Show CONFESS ROBBERY S BY WHOLESALE Dan Roberts and John Holmes Telephone Linemen Are Taken in LOOTED HEMSTEAD HOME Goods floods Carried m A Away at Odd Times by Cartloads Cartloads' s and ami Stor Stored In Y Vacant House s sA A quiet tip ti well veil followed up resulted re- re suIted In iii unearthing one ne o of the tho largest larg- larg est cst whole wholesale alc robberies in months when Officer Carl A A. A Carlson arrested Dan pan Roberts of North Main Street treet and amid John Holmes Tenth South and Ninth East Eaxt streets last night Each Sach man conC confessed Roberts to haIng haying hay hav- Ing ng committed the tIme deed deed- eed and amid Holmes to o complicity and were placed In iii jail under charges of or gran grand lareen larceny Time The spoils polls recovered aggregate nearl nearly 1500 In value From the tho home homo of or Roberts was aw away two wagon loads loas of goods running all the way from books to toIne toline line Ine tapestries tapestries and and one wagon load of f spoil was recovered from the resilience resi- resi nce Ic-nce of or Holmes Most of or the goods S was vas stolen from froni tho time residence ence of or the late ate Mrs D. D D B. B North Maui lain street The house has been va- va cant ant for lor or practically two years no rio one entering it except at rare are intervals House Thoroughly hl L Looted otoo Complete cre credit ll for making th the catch is attributed to Patrolman Carlson Carl- Carl son on Receiving word of suspicious actions on aim the part of Ro Roberts erts Carlon Carlson Carl- Carl son SOil on determined to Investigate the tho case lie He le It learned arne that the Hemstead residence resi resl- dence ence ha hind had been entered antI and that the louse house ha hind had been rUle rifled hundreds s of dollars worth of oC goods being taken away ay Pictures books vases ases dishes silverware tapestries dresses CurI fur Cur I wraps guns gutis lam lamps lamps everything everything ps-everything had been Included in the wild ransacking I of the tho place Both Doth men have been employed as s linemen by tho the Rocky Mountain Ben Belt f Telephone company and antI have been I busy bugy over every day Just when wien the tho ransacking ransacking ran ran- sacking of oC tho the residence S 1 took place Is la not known but It was some time line between the tho middle of or June and July 8 8 It Il la Is bell tetI that the tho thelast r r last trip o of tho the burglars was made on the night of oC July 4 4 when they car- car ned everything e they awa away practically car cared tI for Cor S I Runs Him Down L At After r receiving Ing tto d oJ ot j robLer O cl J t Jj 1 J B wi j S Sheets He lie had bl become morally amorally certain tain of Ills man Thursday night but asked another day to make male good his ca case e Yesterday he lie donned citizens citizen's clothes leaving his uniform at home and again started on the time search B By afternoon he ime was positive that Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts was the chief factor In the robber robbery rob rob- ber bery Late In the afternoon he lie determined de- de e- e to malta male the tho arrest an and was accompanied b by Chief Sheets Sergt an and amid Detective Raleigh It was vas known that hint Roberts had many revolvers an and guns in him hl his possession and antl nd Carlson Carison went prepared to take ake him even en If IC resistance were of- of fere ered Carlson rapped on the time door an and nd Roberts answered red Before he lie had imad time Ime to take In iii the situation the of- of fleer grappled with him an and then placed laced han handcuffs on him Roberts at fIrst denied denle an any knowe knowledge ge of ot the af- af fair fair but confessed when confronted with ith the time evidence e which tho the had lad s seem secured cured He showed the officers of- of cers where the goods were stored an and nd ma made e a a. clean breast of the time whole S affair Makes Clean Clenn Breast of or It H. Roberts In his confession conCession Holmes He lie said that the time two ha lad imad gone to the time Hemstead nd home homo on several everal occasions wheeling the time pluner der er away In iii a wheel two-wheel cart Sev- Sev oral ral trips were made malle each night th time the goods being taken to a u little house on n South Temple street which was unoccupied and here th they y stored It Until until un- un til 1 they to carry it away aay Se Sc eral ral days nys ago ugo Roberts called a bag bag- ag- ag ageman and ammil the plunder was taken takeno to lo o his house and to the resIdence residence resI- resI dence ence Holmes was arrested by Carlson at 6 ft o'clock last night might as ns ho he stepped steppe front from a car un and started to alk walk to his homo home The man was al almost almost almost al- al most prostrated when placed un under cr arrest Carlson accompanied him to tois his is home and arid there thero the plunder was t le Mrs Holmes had no go of the lie theft heft an and amid broke bloke down own when hen her husband confessed to ha stolen It It There are aro five chii- chii dlen ren in the family Ho Roberts erts Is marled married mar mar- ned led ried has a wife and ono one child Holmes Holmess Is IsI s I 42 12 years ol old nn and Roberts 2 27 7 Hns Firearms Roberts seems to have had a penchant penchant pen- pen chant hanl for firearms for tor In iii his collection iou ion were found Cound nineteen rifles rInes of or very every description besides 8 about won won- t ty y revolvers He lie told the he lie head ha had ad bought the weapons Some of or orthe he time rifles are alO of oC the most n-most ancient while one or 01 two ate are of or late Inte pattern Roberts also had imad tools of all styles s books pictures and practically everything every every- thing that could coul be lie used In iii furnish furnish- lug Ing ng a house From Holmes was taken tak tak- en n one ono hun bundle lc which held hold costly dish dish- os Cs s and antl many dresses There were also several everal costly furs In the time collection Time ho dishes were found round In iii the time sideboard sideboard side side- board and the furs In an aim ol old trunk Time The plunder ha had been stor stored away Ina in ina a secret t place III in lie tho garret |