Show OFFICERS RECOVER STOLEN CLOTHING carnival employee confesses to theft of suits from richfield tailoring co upon information of sheriff leavitt of this county and with the assistance si of samples of the goods from which the clothing stolen from the shop of the richfield tailoring co on the night of may 22 was made sheriff angus ME mcdonald Donald of juab county arrested on last Thursday aff af hernoon in eureka wm win wilkinson a young man who was engaged as a member of the orchestra in the forty nine attraction of campbells carnival co wilkinson wore one of the suits in question and was arrested on suspicion another was found in his possession po session sheriff leavitt returned him to this city sunday and on tuesday afternoon he was arraigned before justice of the peace E A cowley where he pleaded not guilty the defendent was accordingly held to answer to a larceny charge in the district court and in the absence of bail was remanded to jail to await the september term of court the may term having just recently been adjourned when wilkinson had time to think over his long wait in jail until his trial would be held lie he made up his mind that he was guilty and made a clean breast of the business to sheriff leavitt he admitted that himself and another man chos name he did not know had taken the clothing and described in detail the manner in which it was taken according to wilkinsons Wilkin sons story his accomplice a laborer who join joined edthe the campbell concern concer only a few days before it came to this city cut the window pane in the rear of the shop and opened the way for he wilkinson to go in and pass out the clothing the accomplice carr carried ie the booty to the depot and smuggled it away on the following morning wilkinson was given his share of the swipe two suits of clothes the accomplice in opening the window received a cut on one of his hands from broken glass and became alarmed over his chances of detection and left for parts barts unknown judge erickson will probably hold a special session of court soon to pass sentence upon the defendent wilkinson |