Show I J C COUNTY KEEPS ITS OFFE DERS i I S I J HOW OFFICERS GUARD CULPRITS CULPRIT Eternal Vigilance Is the Price Pric t of Success With Sheriff L r C C. C Frank Emery o of Salt Lake and Deputies f. f Within the four walls of oC the iho Salt Sali r Lake county JaU Jail o ha five tied been houS housed r during Iii is of existence sonio somo of ut the tho worst typos known to the lit t criminal world r Jf I Jf that old rotary could tell what It has heard from ruin rom tilt the lips Ups of oC hardened criminals what a 3 stor story of or crime It r would reveal re The Jail hug has stood t od the th-c I test o of years carN the old rotary has s swung I Ion t on Its la axis thousands and thou thousands of limes times but still the prison is known as one of or the most formidable In the United States Man Many of criminals have ha been Imprisoned behind the bars barf In the rotary men have hac been sentenced to servo O thousands o of years ears In the tho pent pent- for committing crimes of ot all nil characters character others have ha hc been heeti n shot or I I hanged hangea and still others have o gone cone free Criminals may ma come and criminals I ma may go but the tho rotary go goes s on forever for for- ever er Everything from a as to the worst of oC murderers has been housed In that old jail an and In all that lime time only one man has escaped Up to a year eal ago aJo It was considered an nn Impossibility Im tin- possibility to e escape capo from the 10 rotary tar I Trial after trial had been made by criminals to cut their way to liberty aty during the 1 IS S years ears of oC the Jails Jail's life lire I I but all nil the he attempted Jail breaks failed railed so signally that one of of the lie timeworn time line worn claims at tho Jail was that you OU cant can't get out of tho the rotary And iid as ns each attempt failed and the prisoners were detected by tho the Jailers or frustrated In their efforts b by th the lie I complicated arrangement of or deterring bars hars In the upper and I lower rotary this belief bellet grew to a firm conviction con The ftc Only Esc lc But Dut one line fine du day duy last November John Hiss JUss shattered nil all these beliefs b by sawIng sawing saw- saw ing lug his wa way ay out of the upper rotary then through one of or the windows window and escaped b by using his bed clothes as a ropo to let lot himself to the ground RIss fliss was arrested by the lie police for fOl burglar burglary bur bur- glary glar and the lie evl evidence ence was so strong against him him that Judge o Diehl hel held him lila to await the action of ot the Third District court RIss was returned to the oft city Jail over o night lIe He had heard of or the futile efforts that had been beep made to escape from the count county and determined to make malo his get away before before be be- fore foro he lie was taken there He lie had nearly sawed awed his wa way say through one of the burs In the hit the city J Jail hill II when Jailer It IP ley passed passel near him b by by accident accident accident ac ac- ac- ac found Cound him at work rork nl RIss llis s was watched 4 after that lint and g gave e lu up lull l' l ll his is efforts He Ho c ii 1 to 0 th county j II A 8 rule a-rule the hardened and ml dangerous e o s criminals 11 0 nt placed In the o er tier Her of the Iho rotary but nothing was known n of ur RIss and he was placed In cell iNo No u. u 6 And three days later the bird had iowa flown A broken bar in the series rles encircling the rotary was ns left to lo show how Ribs fliss nl s had escaped from his cell and another bar sawed from front a of or Unsuccessful Un the window gave e further evidence successful attempt of the prisoner r He lie used line fine saws in doing his lila work worl and tho the cleverness cle and quickness with which he worked showed that he was wasa g ga a n master hand at it the he business The saws vs were passe passed to him from the tile outside outside outside out out- 1 side and it has been the belief of iho hOse o at tho office since that time time- that a yard anI trust trusty was the responsible party He lie was on the top floor of or the rotary on the he night of or tho he Jail break and must certainly have ha heard till tho prisoner at ut work but refused rc- rc fused to spread the alarm The day ay following ln RI russ Ribs escape this trusty was wati sent ent into the yard to do some omo work Ho lie went vent out but hut has not been seen left undone and since His work was tho supposition is that hat he left lert either cither to Join RIss or feared that lint his part In Inthe the tho delivery cr would be discovered and aud f. f hr ho would be punched x S f Some of or the lie Noted Ca cs the lie Many murderers and some surno of most desperate criminals have been but the accomplishment ac ac- ac- ac t locked UI up In iii the lie rotary of stands d out as In the tho ho only successful Jail-break Jail history of oC the lie Jail Jall It will h br be Interesting Interest Interest- In lug ing to mention hero hezo some ome of or the most noted cases in recent of years of some of or the worst characters who have havo spool spent some of their time at least leal t behind the bars at the county count jail Peter murderer made his home there back In 1002 and 1903 Ho was lie was charged ed with and anti convicted of or ortho tho tho murder of or John Un Tiny Hay for which crime he was vas shot to death at at the 1 penitentiarY November 20 O. O O iva-i- iva James alias Jack Jacl- Peterson McCloyd McClod ono one of the alias Sor worst wort criminals who e ever ve r worked handed in this spent his time lit In tho ho county count jail until Iu he was In tho ho sentenced to serve 10 years eals of grand state on the charge o of the tho most Ho was one larceny coMit constant workers In n crime in years anti and tho the tricks he lie turned would woul probably run lun Into tho hun hundreds reds murderer Moss MoBS a negro cell 11 In hi hiv Inthe c nights In his lila ce S I passed sleepless sleepier s in his trIal and antl old rotary the thc live tu to serve finally was vILs v years cars for fOl manslaughter lie He Is sun still at pen tho f the most mott u was vas one Sam Earn ever l ck locked d up In th the unique with burglary charged rotary rotan lIe Hc was I 5 15 1 w rr Iw J wa a I Y I IY r hw I tl Bi A I J 1 I f 1 f N f I J J of 1 c m. m I. I 1 r. I t. t 0 i tJ 1 4 f ri I Ii 1 2 t L. 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I I cf t. t I I I f f. rf F 1 K jl 4 t t. t tt pi t f c lr i hI r t Ir r t 1 r h hi i ir I J 4 v 7 J 1 iJ 1 t wA lJ e nM 1 b. i I JJ L i lb B f c g l ntO rahon O I U fx I ly rot for The Time The circular steel s cage cago ca o t ll In lii tho the upper tipper left hand l i Is the tile corner comer In the Hie rotary the lie loor at of or this hits t right pie pio- turo IM J tit the lie machinery y for rc tile the cn cage c tile the h to enter cater tile the lie while the lie I Is I again locked rotary u hy by turning a si crunk crook In lit n the lie upper ll tight right ht orner c-orner i hi 4 i tile the outride of 01 v il IJ jail In Iii rout front of time the ln jull l rc building ii Is tIme the c the thc corner COrnel of which is Ii Just t seen at tho ho TI right ht bide bide- or of this picture In the rr lo left lell corner I I. t l. l 11 the thu Jailers Jailer's office J Sheriff Harold Is at it the Ito tI I. I k- k kIt It Is here o tIle the prisoner ur t lir-t t enters to be he ed of nil all pL effect l. w ami hi lily lec noted In lii a It book hJo kept for that Hint 1 In Iii n lie lu er 11 right lIt l or of lie tho I Is purpose corner picture t ecim en one view Ie of or thin tho d irl rs lc l both old The 1110 lOll Ions I in lii the thu renter of the lie ln ho hoa a a c into the lie c I t. t l II I the thc c In iii the conn prior to lo their thell commitment C to u the Ito tao nt lio in 0 Pr Iro Provo H- H to f fJ J t 1 and anti w was s given a 1 year 12 ear sentence sentence Inho in Iho tho penitentiary August 10 I 1005 05 Grice claimed during his trial that he had been honored with a Victoria cross b by iy the lie British government for Cor his signal bravery ra r during the Boer war var Ills many claims on the stand bold anti and original like HIe his criminal deeds leeds stamp stamped d him as ns a most Unusual unusual unusual un un- usual and unique character In the annals of of crime In Utah Frank Rose nose whose col cold blooded murder murd of his wife in 1903 Is 19 still pointed to as the most atrocious over ever recorded ed spent his time at the jail until he lie was sentenced to lo be shot eliot He Ito I gave ave his own o life lire In 8 settlement for forthe tho the butchery April 22 22 1901 i. I S A of or Crime Salt Sail Lakers will still sUIl remember with witha a shudder the frightful prevalence of crime of ot all de descriptions durin during the thel winters of 1004 1904 and 1905 1005 It was during this lilts time lime that footpads S worked Wi without thou t restraint knocking people down own on every street in the city lobbing robbing robbing rob lob bing th thin them un and leaving them selous Houses lS l'S and stores tore were Into murders were committed and the tho carnival of crime roc raged for months months- breaking out every night with sundown sundown sun sun- down and amid lasting hasting until the bright rays came Hooding flooding over TIed Red Butte the next morning No one was safe sale during that JI period The Tho pu public was on 00 the v verge rge of collapse col eel lapse as a result of or the lie continued crimes ethnics Then camo caine tho the murder m of or Glea GLeason on an anti and Brighton the Iho two streetcar street car men as DB a most crl crisis 18 For Foi day days ovary t effort was waff made mado to run the murderer to earth but all efforts effort failed Finally Bert elt pal or of o James M. M Shockley y to th the I police and amI was arrested d. d Shockley ly had entered a n street c ca car r near the of Utah the tho lascar last las car of or the lie night for 01 the purpose or of o sticking up uv the tho two car men mono Gleason Glint Glint- I son show showed cd fight light and antI started to pull pulla a gun un when Shockley fired Gleason fell an and Shockley then lien completed tho Job by murdering Brighton thereby era erasing in all chanco chance of oC Identification lIe He lIethen lIethen then ihen lied Hed into the tho city by a n. circuitous and remained hero here In hi hiding hItting knew of the shooting in iii fact had had a small part in planning I the hold up and fearing tearing arrest gave e the information which led lo to tho the arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest and conviction of or tho the murderer Shockley was sentenced to he be shot but was given another trial and this Impo tin hn- a It life sentence po posed ed cd September 29 9 1 1005 iDor DOr Ho Hei Is now in the state slate prison serving out that sentence S TilL Tho Bounty Fraud I In In four mno men prominent In tho time bounty frauds b by which h the state stale was robbed robbed- of ot over 01 were were locked in tho the Jail Each Ench one was sentenced In the of or ea t ill it serve e a term one year penitentiary They were Henry Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin Ed Id I d Hanna human John Ruggies allies rs Mv 1 and James Jamos by alias aUns Gorman Gor Gor- man mah the the latter JaUer two being the leaders David Davies one of ot the I m in that gang I and a deputy county clock clerk was sentenced to nine months records show the criminal So far as 16 pair pall of I there lifts Has been only one worked together brothers who have havo in Utah in a fl criminal wa way The Thc two wore were Walter T E. E and amI Edward Durren Burrell I who were cere arrested a alter after er turning sev- sev everal ev- ev oral eral tricks In Salt Lal Lake c. c They wore were cra sentenced to servo O IS 18 years each for burglary the same alne time William About H Hr r x phy an and Frank Collyer who had working together were arrested been jrr each sentenced to n. n year O father i l wealthy In pen 5 aaa roan ot of Detroit came to Salt olid and ma made e a a. bitter light tight for tor th the T Lake aKe mi or of his s son eon jn who had gone goat freedom days But the thc wro g In his early 1 mone money molicy of or the tile ol old man did not stand in the way of or a a. severe sentence Few lew forgers of national criminal reputation have paid paltI their heir respects to Salt SaIl Lake Lalie or 01 Jf if they have they have escaped They conclude that the tho East Eastis EastIN is IN a u. better Held field for their hell operations where Whore the distances arc are not so great leat and where there arc are more people on whom to pl ply their tra trade e. e One exception exception exception tion however was W. W H. H Barnett alias Doming Deming and possessed of oC all over the time United States who was caught here heie for forgery and is serving a year 20 sentence in iii the state slate prison He Ic was known all over o the country as asne one ne of or tho time smoothest of for forgers There have lave been many forgers of lesser light who vho have been caught in iii Salt Lake and who have made the Jail their horne home iome but bul Barnett Darnett is the most con- con The lime Foreign lI Element The Austrian riot in Bingham willbe willbe will willbe be remembered vividly vl As AI a CL result of the thc continued crimes Deputy Slier Shor- ut ff Chidester attempted to lo break up the tie gangs of law breakers early in lii 1905 The Austrians combined against Chidester lel and other deputy sheriffs and In tho the ensuing battle was shot so tiO seriously he ho will go through life liCe a 0 cripple and und oue one Aus Mis- Austrian Austrian trian was killed As a result of this I n light ht s several veral Austrians were arl arrested and brought ht to the thc Jail here hele They were Anton Gego Frank Doyle Davie Yaso Yuso Bade and I Martin Sulla There was little evidence evi evl- d dence nce against the first two Thc They were wele discharged All Al I the evidence c centered around Doyle Devic and time the belief that lint he lie was the man who did ld the shooting was strengthened Vh when n he Jumped his bond and departed for parts unknown Bade Dacia and Sulla Sutta were each sent on the hill hili for or live years cars each which they are still serving A sure timing gang bang known all over the country which worked worle in Salt Lake for a n. short time lime and came to lo grief all served sentences In the county county coun- coun ty ly jail juB They were vere Henry Collins James Cudahy Harry Clark Clad alias Pitman Pit Pit- man Jennings and F. F R. R Pitman and Cudahy were tho time most notorious and mul Ills lIs Without a doubt the worst gang gan of or safecrackers safe aCc safecrackers men stick up moon men around all crackers burglars and ancl crooks that ever over visited thus this region was the one which wits was broken up In December 1005 1905 by th the sheriffs sheriff's office office of of- fice thee known as the tho gang which |