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Show TOUCHED FOR 81100. Sensationnl Bobbery Caso Beported by Miner. One of the largest hauls ever made by crooks In tho ilty was reported to the pollco nt nn early hour yesterday morning, wien n miner numed Edwards, Ed-wards, who hns been In the city but a day or two. notified tho olllcera that ho had Just been robbed of J110O In J100 hills. Edwards laid the lobbery at thn door of a lolored woman. Lucillo Kerl, nnd It was stated afterward that George Kerl, husband uf the woman, and a negress known as "Willie" Illack wero Implicated In the lobbery. Tho trio secured n rig and at once left tho city In nn effort to escape, and It Is likely all would havo succeeded had not tho hiding-place of the two women, In n. Chinese opium den ut Ocden, been revealed by their driver They worn captured by members of the Ogden police depaitment, but no money was found in their possession, nor would they give any Information of tho whereabouts of their main companion. CARRIED AWAY VEST, The robbery occurred In tho Star rooming-house on Commercial street. According to the story which Edivaids relates, he wns taking In tho sights, being a new arrival in the city, and was passing down CnmmcrclHl street when a coloied woman hilled him and Invited him to visit her apartments. Ho nccomptinled her lo a den on the second floor of tho place, whfie ho re. mnlned for some lime beforo Iliey wero Interrupted by th" entranco of a second sec-ond negrens, who deposited some wearing wear-ing apparel on a ihilr and left tho room again The chair was the sumo upon vvhli li Edwards had previously dernslteil his vest, In Ihe Inside pocket nf which he kept his money A few mlnuleu later, so he says, the negreaa iMurned foi the clothing nnd picked uii his vest with it, nlthough he did not notice this at the time LEFT THE CITY. After tho elapse of a few minutes more his hostess complained of being hui gry, nnd asked to be excused loiur enough to get some sandwiches Ed-wards Ed-wards sa)H he waited a space of ten minutes for the woninna return and then decided to leove When he reicheeL,fnr bis vest ho made the discovery dis-covery that It was missing After making mak-ing a hurried search of the building ho notified Ihe police of his loss Tho olll-cria olll-cria learned that the unman and her two companions had driven fioni tho city nt a furious gilt In a dnublo tig secured from the Colorado livery stables sta-bles shortly after 1 30 a m, IN HOT PURSUIT An hour later Harkdrlver Harry Qulnn, nccompanled by Policeman Chase, left the city In hot purrult, nnd upon an Iv lug In Ogden they located 'Illack Peail,' the negro who had driven the fugitives from the elty, He was escorted to tho Ogden police sta-tlnmand sta-tlnmand subjected to close questioning hy tho nlllceis but would tell nothing Qulnn, iinv.ever had better luck with him and Induced him to lead tho officers offi-cers to the hiding-place In an opium den on West Twenty-fifth street, MADE A DASH. The place was surrounded and Capt, Rinvvnlnsaiid Delertlvn ("endervvent In the front wuy, nnd the two negreeses rushed out a rear door and Into the arms ot other jnlrilontj xvho wcio In waiting. When taken to tho station tho women would say nothing that would glio any cluo to tho vvhcr.'Ubouts of Gcorgn Kerl, who Ik thought to have tho money In his possession. It was lenrncil from Iho driver of the fugitives' fugi-tives' rig that Kerl helped tho women out at tho Chlncso Joint unit then drnvo to Wall stie-ct beforo getting out himself. him-self. Tho trio of colored peoplo Implicated Impli-cated lamo to Salt Lake about ten days ago. The captives will bo brought back to the city today. THE NEGRO ARRESTED. About 6 o'clock last evening Detective Pender, Chief Drowning nnd Olllcer Hiitehlns locuted the negro In a housu on Wall avenue, lie was taken to the station, but no money wns found nn him, and ho absolutely refused to tnlk Ho gave tho nanio of Owen, Tho olll-cers olll-cers had discovered, however, cvldenio that seems cnncluslvo In their eyes that they have Iho man who robbed tho miner nt Salt Lake They have learned that he attempted to change a J 100 bill at tho piwnshop of Sam Drnzdowltz. Elivcn of these bills were t.akon fiom tho miner nt Salt Liku. Tho police feel confident that tlicy will jet discover tho money. |
