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Show BANDITS PLANNED MANY JOBBERIES Were to Have Held Up the Ogden Rapid Transit Company's Office, Of-fice, But There Were Too Many Persons Present Officer Swan-son, Swan-son, Getting the Drop on the Desperadoes, Prevented a Killing, as the Bandits Were Determined to Use Their Guns. Sheriff T. A DeVine, Deputy Sheriff Sher-iff George Leatham, Sheriff E. E Butters of Morgan and Patrolman Oscar Os-car Swanson, in automobiles, yesterday yester-day evening conveyed to the state penitentiary Thomas Martin. James Maxwell and Os-.ir McSwiggln, arriving arriv-ing at the penitentiary at 8.3.0 The men will likely serve a life sentence for the robbery of the Blel butcher shop in this city, .Inly 21 Judge Howell gave them an indeterminate sentence and it is now with the board of pardons to fix the tenure, th' statute proyldlng that it cannot be for less than five years. Sheriff DeVine states that the 'rip to the penitentiary with the had men was uneventful and the desperate fellows made no effort to get away. They were handcuffed, of course, and fully realized that they would have much the worst of an attempt to get awav. The officers wore all heavil) armed and they gave the men no chance at any time to make a break That the men are desperate was indicated by McSwiggln who Btated on the way down, that there would have been some shooting on the day of the robbery had not Officer Swan-son Swan-son had the drop on him In Burt's store when the arrest was made "H e surely would have done some killing." said McSwiggln, "had not Officer Swanson got the drop I could plainly see that he was level-headed and meant business, so I did not start anything. Believe me, though, that there would have been something doinc in Ogden had we not been causht at a disadvantage We did not like the looks of that man Swan son He was as cool as a cucumoei and we were certain that he would have shot things up some had we nor come throush MrSwigpin was njilto talkative and told the sheriff that he and his pals had planned a big haul in Ogden. He said that everything looked easy to them and they figured on getting a nood supplv of money The capture at Burt s store, however, checked the whole proceedings Had they been successful, McSwipgin said, they would have carried on a series of highway robberies during the week. And the fellow expressed r.'r.'t that he did not kill the one who Interfered Inter-fered with the plans Then," he said, ' 'hey could have copped our tops off and it would have been all over " The man stated they had planned to hold up the Rapid Transit station on Twenty-fourth and Washington avenue. Sunday evening. but plans! were thwarted by the presence of a patrolman and a large crowd McSwiggln Mc-Swiggln and Maxwell spent much of Sunday at the Hermitage and alonp the Ogden Rapid Transit, Bizing UJ the situation, before attempting the Holdup in the evening MeSwigcin said that they had observed the clerk during the week count out as much as a thousand dollars and it looked good to them They were goinc to bold up the clerk and then place him in the vault for safekeeping The men would have made a mistake mis-take Sundav evening, says Clerk Foulger. as he was not there and the safe was locked and there was no on--, in the station who had the combination combina-tion There was not much rrUbney at the station that evening Manager Kline, listening to the comment said he was there with no money and no combination to the ! vault, In which event had the rob-berj rob-berj made the call, he likely would have been hammered up by the fellows. fel-lows. Shortly after McSwiggin had hen-, taken from his cell, Deputy Sherlfl Ellsworth discovered a piece ot poetry poe-try which had been written on George McFadden who was committed commit-ted to the state, mental hospital after af-ter Information charging him with burglar ami theft had been fll"'l auaiust In in MeFadden occupied the i padded cell which adjoined the cell n . upied h McSwiggln 'I he fellow had tobl of his flhtim; abilities and his man lies w ith all the heavyweights heavy-weights of the country, declaring he had traveled the world over and had met wiih many people. McSwlggtn's eerses on the insane talks of McFadden McFad-den follow There's a great commotion in our jail the excitement is intense A burplar s landed in the dump, his .Lp'Ts are immense lies traveled the country from east to west He's always lived on the ery best ; He's worked at a million differ, nt things; He's worked on the stage and up In the wings. He's climbed aloft and unfurled tlv sails, nd he's lived around in county jails. He's whipped all the fighters in the ring: Bf-en in all the prisons from Fulsom to Sing Sing He's a doctor, lawyer, horsethief and preacher. Butcher and baker and Sunday school teacher. He's a prowler and a growler, this crazy Mack, And, as sure as hell, a kleptomaniac |