Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05

locksmith and filter, and ia one of the
few men who understand
THE USE OF THE AIR PUMP
in connection with dynamite for blow.
ing safes, When he needs a burglars
tool he makes it himself, and he never
allows himself to be seen in the com
pany of q crook except when planning
or doing some big job. He committed
some daring burglaries In Central New
York several years ago and severed a
short term In the P~enitentiary for n
Of them. Then he went to New York
City and rented a fine residence OH
Pacific avenue About that time mum.
erous extensive burglaries were com.
mitted in New Yorkand Brooklyn and
no trace of the oulprits could be dis
covered for months. Finally the bur.
glaries were traced 10 what afterward
became known as the 'Patohin avenue
gang made up of Gil Yost, John
Porter, Jimmy Irving and Tom ORA
per. They were all arrested In Yost's
residence. Draper was taken to
Northampton, where he was wanted
for taking a hand in the famous bank
robbery, in that town. The others
were confined In the Brooklyn jail.
Porter and Irving broke jail before
trial came of. The former was soon
efter arrested In Philadelphia and
'aent down for doing II job there, and
irwin was recapturea and cent to
Slrg Sing, where he Is doing time"
Yoet escaped through negligence On
the part of the prosecution.
$50 resume the story,
o AND sHADowED YosT
to No. 200 North Carpenter street,
and learned that he was living there
with his family, passing himself az q
travelling salesman. Feeling con.
fdent that Yost would soon BIO wanted
for some work, / took Detective Eli.
Oft, of the city force, into my con.
fdence, and we resolved to raid the
house a soon as an opportunity
offered itself. Two weeks ago Mon.
day / received q telegram from f..
Vail & Son, of La Porte, jobbing and
retail jewellers, announcing that their
store had been broken into and rifed
of $l5,0 coo worth of jewelry. The
jewelry had been left In the safe and
the safe had been opened by means Of
drilling holes above the lock and then
driving the lock in, I sent operatives
to La Porte and instructed them to
make diligent inquiry Along the pub.
lie highways leading to the city for
any mysterious men who might have
been seen by the farmers. One
farmer, about twelve miles from La
Porte, told an operative that the
morning following the burglary four
men came to his house and loafed
about there the entire day.
YHRY HAD SMALL vALIsEs
with them and claimed to be hurvey-
ora, while one of them naid they were
hunting stolen horses. They took
their departure as soon as night came
on, The description given by the
farmer of one of the men answered to
that Of Gil Yost. Mr.. Vail also gave
a description Of a man he had seen
loungipg about the store for several
days preceding the burglary, and this
description likewise answered to that
OF CD Yost, Satisfied tina,
he had participated in the
burglary / resolved to arrest him al
His home. l found, however, that he
had moved about two weeks previoul
from No. 200 North Carpenter street
and taken up his residence some
where on Fulton street--none of tn,
neighbors could give bis new number
Ifent operatives along Fulton stree
In the guise of dictionary canvassers
and at No. 6 one Of the canvasserI
was told that Gilbert Yost, travelins
salesman, occupied the house. Then
put shadows on the house. Yost
though, has been behaving very quiet
ly. He seldom went out alone, gen
orally taking one Of the children will
him, and never went to any CROOKED
resort Finally I sent for Vail. ane
gave him an opportunity to see Yost
He at once identified him as the mar
who hao hung about the store, Their
I decided to make the a%rrers, ant
Sunday morning Detective Elliott ant
Wiley, ex.Sheritf Fitch D. Bowen, O
La Porte, and located ourselves neal
Yost's house. Presently the shadow
reported that
and at the next corner we 'pinched
him. He was surprised, of course
but took things ooolly. We took hin
back to the house and searched 1t
MIRA. Yost seemed anxious to get at
bureau. drawer ahead of us, bnt VI
searched 1t ourselves and found
quantity of gold rings which were a
once recognized as Wallis. In the hal
filling of a sofa We found five hand
some gold watches and another larg
bundle Of rings, also identified a
Wallis. Altogether W. got about $50
worth of the plumber. In addition t.
this we found In N upper room on
of the finest and most complete sets O
burglars tools 1 ever saw, and the ap
pliances used In connection with tn
burglars air pump. On Yost's pei
son was found a receipt for a packag
left at the expresr Office the day be
fore for transportation to New York
We seized this package and di.oo'
cred 1t to be an air-pump. While W
were searching the house there was
rap on the outside door, and VIII
shonld come in but
BID HoULIHAN,
the notorious Chicago burglar. ii
was dumbfounded at meeting the off
GERS. He was arrested as a matter {
course, and on his person we foun
some wooden models OF clamps use
by burglars. Both prisoners wei
locked up, and have been positivel
identified by the farmer AZ two of tn
men who stopped at his house the ds