| Show NOT A NOVICE IN CRIME CRIMM the establishment of camp douglas as and the locating of the california volun teera there by colonel connor commanding the military district of utah a small gang of thieves at the head of which was as alleged an old practitioner by the name ot 0 ray who followed colonel connors command from california commenced stealing government wedding wen men ding rno inc doubt to do a driving business in that line during the winter the tha band was as stated regularly organized and ama each had bad as usual in such co partnerships his part assigned bome some to steal take lal tal carry away and others to dothe do the hiding or shading as it is generally called by novitiates not far advanced in the rudiments of thab that prof assion although the arrangements of the party may have been considered perfect by the principal operators they had no not nov t proceeded far with their thieving operations before a couple of the novices were caught anel anil required to give security by judge kinney for their appearance to answer further in the premises at the next term of ibe the Di district strict court to be held on the ath of march next in default of which one of them is now confined in therall the jail of great salt lake county aba the batchin catching of the I 1 to the arrest of another of the gang one matthews a more experienced hand in the business who wiio has sine been furnished with frem frea lodgings because noone no one has baa been willing to become responsible tor for the payment c of tha tho th required sun sum it if the accused was not net on hand at the time and place indicated to b dealt deale with according tol toi aw the imprisonment of matthews opened the tha way for the apprehension of riy ariy the reputed leader of fhe he eang sang whose bonds on examina kioa ti 01 were fixed by judge kinney as we have been seen informed at one thousand dollars no bondsmen could be found and the reputed chief mu thief thie was incarcerated in jail with ils lis comrades where he remained for some time ime and till a female friend of notoriety who followed the army from nevada as st stated ted depo sUed moncy money and ana ar approved proved securities to the amount of the required bonds and thereupon ray was set free for the time b in ing and until the sitting of court since his release it has baa been ascertained that while in prison he made an unsuccessful ful fut attempt to cut cue his way out through the double iron grating op and had severed one of the inner bars with a saw which he hid concealed under a false bole sole in one ong of hie his boots tha tda breaking of his bis the accomplishment ot of his bis purpose which be he would otherwise have effected and on failing in his df de sign the dis severed bar was so adroitly repaired that the gap made mada by the saw could no nob not be detected by the eye of a ok q jailor 1 ray is evidently an old hand handi at the busl busi nes nets and would not have ob bla bia liberty so 0 o easily as he did it if the tacia in re i lation to his arrange arrangements mens ar fon for breaking jail jall had been made known to the judge before abw tb the money was deposited the bonds will of course be forfeited aid and the money debost td ted ildon find ita its way vay into the national mieki tea ury after the ninth of march and should tha the tb grand jury find true bills of indictment indict against bigfor all his alleged the ilmis aimis ilmi a of the Third judicial D will doubt lerA consider that bis big escape frond aroca he the fangs of the law wab waa obtained at an exceedingly lavz iov lov price |
