure his gun Sheriff John S S. S Corless who was then a deputy was detailed to trail Thompson He Ile followed the bandit for miles but lost him in northern California Thompson escaped into Oregon but was was' I later arrested In Butte Both men were brought to trial and the police say they confessed to forty-eight forty holdups and several big robberies TWENTY YEARS' YEARS SENTENCE Both men were sentenced to twenty years in prison Bringhurst was pa paroled paroled paroled pa- pa and reformed and is now a prosperous prosperous prosperous pros- pros citizen of ot another state Thompson was arrested by Patrolman T T. T R. R Golightly about four months ago when he ho was discovered In a side street at an early morning hour following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing his parole Golightly a former prison guard had recognized Thompson Thomp Thomp- son as a man who had served time and anti demanded an explanation of his presence presence presence pres pres- ence on the street at such an hour Following the arrest there was an emphatic protest registered by th the state prison authorities against the Continued on page 6 G. WILLARD THOMPSON Continued from page 1 action of the patrolman Charges of police persecution were Intimated andi andt and II i t demand was made for the removal of I i i from the police force He Ill was wa brought before the city commis- commis I i Ion where Chief White defended commis his action act ion At the time Chief White de- de I ared cared aled the officer should have a medal instead of ot a reprimand Golightly j de-j resumed re resumed re- re his duties and the matter was dropped BURGLARY DENIED Thompson was paroled about eight i months hs ago from the state prison I 1 after sifter serving eight years of the I year vear ear sen sentence tence Today when he was brought before the chief he stout- stout tv lv v denied that he had confessed to the 1 burglary of the store stort The patrolman I Ii i had turned in his rt report port to the effect 1 that the man had confessed and he heI I was not awakened to contradict the prisoners prisoner's story I According to the prison authorities Thompson made a desperate attempt I Ito to escape from the prison road camp campI I in m Washington county while serving j time He lit was recaptured after a long longchase longchase I chase and soon thereafter he became I a model prisoner His conduct proved so o exceptional that he lie vas ras allowed to toi I i ask for a parole and his release followed I The proprietor of the Workingmen's Cooperative e store notified the police i that he would furnish them with a ai alist i I list of the loot taken f from om his store I I later In m the day The police of of the robbery before the proprietor or orI I j erks discovered that it had been j committed The police assert that despite the fact that Thompson may mayi I i have decided to deny his guilt there theres I I is s substantial evidence against him I An investigation was started In to order to discover his possible connection with other crimes which have been II committed recently In Salt Lake and andI I vicinity |