| Show THEY HAD LOOTED MANY CARS ON THE S P railroad officer came upon part of the gang at lakeside and strong knob caught after a chase that lasted for a week from lucin east across the lake and back through the state of nevada john white john meyers john allson and james mason were brought to ogden at 2 a m by officer cordon of the southern pacific goods valued at several hundred dollars were recovered at lakeside and strong knob sixty seven pair of mens shoes thirty seven pair of ladles shoes steel tapes and various other articles made up the caches aln ce sunday the company estimates that it has been put to a loss of so bold and successful were the operations of the gang other members of the gang are still at large but tho ringleaders ring leaders in custody will be taken to brigham city turned over to sheriff josephson and charged with grand larceny officer cordon obtained a clue sunday morning when it was reported that two cars at lakeside were looted he traveled incognito from lakeside to lucin and then back again but tho gang with tantalizing audacity robbed cars right under his very nose the discovery of three broken seals and the depletion of boxes of shoes wednesday evening resulted in the capture of the quartette concluding that they were no longer operating in one gang cordon slipped up to lakeside he found two of the robbers just as they were about to sit down to an evening meal in a shack nearby was discovered sixty seven pairs of shoes and a miscellaneous assortment of imperishable stuffs the fellows sought to escape by telling improvised stories but cordon made them secure and then took a freight back to strong knob in a shack ho located two others of the gang knocks on the door elicited no response the latch was broken and entrance forced in and the occupants were made to surrender at the point of a revolver they were taken back to lakeside deprived with their companions of their guns and placed on a freight train for ogden in their attempt to clear themselves the last two arrested made a fire and threw their castoff cast off shoes in the flames but cordon recovered them and will use them as evidence against the gang |
