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Show MSN JUSTED -I SIT LAKE, Salt Lake, April 10. That Thomas Walsh, alias Luke Ryan, now in jail on suspicion aB the twilight burglar who has terrorized Salt Lake during the last two months, is a housebreaker housebreak-er of long experience, was the belief of the police last night, when Chief Shores, accompanied by several detectives, detec-tives, went to the man's room and found a complete set of burglars' tool The location of the house was not &lven out hy the police. According to one of tho detectives who was on the oase, It is owned by a private family and is In one of the beBt residential districts of the city. Two months ago Walsh applied at the house for a room. Tho family, having one 3paro chamber, offered it for rent and accepted Walsh, as a young business man. His room, facing fac-ing the Btreet on tho second floor, was in immaculate order when the police went to search it yesterday. It has a small bed, several chairs and a table. Important Find Made. j In a wall closet they found a suit LxmeeMSontsining the tools, which, to air appearances, sUmp Walsh as a burglar burg-lar of the professional type. Among the artioles in the suit case were an adjustable bit, a "jimmy," a blow torch, with which ho is believed to have melted stolon jewelry, and a blue bandana handkerchief, -folded into in-to a triangle, which could readily be used as a mask. In all of the effects there was no letter, postal or writing of any description to associate him Arrested when he tried to sell a small bar of pure gold to a jeweler's clerk, Walsh was taken to police headquarters head-quarters and questioned closely by Chief Shores. He refused to talk up- on any subject, saying: "I don't want to tell you lies, so dont ask me questions." Impressed by the youth's clear-cut features, Detective George Chase, in charge of circulars and records at headquarters, remembered having seen just such a face in a circular and referred to the records. ' An excellent likeness of the man is found in the police book containing tno Plciures or men wanted in other cities. The records indicate that Ryan, Ry-an, or Walsh, was three times arrested arrest-ed Tor burglary in San' Francisco and that he jumped his bond of ?50e last September on ono of tho charges |
