| Show FORGED CHECK ON I HIS 1118 FATHERS FATHER'S BANK J Potter Confesses Crime and I A Expresses Fear of Greater Greatel 1 t One Coming Corning UI Up i t DOWN BY PINKERTON I 1 32 i J I I 1 Boarded With Salt SaH I Lithe iko Policeman il lib ills Picture at hut Xe er Suspected u j I 4 nv IY io I thu am am here herc a prisoner oner because o ot t 1 tI I broke the Uw eleventh command command- f 4 ment Thou shall not got get f caught f There is a woman In the case before beCore and a after tr 4 4 I 1 am wanted for Cor oven even a IL greater crime in and I am am 4 afraid m my mc medicine will not end in Detroit I made no elton effort to lo hl hide e myself my- my self gel while In Salt SaIl Lako City f 4 I 1 am glad that I have at last heel been caught au ht a us my 10 f slon would have followed soon f or or later latel with the Pinkertons t nil or me f 1 I am only an amateur in the i f 1 R. R z I nl 11 forgery game ame although f have e down for thy they 10 me a t 4 clever clevor all an crook 1 i.- i. T 4 I shall go o back halk lo to Detroit and anel andt H t 4 was willing to lo waive 4 i. i 4 fInn Ion but hut the th authorities Cm eem 4 1 t r 4 determined d I shall hall not escape 4 4 on u tl technicality 4 1 4 In Iii Denver m my life was wa not so 4 4 had bad a a i I only goi ot on on one or 4 44 1 I LM p 4 dU during ln my entire 4 44 4 4 ita In th that bitt t city 4 T till U. U jl n. n h tl that the little Z 7 t 1 i.- i. J BI ht years t 4 l l e l j It w v. v l Sr r 4 c figure Ii IV t tt I t 43 w I 71 LL L L L L L T T T T T T. T I r. r J V T J Wi f- f j. t l r J ur of the en- en f U 1 t- t hl f f the he act that hat of f t 11 t i It Mehi l t 4 F a iJ forger orgel fJ tron root the lie lattice In Q dif l' l of h J Qt Uc Ucon ft tt J l' l ln n on on 1 lie took I aw I a mailer 1 of course C But the fact y 1 r r- r th that ll h ho Is h to lo bo he returned lo to Dot Doroll Do- Do roll nit to lo answer for 0 passing a forged t haft draft on 01 the Dime Savings bank nf or 0 I that dt city cily drawn on himself the forgery for for- h. h gery gety 1 being in the tho does docs not worry him halt half so o much a as th the tho i 4 fact act that thaI hi his apprehension ion for the Detroit Dor De Do- y troll troit authorities may muy mean mla 11 hI his hiM I tt to bur Pa t t. lo answer for or a a r greater crime when whon hit his term lerm In the thc there re Michigan an penitentiary Is Is' Is at an end cud Breaks Is Eleventh I Commandment I 1 am um here not simply because I 1 uttered a forged chock check in Ilu the city o of Detroit said Potter but hut because I broke olo the great groat r lt eleventh comman commandment command command- ment mont which reads Thou shall not noti i- i got get et caught I am willing to return to Detroit without extradition hut but the authorities there 10 do not seem teem to 4 lC l my right to waive requisition papers I 1 presume they are lC determined deter deter- mined I shall not escape punishment nl t- t for my crime on any technicality Lighting a fresh cI to which article Potter II 18 addicted to ho a great extent he resumed his interview lc w which was wa on the Widow Bedotto order as aH with wilh a single exception no flO 4 questions It were wele asked him by hl his listeners listen Usten- I rr ers rh who were II H. J J. J Lamb the Pinkerton Pinker Pinker- ton detective from flom Denver Denvel and the tue newspaper manThey man They have me inc down Cor COL an all allaround around crook crool- and anti forger er said Potter laughingly hut but I am only an amateur ama ama- tour and have never been in any serIous serious ser ser- ious ions trouble before There Is a woman 4 In the tho case before und a after but I fear oal that my medicine will not all nIl be betaken 7 taken when I am urn released from prison in l Michigan an for or I J greatly fear aI 1 If a a. settlement is not nol effected that 1 I wIlly will y ho returned to Pittsburg to answer for Cor fora Cora a crime i J o lt on II the Ilic ic Carpet Carpel How did you S' S get t next to the fact i. i that lint I was in Salt Lake Lak City anyway way r asked ed Potter of the Pinkerton sleuth at this juncture Mr lr Lamb was vas non committal on the subject being disinclined to give Ive up upI I the secrets of his hits profession Finding that the detective was silent Potter continued Well Veil I nm ruin glad I am caught for It would only have o been heen a matter of oC lime tIme before I wat was wa t run down by hv th the Iho While In io Denver I did not nol live the life of a rounder only going on OTt one OtiO or j two teal real good sprees the entire time I 1 was sa there What surprises Hl me uno i thou though h is that hat the little photograph p V which I ha had taken en eight years ago aJo this his suing spring hen whon I went tenn ean shaven haven jV 1 should figure ure In my n-ky capture in Salt SnIt Lake City It hut I do 10 tint believe that lint e City rity police even p v n hUll haul the Salt Silt y hall hail that photo tho they would have captured cap cap- c mo mu My arre arrest t was nothing short of oC the work of or these real detectives de do- i who seem to have a n moils mans 4 lh physiognomy photographed on or their 4 f brain whether he lie goes soe clean shaven 01 or r wit with an bear heard beard an and mus loch tache che as S 8 In Iti my ease case at tho the present line timo 1 potter then took look occasion lon to lo take a aslam the newspapers In general slam slain at mit t J. J the published reports were vere y ing that thai J about as aV near neat the tho truth as the newspapers news news- r r papers over oer gO Jot got I of Hank Bani Father which Potter was wa all up- for 01 crime i i The Sun Sun- in this Cht rHy at noon In the line that thal ho he was vas day dav at the gen gen- nf n mall mail get t wis' wis waiting to of oC the f. f oral eral of in April t o committed was It In lire lre- if t the tho ont year Sa hant banh In 4 at al the Dime draft for 2000 on tho city a il that National bank banh or Of Hocky Co Col drawn dra on O himself Central CitY In the r. r Continued on 1 Pus uie c A 1 0 n p k 0 I v FORG FORGED D CHECK ON HIS FATHERS FATHER'S BANK C Continued 1 from Page e One Tho ho prisoners prisoner's father T. T H. H Potter Is president of or the bank Although a photograph of Potter Polet with Ith wih a mustache a good description and a history of or his liis crime have o been in iii lt the po of the time Salt Lake City polled since May 11 Hi last and although Pot fer has been In Salt Sail Lal Lake e City since JuI July 5 and found lodgings lodgings at atthe atthe atthe the Orpheum Annex rooming house which Is run by ly Policeman Vickery one of Chief Chier Sheets subalterns and within a stones stenos throw of or police headquarters head head- quarters his lila capture was not effected until the arrival of the Pinkerton sleuth In the person of or H. H 1 J. J Lamb How llou- I Police Captured l I Him lull hn Mr 11 Lamb who is is' is connected connected with the cl office of or the detective agency c came lne to Salt Lake City arriving In lug ing here lucre S Saturday midnight armed with Information that Potter Poter was getting get gt- tn ting thug mall mal hero bert under the tho aliases Richard Rich Rich- ac ard L. L Adams a am and d A. A B 13 I Baker aker Being Be ne- lug ing una to make mako the arrest son person al ally In the the event ent e of hl his locating his hisman hisman man mail 1 Mr Mm Lamb asked ed Chief Sheets to 0 permit one of or hj his plain clothes mento men mento mento to accompany him to the when the general cel delivery ty window opened Sunday noon Entering the he pos at the hour named Mr Mi 1 Lamb was vas not long In locating hi his man even en though he wore vore and still sti wears an unkempt and mustache Pointing out hi Ills his man to Chief oC of Detectives George Raleigh tho the la latter hatter er stepped over t to a anti and placed him under arrest arrest He lIe was later booked lOoked at police head quarters Advices lees Al have ha been received by hy Mr Ni 11 Lamb that a Detroit will wi first go to Lansing for Ot oh requisition papers awl and then como conic direct to Salt Sai Lake Lako CI City for the lie prisoner Mr 11 Lamb on advices all from tOI the Denver Den Den- vet ver wilt will wil remain in iii Salt Sai Ial Lake e Cl City pending th the hO arrival of tho the Michigan official He lie also was vas advised ad that Potters Potter's Poter's parents would call cal him up lp by long dl distance telephone hut hunt LI up to midnight lat last t night no word hall hail been cen r received et cel from th them m. m |
