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Show uu POLICE CAPTURE COfflDEM HI While waiting for a train which would take him to his home in Downey, Dow-ney, Jdu., yesterday afternoon, Cecil Hardwick, aged is years, was eiuicel from tho Union depot by "an old friend from Downey" and relieved of $30 which the young man had earnpd on a Wyoming ranch. Two strangers who gave their nnmes as A. A. Anderson and John Williams were late" taken ipto custody cus-tody by the police and identified by Hardwick as the' men who got his money. While they refused to openly open-ly admit tho crime they offered to ictJ rn tho -?30 and aro heim: held at theclty jail pending a further investigation in-vestigation A third man whoso name is t-nld to be John Potts and who is alleged to be a pal of the other two, who are under un-der arrest, escaped the police by Jumping Jump-ing through a window at the White Ship saloon on Twenty-fourth streeL Anderson is believed by the police to bo none other than "Freached" Anderson, An-derson, the man who talked to Chief of Police Barlow of Salt Lake out of arresting him a few days ago. Only Andorson and Williams were the active participants in tho fleecing operations. Hardwick told the police that his parents formerly resided at Montrose, Wyoming. They moved to Downey, Idaho, and ho remained to bolp a neighbor with the crops. Having Hav-ing completed his work he too start-3d start-3d for Idaho, arriving in this city yesterday. - . .. . j ......(- lji inn LI Mill V IJUIl tho man designated as "Preacher" Anderson approached him at tho Union Un-ion dopoL The grcengoods man told Hardwick that ho too was from Downey, Dow-ney, and that he know a -wholo lot of folks up there- Ho then suggested that they go out and navo a look at fho town. Hardwick wanted to como into tho business district but Anderson Ander-son said they would go up on Wall ayenuo where there were some animals ani-mals corralled. Upon reaching the viaduct thoy met with Williams. Anderson greeted the third man as a long lost friend and during the conversation Anderson and Williams began "matching" dollars. Andorson lost several dollars and then asked Hardwick to' match" a dollar dol-lar for him, stating that ho would repay re-pay it ff he lost. But Hardwick didn't lose. In act he won several more, playing play-ing Anderson's money all the time. Thon Anderson called Hardwick to on side and suggested that thev put thoir money together and fleece Williams. Wil-liams. The young man consented to do so, and Just as he produced 530 from his wallet, Willlnras snatched the greenbacks green-backs and ran south on Wall avenue. Anderson told Hardwick that thov were likely to be arrested by the police po-lice and suggested that thev separate. separ-ate. Without waiting for further suggestion sug-gestion from himself, Anderson suddenly sud-denly departed north on the avenue. Hardwick told his story to a policeman. police-man. It was about an hour later that Detective De-tective Pender and Eurko secured a trace of Williams and placed him under un-der arrPBt. At 7 o'clock Officer A. B Vnnco saw Anderson hurrying to the Bamberger depot and he was also taken to headquarters. It was while tho officers woro on Pott's frail that ho Jumped throug a window and escaped, es-caped, Anderson claims to he a waiter and had ?1C50 in his posession. Williams had $52.70 in caBh whon arrested Hardwick Is posltlvo that tho men under un-der arrest aro tho pair that secured his money. |