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Show I INCREASE THE REWARD FOR THE BLACKMAILERS The Salt Lake Tribune says Governor Gov-ernor Spry to be commended because be-cause ho so promptly offered reward re-ward for the capture of the Ogden I blackhandcr?, who shot down David Ed wards i "While a diif rests upon Weber OOlinty IO effect tin- captur.- r.f Mih ruthless blackhand assassins," lay H the Tribune, "yet the state of Utah H muut be back of each county in pre- H serving law and order and In seeur- H ing justice Weber county Is con- H fronted by a problem that has baf- H fled not onlv the police of Ogden, the sheriff and the United States B ; postal authorities, but also the de- H lj tecrive agencies that have ben em- H ployed to run down the blackmail - Bj Hi." The governor Is to be commended, I but be should hftve made the reward not $.o0, but that amount for each H offense. including the repeated threats on the Bristol, Dee and Ec-t Ec-t cle families, making the total amount $5000 to $10,000 i The reward should be large enough to Invite the most expert dr-tecthes to enter on the hunt for the black-banders black-banders and even tempt one of the bandits to turn Informer The Tribune, in its analysis of the repeated crimes, says: 1 "While it is better to encourage th. j! guardians of the law In a crisis or this kind, set It cannot have escaped j general notice that several regrettable j hhmrierB have been made in an In- i terview yesterday I'ostofflce Inspector ji McGee said: We did the best we I could and we failed The reason that j we did nol let the police and sheriff In on our plans was to prevent leaks ' This Indicates a distrust of the police po-lice department and the sheriff's men that does not seem to be warranted. The plain Implication is that the police po-lice and some of the subordinatis In the sheriff's office are In league with the blackhand band. This Is Incon cei vable. 'A certain amount of friction between be-tween the guardians of the law is thus revealed. When all of them should be co-operating to one end they dis piav unfortunate discord and rivalry Thy are dpallng with men of great shrewdness and daring and cannot ex-poo! ex-poo! to win unless they drop their pet ty differences aud co-operate in evcy mm e "It may seem presumptuous for those who are not acquainted with all the details of the case to criticise the plan that was adopted Sunday. David Edwards, a Westerner of surpassing courage, was permitted to go out Jalone to battle with the bandits He went willingly and without fear, but it was the madnOSI of a brave man. Those hack of him should not ha' e allowed him to carry on a single handed fight with the blackhanders. "These criticisms are not offered in a captious spirit, but in tho hope that Intelligent co-opera UoO will be secured In the quest for the bandits Everyone who has been conspicuous In the attempts to effect the capture of the blackhnnderx has displayed Teal OOUragS. Nothing could be more admirable than the stand taken by young .Mr. LeRoy Eccles who undoubtedly undoubt-edly has spent much more than the bandits demand in his effort to run them to earth. If to protect the members of hie fatally he should conclude con-clude to pay over the ransom required by the blackmailers he could not now be (ensured, in view of the fact that all the resources of the authorltirs have been tried and round wanting "It !s to be noted that the bandits exhibited considerable mechanical knowledge in tbir lasl campaign I i sire. .unnlloH -.I'tfh tlio r . . 1 I . h i . 1 I I apparatus necessary to tap the wires I and communicate with the ESccles' family. They have shown much knowledge of explosives and firearms 'indeed, v. hen they came to load their ibotguns yesterday they used ballbearing! ball-bearing! instead of shot ' It Is aJSO somewhat significant that the bandits placed the bomb thai damaged the house of LeRoy Eccles and attacked Detective Ed wards on Sunday It is not unlikely, therefore that thC three or four men in Hip band are mechanics, mechanists or linemen and that they work every week day and find sufficient leisure to arry on their principal blackhand operations only on Sunday, ir Is probable that if they were Idlers they would have betrayed themselves by this time If they did no work and made a certain plat e their rendezvous with arms and ammunition, It le nat ural to believe that they would have aroused suspicion, unless they were operating irom their own homes. While the letters are not written , b a man of high education, they Indicate In-dicate a knowledge of the English lan gunge which is not often possessed bv foreigners, and this might be takn to indicate that at least the leader g? the gang Is an American "Undoubtedly all these deductions and many more have been made by tho detectives assigned to the case, but as yet they have been unable to make practical use of their clewa. But the guardians of the law have uot been acting in harmony and clews probably will be unavailing until per feet co-operation is obtained." |