Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-17 | Page 7 | Church Robber Pleads Guilty

i CHURCH ROBBER PLEADS GUILT GUll TV N Negro AltaI Altai Thief Also Wanted In Iii Salt Lake PHILADELPHIA Pa Aug AUK 17 17 By The Associated Press t Press negro known as the church and the Alabama Leech and characterized by police as Be the tue s most dangerous church thief i in inthe inthe the United States pleaded before beCore Judge VII William II am M Lewis to a charge of ot jail breaking ng The prisoner Samuel Clark dark 19 was arrested recently in Denver and brought hero here to face tace charge of ot robbing more than a n s score ore of churChes In this city elty of ot chalices s and altar decorations valued at He Jie denied t the Uie e theft thefts but admitted he escaped from a local police station last March h by pick pick- pickIng pick log log Ing the lock of ot his cell cell After ACter Clarks Clark's escape police said they found In hi his room three trunks containing silverware stolen from local churches and evidence that he ha had previously escaped from rein jail In Chicago Twenty Twenty- Twenty seven seven charges ot of burglary were entered against him The Tho authorities said the negro also was wanted In St StPaul Paul St Louis Salt Lake City Duluth Akron Ohio Ohto and an other cities for tor church robberies Judge Lewis deterred deferred sentence until Friday when It Is expected I Clark will be placed on trial on the robbery charges onI I