Show I WAS TOW TOOL IS CUMMINGS CUMMINGS' DECLARA TION 0 N Nr P t r Captured ed Blackmailer Says SaY s Man Marr Named Na BuUr BuU Burge r e Wrote Letter Which Demanded 1 1000 From l s t Ban berer B D ED to have beano be n c connected with Avith the of gol t s several eral black bluck- hand band l letters to Lake society girls and admitting participation participation parti i- i pr pation tion in PU nn attempt to extort 1000 from Miss Dorothy Bamberger daughter of T T. E. E Bamberger rg r w wealthy alt r- r mining b man William L. L Cummin Cummings an I inventor 23 3 years ears old was lodged in the county ty jail as a federal prisoner prig pris oner oller shortly aft after l 2 o'clock yesterday yester da day afternoon He Ile is ib charged with entering r into a conspiracy I II I through the then mails is Cummings is said saidI to be a at u along electrical lines Imps 3 I with inventions n way w which tich solve salve e problems that t have baffled l scientists and wireless inventors ih Among hl his Inventions i Is is a ss s block signal 1 system for use on railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads which h ho h has s placed before Union Pacific officials This and other of his inventions arc based ased on the st strengthening of or the wireless spark to such ai an ext extent nt that It will move a magnet making ng- ng ngIt It possible for Cor him to td t tring ring a bell nt at at a m a distance of l feet without the aid of ot wire wires Pl Pinkerton m detectives cs who arrested CummIngs assert that t have proven that its Ills apparatus wIll ring a bell or cause ig- ig ig ignition nillon at this dI distance e eV even n though the operator l be e stationed d in a cellar with I solid concrete walla surrounding him Cummings declares that he can rin rina ring ringa a bell hell with ills his invention at t au any distance distance dis dis- tance from 50 CO t feet e to IGO miles without without with with- out the aid I of C wires He lie a asserts that thal he has hns applied t the the tho th theory or to a stock- stock ticker for use on oli board rd ships as aM well as his railroad bl block wireless signal system Ills His actions after r his arrest convinced some som o of the fe federal Olal officials that his hilS mind was' was affected The Pinkerton men assert that ha jle has an unusual mind oven admit th that t he Is an an disc alec electrical t genius genius' and aid point to Ms is Inventions Inventions inventions as proof t C of Sill mental sound Continued on Page 3 Column 1 1 I. hi WAS TOOL IS CUMMINGS CUMMINGS' STORY L- L TOLU TOLD i 1 Continued from Paso Pare 1 r ness With It powers over the wireless wireless wire wire- less spark detectives are cro rc free tree in their assertions that he could t touch uch off ore explosives ex ex- plosives at a u safe sae distance Captured It h by nd Detect eth I vex ea Cummings was turn turned d over to United States Marshal James II IL Anderson and I Thomas TC n. McManus lanus of ot the United States States secret service after he i was as captured cap cap- trued in the F. F C C. Richmond Machinery company's store In the Dool Dooly block at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by b Pink Pink- detectives In the tho employ of ot the J Bamberger family His arrest was wali the culmination or of a a. tort forty eight hour vigil kept b by the private detectives assisted b by Mr Ir McManus Ic tanus Twice Cummings eluded capture and I I three times he telephoned to the thc Bam Bam- 1 cr apartments In the Hotel Utah before he hp was finally arrested by h Jack Jacl Gaylor assistant superintendent of of the local branch o the It Pinkerton kerton agency Cummings admitted to federal federal au- au authorities complicity In the Bamberger er letter but denied that he was wa the In Instigator In- In of oC the th scheme to extort mono money from Salt Lake I. citizens Furthermore lio ho denied an any connection with the letters let let- letters let let- t rs received b by Miss Mss May a Donahue daughter of P. P J. J Donahue wealthy wealth muting engineer and Mrs Cynthia Hardy Jard And Anderson rEon a bride of A week cek and several other All A 11 letters Were malted mailed at the tho mo time and were almost Identical In con construction and md other details A striking coincidence IB Is the fact that the tho names of oC those re receiving receiving re- re letters appeared In the society columns of oC papers of or last Sunday morning mornIng morn- morn Ing the date on which the letters w tyro ro mailed Lost Last Sunday Sunda the papers papel's announced that Mrs firs J J. J E. E Bamberger and daughter daugh claugh- t ter r Miss Dorothy DOlothy Bamberger would re return return return re- re turn to Salt Satt Lake for or tho the summer Hummer and Would r be located at th the Hotel Utah On the following morning a letter addressed addressed ad ad- dressed to Miss Bamberger was as re rec received received re- re c l cd at the tho hotel office It was re returned returned ro- ro turned to the thc bearing the th address of at Simon Bamberger Main street uncle undo of ot Miss Ies Dorothy Doroth Bamberger Bamber Bamber- ger Again It was returned to the postoffice bearing the postoffice box number of oC Mr Ir Bamberger The rhe stamps ot of the local office on the envelope how three different postmark dates The Bamberger family returned to Salt Lake Monday 1 morning and Miss r received the tho letter demand demand- demanding ing 1000 and threatening death t If the money mone was riot riol forthcoming The he letter letter let- let ter iter said ald that the writers had forced the royalties of Europe to come cross for or them It directed h her hir r to tor r I re register at the White House hotel under under under un un- un- un der the name of or Dals Daisy Nelson and Its t typewritten signature was WL James McCormick Mc- Mc rc- rc Cormick The Tho letter was turned d over oyer to W W. I. I I superintendent of the local branch of or the tho Pinkerton agency rr Preparations Preparation for Capture All of or his Ills assistants were v.-cro called In Inand Inand Inand and preparations were made matJe to capture the sender of ot tho the letter ettel when he appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap at the hotel 11 tel the tho place nam named d by the Ithe writer for or th the deliver de- de delivery de de- livery liver of oC the mono money While the Pinkerton Pin Pin- kerton men were laying their trap at atthe atthe atthe the White House Houe a mysterious telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone call was received by Mss Miss Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger Bam Bam- berger at the Hotel Utah The man said sold he was McCormick the writer of the letter and asked Miss Bamberger Bamber el to meet him on the twelfth floor of at tho the Walker building blinding Instead of at the White House HouIe hotel Pinkerton operatives s who were conferring conferring- with Mr Bamber Bamberger er el at tho the time secured what th they thought t was the address of o the telephone from which tho the man was as talking With two Stampede contestants contestants contestants con con- the they climbed into the automobile automo automo- automobile bile of or Ernest Bamberger stationed In front of or the tiie hotel and took toole a wild ride east on South Temple only to find that th they had hall received the wrong num num- ber Falling Failing to catch their man on the telephone call Ball the detectives under the direction of Superintendent laid a a. trap In the Walker Bank mS le building building build build- ing fug and prepared to the tho letter writer when hEn he called caned for the tho money murtey at 3 30 Thursday Y afternoon A young o woman connected with the local agency arenc was dressed to re resemble Mss U Bamberger pr and at the appointed hour ar appeared d on the twelfth floor of or the Walker er Bank building Cummings s approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap her and Inquired if she he wa was looking for tor McCormick 1 When she re replied replied replied re- re plied in the affirmative Cummings said that he was on one of McCormick's men However Jowe he made no attempt to secure secure se se- c- c cure the money and took toole the thc elevator lor lorand and left iet th the building Trap In Is Abandoned cl Ho lie did not return r turn and the detectives abandoned their trap at D Ij o'clock a n. apart apart part lart of tho the force foron stationing thorns elves m f in the tho Bamberger apartments while the fancily family spent the nl night ht with relatives rela rela- tives ti However Howe there ther were no developments devel el level level- until carl early yesterday mornIng morning morn- morn Ing when Cummings telephoned to the Bamberger apartments from Crom the office of John T T. T Clark Atlas block Operatives Op Op- Op- Op Immediately tel took up the trail and found Cummings at nt tho the Dooly block In the act of a again aln telephoning to the Hamberger Bamberger quarters A good de do- description had been secured of him when he appeared at the Walker Bank Danle building on the thc preceding da day and he I was immediately placed under arrest Cummings s was taken to the offices of the tho Pinkerton agency In the tho building where he admitted his hi connection conn connection c- c tion with the Bamberger letter to Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Su Su- Su- Su Mr 11 Mc McManus was wat then called In and Cummings was taken to the office of United States Marshal James H Ander Ander- son A complaint charging him with Hiding aiding In devising a scheme to defraud through l th the malls mails was drawn wn up by Assistant District Attorney A W M M. I. I Mc- Mc Ie- Ie Crea At Al 2 o'clock Deputy Deput United States Marshal Julian Rile Riley took him b before tore United States Commissioner Charles Baldwin Do you ou know lenow what you ou are arc accused of ot asked the tho commissioner I suppose It is I for being being- Implicated tell In th the th writing of lh the letter calmly replied Cummings s. s fur for He lIe became confused when asked If I ho he desired to make u lL defense but said ald that he would like to have e an attorney Ho said he lie was wa- slightly acquainted with Attorney J J. J Stokes Stoke Jr and would like to have him sent for tor Mr Ir Stokes was unable to go to the commissioners commissioner's chambers but promised to call on Cummings Cummings Cummings Cum Cum- at the count county Jail Accordingly Cummings s 's hearing was set for Wednesday Wed ad n morning at 10 lock o'clock and his bonds fixed at in default of which he was lodged ed In the county count jail Attorney Attorney At At- torney torner Stokes StokeR visited the prisoner at ut and made arrangements to ta take c up his th the county count Jail ja during the afternoon case toda today While hUe at the federal building h Cummings Cummings Cum Cum- furnished hed the officers with a n nde de description o of E E. A. A Burge who lit he h said suld had written the letters letter and devised I d the hJ blackmailing scheme While denying de denying tle- tle nying that he had harl written ritten the lett letter I he admitted d that lie Ill had drawn the sketch k under pressure ex exerted by Burge purge After that he said ho hn was under the threats of or nur Burge e. e and carried out his Instructions tr In furthering fur- fur the scheme chem to extort money from the Bamberger I family and others other i talked ed fro freely ly but appeared to o know little of ot the movements mo of oC his r- r te giving rise to the h t he was not In possession of ot all of that ii faculties B for being taken to his commissioners commissioner's s office he Ire expressed the th S desire to see a priest the chief chic of ot tho the and ind the district attorn attorney He Sisi police pollee wanted to know If tf the tho t also ahw method hodL was waR In use at nt the Salt Snit l Lake Station station declaring that through It he f might find a trace o of the man who had brought about his arrest Here About bout Three e eeL I came cam to Salt Lake about three weeks a ago o said he Before coming here hero I 1 was d d. d by br th the Union Pacific Pa Pa- cHIc at al Chey Cheyenne n e Wye 0 Before going To to tei Che Cheyenne enne 1 I was as In Omaha dl discuss discuss- cus in lug JU ins ins' wireless block signal HI signal nal system invention nver tion with General tanager Manager Fuller Ful- Ful FuNer ler er of or the tho Union I Pacific Pacific IJ ne lie promised to tape take It UP art after the Invention was coming to Salt i Sinco Lake ake I have been stoPP stopping in at at t a ro ml g hou house se on Main street bet between een t I South and Second South I f became acquainted with George Georg Budd and n i j E L u Betts of ot the MobY J Automatic Switch Pal lIt company compan 21 lb K Kearns earn arme building flu They let mo me use uso their office to work on n n my in- in and ami that is where tho the Utters letters writs W were I rC 1 did n write time the l I tt hr r 1 E. E A AI Bur Burge e Whom 1 met during the Stain Stam pede wrote the letter in tho offices of or tho the switch company last Jast Sunday Sunda morning Hu lIu asked me mo to draw a sketch at tits tho bottom of or the letter I Idid Idid Idid did not know what he ho wanted and outlined outlined out out- lined only what ho he told me He know who Miss Bamberger Damberger t wa was 1 didn't I T did n not nit t Jeno know what the a letter was teas until after 1 had drawn the sketch After fter I had completed the tho drawinG he said Now Noy Ive I've got ot you ou and youve you've got gotto gotto jot if T i don dont don't t have i ithe to work ork with me you ou the tho police pollee will will I was as Powerless then and did what he l o told me mo to narRe Mailed I- I Letter I I did not mall mail the letter Burgo o I T did lid was to make malte the mailed It It- All 11 drawing When hen V len I went up in the Walker Walk Walk- was AS down donn at tho er r building Burge Bur soda fountain on the ground ground floor Ho lie told toM me to go up and ands see lf If I Miss M s Bamberger Dam Cam berger er was there and then como come back baek backa aid When 1 cam came back hack ho he a arl ii tell him was gone one I telephoned to the Bamberger Bam Bam- berger apartments on un three different occasions slon following the tile Induction o of Burse Burge l' l I sate a him Ia last t this morning morning at 7 40 40 40 o'clock on W. W Second cond South Ho He did did not t tell lI m me where ret to m met meet him lie Ile u never et gave a 6 me any explanations o Ions Just u t told n in rime ew what hat to do Burgo had ead promised promIsed prom- prom sed to hell help m m- with Ith rn my wic inventions and had come como to the off office H several eral li limes m mes es Mr Betts Detts s saw aw an him Lut but I 1 don dont don't t i know whether Mr 11 Budd did or not Mr Betty Belts ett open opened ell the office Sunday Sunda morning and w went nt out to breakfast While Phile he was hone gone Burge e came ame In fn and wrote the letter leaving eavin betor Mr 11 Betts returned TV rest it of r Ortho-r Orthography ph Tho The officers are arc inclined to doubt Cummingss Cummings's story story in its entirety believing believing be be- lieving HeYing- that ho was the writer of ot the letter Thos Tho strengthen this belief bellet through a t test st made at nt the marshals marshal's office orrice yesterday The contents of oC the letter leller were dictated to lo him Cummings s wrote on the typewriter spelling the words the same samo as those In the ori original letter Jetter man many of oC which were misspelled Bolts Betts and Budd In whoso whose office Cummings worked on hi ms his that Cummings s carne came to Inventions say sa a them as do many other outer Inventors In The They found his Inventions to have merit and permitted him to use their theil office even endeavoring to raise for him to purchase material whit which to continue continue continue con con- his work worl The assert that the they did not nol see |