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Show BOV CONFESSES TO A LARGE NUMBER OF ROOBERIES Arthur Duffiu. a 17-year-old vouth, residing at ,i3'2 Eighteenth street, was arrested last night at the Kern con feotionery store on the charge of burglary and with his arrest, and I subsequent confession, two burglaries of the Kern store and three of the Ezra H G. Williams Music company have been cleared up The boy was arrested by Detective Charles Plncock, Sheriff T. A. DcVlne and Deputy Sheriff George Leatham, fo' lowing a trip to the Knox ranch, lour miles west of Bear Rler City, during dur-ing which thev recovered most of the property stolen from the music b'ot-?. The trip up north was made ou information in-formation received yesterday by Sher Iff DeYine, to the effect that a man who lived in a camp wagon about four miles west of Bear River City was known to have a number of mouth-organs mouth-organs in his wagon. The three ofVi-cers ofVi-cers left yesterday afternoon for the place and found that the man, a sheepherdcr named Bill WoodB, was living on the Knox ranch They questioned him and, during the interview. inter-view. Detective Plncock asked if he could play any of the Instruments known to be missing from the music store. He answered in the negative and the detective then asked if he knew that they had been stolen Woods again answered no Through j this slip, the officers knew that he had I the stolen property and a few more questions brought out the story. He i said that Duffin had brought the instruments in-struments to him from Ogden by train, last March, wrapped up in some I newspapers. He thought at the time I that something was wrong. He said, however, that he was glad the officers them to his camp wagon, hs turned had come to get them and, taking over a slide trombone, valued at $90. I a clarinet, an accordion, a number of mouth organs and other instruments, instru-ments, the lot being alued at nearly $200 The officers, on arriving home, proceeded pro-ceeded to the Kern store and arrested Duffin. In his confession young Duffin stated sta-ted that he had robbed the William 1 music store, first in July, 1912, then In December. 1913, and the last time in March. 1914. He also admitted breaking into the Kern confectionery store twice, the first time securing I $5 in cash and the second time five boxes of candy and some gum. A violin which he secured from the mu-1 sic store in December, he stated, he sold at the Alvord second-hand store oo r . 1 |
