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Show PARALLEL STORIES if FAMOUS CRIMES BySEKRT C. TERRY disappear Into the room occupitu by TRUE ECONOMY IN IRRIGATION his wife. He reasoned, from their movements, that they were thieves, Much Depends on Use of Water In bent upon stealing without awakenWay That It Shall Produce THE CRIMINAL Tells How He Planned the Deed and Sought to Close Every Avenue of Knowledge Leading to llis Guilt. The Detective Shows IIow Futile These Efforts Were and IIow the Old Adage, Murder Will Out, Always Holds Good. (Copyriflu b F. L. Kelson THE CRIME WITH THE STILETTO. NEEDLE HE man who follow! thievery for a living, laid Jack Pendergast, "often gets pretty hard ihocks, but it does not do for him to take any notice of them. I read In some newspaper the argument of an old preacher, who ought to have lived in the days when they used to break a thief's body on the ruck, that the thieves are the natural enemies of mankind and ought .o be exterminated. "Well, if thieves are the natural enemies of all the world, the other side of the argument must stand also, that the rest of mankind are the proper prey of thieves. With this notion in view, 1 say that It is a wonder that in every house which is visited by thieves there is not left a trail of blood. Put actual experience and statistics will show that fewer murders are committed by thieves when engaged in their work, in proportion to their number, than are committed in the ranks of persons who go around with a label of honesty on their foreheads. Speaking of shucks that a fellow Is liable to get in any business, recalls a remark made by old Jimmy Hope when he first started out as a crook in Philadelphia, to the efTect that the bravest peoplo on earth are the thieves who work In the night. Perhaps you never thought of It in that way, but just think for a moment. The ebrnmon notion of a crook is that he goes about his work armed to the teeth .and ready to shoot or stab at a moments notice. To disprove this belief let us look for a moment into the mind of a thief who is about to enter a dwelling house In the night? "First he must satisfy himself that no one Is awake in the house. The first evidence of this Is the absence of lights. Well, then, all the lighta being out, the thief goes about his work as quietly as possible, but taking Into consideration the fact that thievery, or, rather, burglary, la essentially a breaking Into a place, it cannot he done without more or les. noise. "A thief knows that In nine houses out of ten there Is some ready means of defense, usually a revolver or a gun, and If any one is disturbed, his entrance will he met with a shower of lead. He la liable to be killed, and thieves appreciate this better than any one else. He must face a secret and silent enemy. I have been In houses where the first intimation that we were discovered was the report of a firearm aud the singing of the lead around our ears. "It is only the foolish men who jump out of bed and strike a light when they hear an unusual sound in their houses. That puts them at a disadvantage, and ihe crook is apt to get in the first shot as a caution to his prey to keep out of sight. Not one thief in a hundred will will shoot to kill, and, on the other hand, not one person in a hundred, in dealing with thieves, but what will shoot to kill every time. A crook lias no right to complain of the vigorous defense set up by any man in his castle, but a shot in the air or fired out of the window will start a gang of crooks on the move just as quickly as If a thief's heart were taken as a target "Perhaps a thief's bravery is wasted in an unholy cause, hut that does not alter the fact that only the bravest of men can he good thieves. The or--' dlnary housebreaker takes his life in his hands every time he enters a house, and he is cautious about taking the lives of others, because be knows that murder dcuo In the commission of a felony has no defense In a court of law. It'a quite a hit ago since I was known as lilaek Jack, and was the leader of as tough a gang of rangers as ever flashed a bull's-eye- . Every mother's sou of them came out of the old Fourth ward, and from the time we were kids we were out for the dust and were the sworn enemies of the old Market Clang, which turned out such a desperate lot of crooks ns Abo Coakley, Paddy Reynolds, hilly porter and Long John Garvey. Hut our fights were our own fights, and not a man In either of the gangs was ever known to lay down information to the police. There were plenty of opportunities to do eaeh other when It meant money and perhaps the saving of a term of five or ten years in Sing Sing. "The Flack Jacks made the best tour on L'i:g island ever known among thieves. Wc went from Fort Hamilton to Uivcrhead, tip one side and down the other side of the island, with only the loss of two men, both of whom Paddy Gllian and Shorty Farrell were shot by a woman in Oyster Day. During this trip we used a black sloop part of the time, but most of tbe traveling was done by horse and wagong, and it was usually the horses and wagons of farmers. We visited over 600 houses, and livlded about 180,000 worth of stuff. It was a trip of pleasure, for the local police did not bother us at all. This was easily explained. It waa on account of tbe lack of money. In no small place can you find the men who have control of the public money willing to spend anything to chase thieves, and, even when murder is committed, there is never a willingness to put up money to hunt for the assassin. When we got back from this trip we were In high spirits, and the Jkw-er- y was painted red from one end to the other with the deepest red, and every gambling house in the town got a hit of our coin. When we reached the end of our rope, Teddy McCormick came to me with a story that he got from a butler in Ranker home. They me!, in Dili Murray's gambling house on ISroadway, and Teddy staked the butler who had lost his money In the game. The in formation that Teddy got was that carried a big bank roll in a safe in his house, which was In C5tb street, near. Madison avenue. "I thought maybe It was a ghost story put up by the butler to give Teddy an Idea that ho was secure in his loan. Rut it was worth Investigation, and I went to look the ground over with Reddy Ward and Ilill Hendrick. "The house was a uead easy one to beat, and I saw from the outside that the safe was there. I learned that Rochot was a very heavy dealer in foreign securities. There was also a hit of a scandal connected with his methods of doing business, which gave a color to the story told by the butler. I decided to work the game, and fixed upon a Saturday night for the trick, which Is the night that all honest folk Bleca the soundest. "We entered tbe house through the bathroom ami reached the ofllce, which was in the rear of the parlor, on the first floor. In the gang was Teddy McCormick, Reddy Mack, Rill Hendrick, Abe Moses and Hilly Reilly. Mack and Reilly were to do the safe work, Moses was left outside and McCormick, Hendrick and myself were down to make a tour through the house to pick up anything that was lying around loose. It would not do to blow the safe, so the drag was used to force out the back of the strong TM fnolr nut We got the stuff together, and started to leave the house. "Suddenly, without the slightest warning we were met by a shower of Ro-chot- 's Ro-ch-ot fn lead. Everybody Jumped for himself. When we lined up on the outside Reilly was missing. I concluded that he had been shot. We hauled a big boodle, but a million would not pay for tbe loss of Reilly. DETECTIVE REYNOLDS' TALE. "It was rather tective Reynolds, given the robbery Hanker Rochot to strange," said Dethat I should be in the house of work up, inasmuch had something of an inkling into us 1 his method of doing business, through working up a case of alleged forgery against his sun, Emil which, by the way, was proved easily enough, but was ended by the old man putting up considerable money to square the business. I Imagined when the report of the robbery came in that it would prove to he an ordiuary job, but I soon found a condition of affairs which started my wits humming for all they were worth. I was aroused front my bed to turn out on the case shortly before daylight on a Sunday morning, and went uptown, not feeling any too well pleased. I found all of the Rochot family up and laboring under great excitement. They were not su much worried over tho robbery as they were over the fact that there was a dead man in the house. He was found in the hallway of the basement. Rochot told me he had been working quite late, following a set of complicated books belonging to a mining company in which he was largely interested. When he retired for the uigl-- t he was in a very restless state and could not sleep. He ocrupied a ruiim on the lop floor. Whilo he was tossing In his bed he heard a peculiar noise. It sounded to him as If some one were scraping a piece of metal against a pipe, llis Idea was that the noise was In the street, and was made by some workmen who had been at work repairing a leak in the water main In CStls street, near his home. Tho sound annoyed him. but did not make him suspicious. It continued steadily, and he would, perhaps, not have known that the sound came from the turning of a ratchet drill into his safe by thieves for several hours if ho had not heard the stairs leading to the second or third floor creak. He was startled, but did not make any outcry. He was a plucky old fellow at that. Instead of shouting to seo if any member of his family, ail of whom were sleeping on the two floors below him, was up, he got quietly out of bed to see who It was. In the dim light which came from a candle he could barely see the forms of two men. moving slowly in the hall toward the front room door. Their step was noiseless, and he saw them house-breakin- g ing auy one, and knew that bis wire would not be aroused, for she was slightly deaf. "Rochot came down from the top floor to his own room, where he had several revolvers. He took the largest one and then quietly aroased his son, who was a bit of a hunter aud had two shotguns. It ao happened that the son had a friend with him, which made it a shotgun for each ol them. They crept down the stairs to tbe second floor, and In the hall they could hear the thieves talking In a whisper. "The three men took a position where they could shoot without endangering their owq. lives. They had only a few minutes to wait when tbs crooks came through the hall, evidently with the intention of going out through the front door. One of them carried a candle. When they got is range the three men fired. The thieves replied with a couple of shots and made a dash for the basement. Ths Rochot party rushed to the windows to fire on the men when they left the house, but were a moment too late, as tbe men had turned tbe corner. My first business was to take look at the dead crook. 1 knew many of them, hut I had never seen him before. He was a sturdily built fellow above the average height, were good clothes, and had a black mustacle and dark, curly hair. Rochot claimed the credit of killing him, and said he was the man who carried the candle. I looked Instinctively at the fellow's clothing, to see where he had been hit. I could not find any blood marks on his head or shirt near any vital part. I did not think this was strange at tbe time, and I went upstairs to look through the house for clues. A rope ladder had been left hanging from the roof of the back stoop, borne scratches on the paint showed that tho thieves had forced the bathroom window after reaching tbe roof. This was only the sort of work that tip-tocrooks deal In. The method of bursting the safe also Indicated that there were some genuine bank operators in the gang. The drag, which Is the most powerful tool used by burglars, had forced the back out of the safe as if it had been made by paper. The crooks were rewarded by getting $90,000 in money, securities and Jewelry. They had left nothing but the dead crook as a clue to their Identity. Ills body was taken to the Morgue. Every detective in the city took a peep at him, but no one remembered having seen him before. This was explained later by the fact that he had just finished serving a twenty years sentence, which meant, with "good time" twelve years and six months in a Connecticut prison. The usual I svhZ upon ' tiAiiw body. "Then came a startling piece of Information. Deputy Coroner Roldte, who made the examination of the body was unable to certify the cause of death. The police had reported that the thief had been, shot, but there was no sign of a bullet or any other wound in any part of his body. "N'o autopsy had been held, and one was Immediately ordered. The ort'aus were found to be in a perfectly lu ait y state. The only abnormal condition was a small clot of blood r the heart. The surgeons, after a long hunt to find where this canu from, found a puncture in the heart so minute, that it could hardly be by the naked eye. Corresponding to this was an opening through the dust over tl-- heart, so small that rot a drop of blood had escaped from It The hole that closed when the instrument which made it was withdrawn, and all the external evidence was a little red spot not much bigger than a pin point "Dr. Hold tejv!nfotr was that the wound. had been made by what is known as the nepdle stiletto, a much used by the Cammora cr I!o had never seen one or heard of one being used In this country. "Who killed the thief? The mysiery aroused public interest. A large crowd attended the inquest. Among the spectators wag a woman. She sat in a secluded pln-and mid deep attention to the i- Xo one had claimed the dead man's body. I studied all the fac s careful!-- . I saw this woman wipe a tear from her cheek when the juy brought in a verdict that the thief in d been kilii d by an unknown perron. I followed her from the coroner's e, and spoke to her when we got out of the crowd. I ashed her what Interest she had in the dead man. She parried n.y qmv.iinriR for a while and we;,.. I worked upon her sympathies so will that she finally admitted that the man was Hilly Reilly, her husband. Tho ice was broken. She said that wlieti Reilly was In jail she had taken up with Hill Hendricks, an lii.g'Hi crook. When Reilly's term was i n b d she deserted Hendricks and n Juried to her husband. This made Ileiid.-'ickinsanely jealous. "She atended the Inquest to find out how husband was killed, lr l:e had not been shot. She knew Immediate-l- y that Hendricks had put Reilly out or the way, because he had a needle p nc-u- dri-itt-- n tf-flr- hr stiletto. "She told me where Hendricks was, and gave me the names of the crooks who robbed Rochot. Hendricks, I h arn-e-d, had skipped, after following .Mrs. Reilly to the coroner's ofllce. lmt I caught Pendergast, McCormick. Mack n and Moses, and recovered a large of the stolen goods. Old Itochot burled Reilly and gave his wife a jior-tlo- PUBLISHER COUNTY ENTERPRISE: for payment for (RENEWAL OR NEW) sub Enclosed find f Profit and Not Wasted. to the COUNTY ENTERPRISE. of water of one cubic foot scription per second would cover 220 arres Name twentv-seveinches deep 1b a year if aud its a big If none of tt escaped State downward or upward. Even allowing Town for such escapes, twenty-seve- n Inches would probably prove enough If one 1 year, $1.00; 2 years, $1.50 Anywhere In the U. 8. could Irrigate throughout the year or store water without loss. In California they do make a cublo foot per second serve 120 to 200 acres, that la, after a fashion, and after a great deal of expense In distribution. In Utah seventy acres Is covered, and In Colorado, on short-rustreams, 1.44 cubic feet is used on eighty acres and reservoir water used In addition. Theorist! would have ona believe that water that escapes by percolation la wasted, whereas It returns to tho water channels and can be used ao long aa It flows in countries under Irrigation. Theoretically, water should only be run far enough to give just the right amount of water at every point of its flow through the field, and the nearer We go to tho Root of Eya Bight wo can approximate this, the better. Trouble end we accomplish great good. But we cannot cut our fields to pieces with cross laterals which Interfere Tho Root tho first principle la a with cultivation, careful examination" and correct diaggrow weeds and waste ground. Bo wo run water nosis by latest methods. Wo thorthan the exact optimum for econunderstand eye requirements oughly omy of water, and wo do advisedly beand prescribe glasies In accordance .o cause economical application of water the defectai Satisfaction guaranteed. la only one point in farming; the other operations must also ha economically performed. There la not any exact rule that will give us the exact soakage of water we FRATERNAL HALL, MURRAY, UTAH. require for plants Independent of the fact that soils vary, for It la evident We will bo at 8andy every Wednesday. that In order to reach the end of a row or laud, whatever its length, and suak it sufficiently, water must pass on the upper and intermediate parti of the surface longer than la absolutely necessary. This excessive yet economical appliAnd you will always bave something cation of water passes into the subto spend aa you go. soil and tbence to tho steam or river flow, and when your theoretical Open a savings account with us where it will earn 4 per cent annually discovers it and some compounded in January and July, $X seeped lands he Immediately cries out will open an account In horror that farmers are wasting water. Where there are gravelly subSANDY CITY BANK soils such return flow will occur In W. W. WILSON, President somewhat greater quantity than with HEBER A. SMITH, Vice-Proa strong, retentive subsoil. A. R. GARDNER, Cashier. It Is a mistake to regard the theoUtah. Sandy City, retical lrrlgatlonalst as a harmless, If mistaken. Individual, for he is perniciously active around legislatures and P1IONE 50. HENRY G. MARRIOTT congress, and his babble haa led to countless enterprises being foisted on BLACK8MITH AND WAGONMAKER the public, with a duty Imposed on 15 N. First West St near Weet Main water far In excess of what It will Equipped with machinery. perform. Wagon,, Carriage and Rubber Tire reDENTIST Already It la common to say that pairing. Horseshoeing, Plow Work, water should be taken away from old Pipe Threading, Sawing, Lumber or MAIN Office, STREET, settlers and redistributed, and It la Work. Horses clipped. Give Lathe n.uwwrOia't say how soon some legme a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. Over Moving Plcturo Show, islature may not further tugla up our H. G. MARRIOTT, MIDVALE, UTAH. water distribution systems. 15 N. First West 8t Sandy, Utah. The true economy of water depends Latat Methods of Painless Dentistry. on Its use in a way that shall produce CALL AND SEE ME. a profit, and It has never been allowed to go to waste for any length of time Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. In live farming communities, but has been applied to new landa ao soon aa JOHN HAZKLGRKN, Prop It waa developed. Without live farm140 So. State St ers the water ia useless; In fact, all MURRAY. the real value ever developed from GOOD BREAD. I water has been by formers, not by enmake that High and Guaranteed Tailoring. gineers, promoters or theorists who Pies and Pustry. Cakes, Ladies' Tailoring a Specialty. Have explored it, but by the man who raised A line of Groceries, Candle, Cigars next suit made to order. your the crop, whose vital interest is for Tobacocx and Clothes recleaned, pressed and greater in water than anyone else's serve Coffee and Cakes. We paired. cad bft. PHONE 111-R- . Jin in St. Smelter St. A flow n n far-the- r Bjorn Optical Company Save as You Dr- D. H. am Brown Murray jakery 3C. 5.R asnuissct) opposite Irrigation. To supply water for the farmers of tbe arid regions ia a great problem. Thousands of dullara are going to build dama. to dig tunnels, to take rivers .from their banks and run them Into fertile valleys, to build ditches all to help the western runners. In Kansas wells must be depended on for most of the water used for Irrlgv tlbn purpose. Some wells have been dug and are paying big dividends. Other! will be built. It Is only by Irrigation that the best results can be obtained in the western part of the state. The soil is rich, the climate good, but tho rain either does not come at the right time or enough water does not fall. With water furbished. good crops can and will be grown. MIDVALE, Utah Samples . G5 Before lie Fall SEALS, STENCILS, ETC. Salt Lake City, Utah. W. 3rd So. St. lhonc Was. 304 (We make Rubber Stamps) C. H. BANKS Rush Begins Electric erator. The man g RUBBER STEEL STAMPS. light is appreciated most during the long dark evenings of winter. It is the' most modern and most efficient illumi- When butter looks like lard there haa been overworking. It costa less to haul butter or cream to market than any other farm crop. Cream well cooled before shutting the cover down tight will keep better. The dairyman with a good well and windmill can Bupply his own refrig- EAR j j nant. THE COUNTY UNDERTAKER. LICENSED EMBALMER. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Phone 347. a user of electricity,! and acquaint yourself with the! many appliances that can be used from a lighting sock:t. They are both convenient and ecnomical. 144 State Street, MURRAY, UTAH. Become Murray Garage BODELL A CARLSON, Props. 1U So. State St. M IitKAY, Utah ho keeps records on his UTAH LI6HT & RAILWAY GO. Automobile and Motorcycle Repairing. cows knows Just where he stands all Oils and Gasoline. Diamond Tires. the time. F. G. FISHER, Local Agent, Use the orchards for pig pastures, Tire Vulcanizing. j Pioneer Ave. ao the pigs can eat all the dropping, Second Hand Automobilee Bought and SANDY, UTAH.1 Sold. Satisfaction Guaranteed. wormy fruit. Give the herd boar a pen by himself, and grain enough to keep him In good condition. Charcoal is a wonderful tonic at this time. Bee that the fowls get all they want of It to eat. 4 No better time than now to buy 4 IN A NATURAL POSE JUST AS new blood. Good bargains In quality YOUR FRIENDS KNOW can be secured this month. YOU. Fruntng and grafting should be atTHAT'S ONLY THE KIND WE DO. tended to with tbe same care and Judgment used In selecting corn. The city dealers prollt by the laziness of the grower by grading and repacking his badly assorted fruit. STUDIO, 16 SOUTH STATE STREET Give the shoats plenty of feed with roots each day. They will then make Phone, 379MURRAY, Utah. a steady growth and return a profit w ! j Pictures That LOOK Like You i i Hwcr, photographer, - |
