The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-04-26
BACCED.
A Gang Of Seven COrralled By Sheriff
O'Brien.
Who They Were and How They Were
Taken.

W ho Ahsy seFf ana How IneS Gre
4 Taken.
A few weeks ago. one of the frame
shells on 18th street, neal Eddy, was
opened with a gentle flourish Of trum-
pets as a ''sparring school" by Jack
Williams. The place was frequent
ed by u very disreputable gang and
although many of our rapid young
men who have a leaning toward gen.
lessons in the art of self-defense, the
den soon acquired so bad a name n to
cause a suspicion of criminaiity to rest
upon all who entered it. ven though
there were no tangible evidences of
wrong-doing on the part of anybody
connected with the outfit.
Within a week after the opening of
the sparring school several petty bur-
glaries occurred about the city. Fol
lowing close upon these came the
announcement that C. Hoffman's.
liquor and tobacco store had been
broken into, The thieves securing sew
eral hundred dallars worth of goods.
Mr.. Orr was the mex victim and sew
eral other robberies of minor ;mpor-
tauce took place. The last one WAS
the burglary of a s%torehouse belonging
to Mr.. G.. NJ. Jones, of the Railroad
house, which occurred on Tuesday
night of last week. About $3.50 worth
Of goods were taken from the building.
OF course the whole detective and
police force of the city were at once on
the alert and eager TO capture the
thieves. Sheriff N. j. O'Brien took
the matter in hand and made it his
Everybody knows that when Nick
starts after anybody, whether he has
n clue or not he always takes 'em in
before he lets mp He has followed the
trail of these burglars every moment
since the night of the crime, hardly
taking lime To eat or sleep for II whole
week. Yesterday O'Brien secured the
last link in the chain of evidence
against the gang, and proceeded to
make their arrest. By dint of much
strategy lie cor-alIed n pair at the
Crow creek bridge, and after lodging
them in Jail arrested the others in the
city.
Seven of the gang are now lodged
in the county Jail. Their names are :
Jack Williams, Ell. Dewire, John
Dolan. Chas. johnson. John Maginnis
aud wife and Mrs. Hogan. Williams
was leader OF the gang and proprietor
of the sparring school, MR.. Hogan
being his paramour. Dewire was the
barkeerer while Maginnis acted as
fence" or receiver of the stolen prop
erty. He had an eating house adjoin-
lug the Black Killers Home. II lodging
house. his wife living mex door with
Mrs. Hogan and Williams.
Some of the liquor stolen from Mr..
Jones was found on the prairie near
town buried in the ground, and with
it n lag containing dry goods and
table ware. Some dry goods were also
found at tbe saloon. Part ofthe stolen
hams were found at Maginnis'c eating
house. and u few towels and knives
and forks were found at his dwelling.
A search of the latter building resulted
in TIE discovery of II large quantity of
dry goods. new ready-made ladies'
clothes, with the price tags still at
tached, spoons. dishes, jewelry,
watches, etc, showing that the gang
have been operating a long time. A
full set of burglar tools was also
found. The jimmy vas made at Hans
& Nealon's, but the workman didn't
know what it was until last night. He
says II of the gang gave him direc-
tions for making it, but claimed not to
know what it was for. One of the
burglars was at large at last accounts,
hut will o be in Jail. Sheriff
O'Bricn has worked the case in n
prompt and careful manner. and de-
serves the highest praise for his skilful
aud adroit handling of the case.