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Show .BURGLAR HAS CONFESSED GUILT Harry Lawrence, tho young man who created some little excitement In the city yesterday by re-turning to tho Parry placy which he had burglarized bur-glarized the day before, and being captured alter a chase by an officer In an automobile, has confessed to Detective Pender that he burglarized the Parry resldenco and the Cottage rooming house, stealing therefrom jewelry and other things of value, amounting to about $150. , The niau was determined, immediately immedi-ately nfter his arrest, that he would not divulge the Becrets of hl.$ heart, and he actually went so far as to deny thut ho was implicated in the robberies, but after reflection and a talk with his sweetheart, a respected respect-ed young lady oi this city, he con-cuded con-cuded to make u bold breast of the whole affair. He Hays he entered the rooming houso and the Parry home, but that he had nothing to do with the burglary of tho Stevens residence. He states that he had a partner and that he might have turned the trkk ut tho Stevens place while he waa making tho other hauls. This morning, with handcuffs on bis wrists and accompanied by Detective De-tective Robert Chambers, Lawrence directed the way to his room, where he had much of tho plunder cashed, and to pawn shops where he had sold some, and tho propeity was returned re-turned to the owners. The young man- statca that he "HI p'ead guilty to tho charge of burglary bur-glary and give the officers no further fur-ther trouble, if they will not try to prosecute him on two counts. This has viriu tlly been agreed upon. Samples of the silver-lead bars of metal at the poljce station were taken tak-en by the officers of the city, under the direction of County Attorney David Dav-id Jensen, to bo sent lo Salt Lake for analysis. Tho value of the bars of bullion will have much to In tho prosecution of William Deck and Rheinbold Mal-ken Mal-ken who are charged with stealing the same. If the valuation Is more than $o0, the men have committed the crimo of grand larceny, but they arc guilty of only petit larceny. If tho bars are worth less than $50. There were ten bars 6toIcn, weighing weigh-ing on an average of 90 pounds each. Under the present price of lead, the bars are worth only about $40. but If the analysis shows a little sliver it may enhance the valuation of thJ bars to $50, or more. Returns from the- assayer will bo received in the course of a fow days. It will be remembered that a few woekB ago the watchman for the railroad rail-road companies in the Ogden yardtf, found th.j defendants, with thrcu other men, endeavoring to cover the bars of bullion, and also their track. lcadlnf from the cache. He arrested them and brought them to jail; three of the men, however, baking their escape, before they were out of tho railroad yards. The bullion was found to belong to a party In the east. It .being on its way from the Murray smelters to Its destination. It is evident that the men burglarized the car containing the bullion and threw it out upon the ground, but, the officers of-ficers say, it will bo quite difficult to prove the charge of burglary. Beck and Malkcn have been bound over on the charge of grand larceny. |