Show culprits culprit caught on friday last as will be re mr dan marks the tobacconist was robbed of 90 in cash suspicion fell at once on a young jew G E hoffman who had kad been be en hanging around tho the store and who could not be found when the robbery was discovered word was at once sent in all directions by the sheriff and marshal and all efforts were made to capture the culprit the same even ing a conductor of the northbound U fc N passenger er train detected the young f fellow ow aboard the caboose and arrested him leaving him in charge of the brakeman bra kema while he went to the office durin during the conductors absence three individuals emerged from an empty boxcar of the same train and it is eaid said by some bystanders assisted in the escape of the tile arrested fellow who ran across from the U N track west through the sloughs and swamps wading and swimming part of the time till he lie reached corinne where he got on a westbound C P train getting eting as far as blue creek w where b e re tl ne e dismounted being found in the morning asleep in a water tank by b y deputy debuty sheriff smith of cori corinne this is officer brought the fugitive to ogden saturday noon when hen he was locked up sunday morning two of the fellows accused of having assisted in the jews escape at brigham were brought to ogden having been caught at deweyville Dewe de ile they were put ut in in jail to await their caso case b being cida beard heard both deny having had anything to do with the affair hoffman himself supports them in their denial claiming all the credit for his escape to himself he further says ho he did not take the money from marks store another fellow having abstracted the cash from the till and ana then induced him to skip the town after giving him 24 the alleged half of the booty today to day gus E hoffman was arraigned before his honor justice thos D dee on the charge of stealing money from the store of mr D marks the defendant asked for an extension of trial which was given till wednesday morning at nine |