Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-17
THE LIE CLAIRE sAFE BUR.
GLARS CAUGHT


One week ago last night. the dry goods
store Of Stacy, Arnold Z Co.. .: L. 9 siss.
v,s robbed end their safe blown open The
bsrslars forced On entrance iase the cellar
ssa from thsuos int the store. whore they
took several hundred dollars worth Of goods
and .. out $1,000 worth Of watches and
isWslv, The losess. anxisus - recover
their property, sought the aid Of departed
spisits, thrsssh one Who profsssss to CON.
muns with them. After fooling away .
day or two, without obtaining any clue to
their property. - the spirits had business
Of more importance on their hands, attend
ing to the impeachment farce, Detective
Center vas employed. He arrived at Le-
Claire las. Tuesday morning, the burglars
having had four days in which to sscnfs
,heis booty and cover their tracks. After
looking the ground over and learning what
he could about the matter. he at cnce con.
cludsd that the burglars had gone to Rock
Island. which. owing to the police regula-
tions Of that city. was their safest place.
He proceeded to the house or general rem
devious Of the well.known gang of thieves,
known as Frank Brsdy's House. on the cor
nsr Of Adams aud Orleans streets, and on
searching the premises. found about $50
worth Of the stolen property. Aided ~
The Rock Island pslice. he arrested Brady
and "wife" O and = woman named Moll
Burlingame. Another Of the gang named
Il. p. Louis, known to the police as Red y
having been arrested the night bsfore for
stealing revolver in Rock leland. One oi
the gang bad gone 10 Gsnesse, while some
bad gone up the river and others down,
with portions Of the stolen property. Brady
and the two women we're brought 70 this
side and lodged in Jail. Detective Center
then went 10 Gsneseo aud succeeded 10 70
covering some Of the property, hut could
not find the one who had disposed Of il
there, hs having returned to Rock Island.
Lest evssisg. - Mr.. Center wss about "a
take the train for Muscatine, he discovered
one Of the gang. who was alss going to take
the train. Finding some Of the stolen jew.
slry shout his person,:hs arrested him and
lodged him In jsil. His name 10 Wal.s'
Brsaksn, and 10 probably the ringlssder
and The sams chap that was At Gensseo
and. i. is further supposed, that these are
the same men who robbed the German car.
pentsr from Genssso few days ago. taking
his watch and about el7b 10 money.
Had the LeClairs people cons to our po.
lice at ones after discovering the burglary,
instead Of keeping II quiet for four days,
more Of the property would have been re-
covered /; for, since the arrest, il has been as.
certainsd that small bag full Of the jewel
~ was secretsd in this city, in pile ofssw
dust, and was taken away on Sunday. This
getting spirits to look for stolen goods has,
in this instance, proved an expensive hum
bug.
This Frank Brady 10 not . cew hand in
the business. He has . Ane police record
in this city and in st. Louis, - well as At
various Other river points. Tho gang 10 the
same that has been operating 10 Rock
Island for some time past. Their success
there in various robbsriss, burglaries, and
attempted assassinatiens, accounts Of which
we're given in the papers Of that city, and
afterwards (for political reasons) denied by
ths Usios, msds them bold, and they fool
ishly thought they would try their hand
again on THE side. Their operations In
Rock Island caused cur police, a. we'll ~
Detective Center. to keep good watch for
them, and Is soon IS proper information was
6led BY Messrs. Arnold L Stacy, they were
at once arrested. This only confirms our
statement. made several days ago. that they
had better stay where they were, for ifthey
tried their hand on this side again they
would be sure to get "pinchei."