Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-01

Five Alleged Safe Blowers Arrested This
Morning in q Raid.


LOCATED IN A HOUSE on MAINE AvESUE-rwo
OTHERS ARRESTED IN AN AVENUE SALOON
NAMES GIVEN BY THE PARTIEs-Two OF THEM
ARE wAsHISGroSIASs.
Inspector Hollinberger, chief Of the detec-
tive corps, led his entire force to a house In
South Washington this morning anu made the
most important capture that has been made
here for a number Of years. The work OF the
officers resulted in the capture OF five alleged
members of the gang of safe blowers that has
operated in this part Of the country recently.
When the safe OF the Arlington bottlins es-
adjustment was blown and robbed OF $3.50. be-
sides other valuables, some days ago, Inspector
Hollinberger called his men together and told
them that they should use every effort
to capture the dangerous criminals
This job following several inefectuai
attempts to blow safes satisfied the officers that
safe blowers were about, and when, Yesterday
morning it was discovered that the safe In the
wholesale oil establishment of Nicnolai Bros
had been blown the officers were thoroughly
satisfied that members Of the gang were still
in the city. and the officers went out TO ascer-
tain something Of them If possible.
THE GANG LOCATED.
During the early morning hours the officers
found clue to the gang, and during the day
they worked on it until they located the men
on Maine avenue.
While it was thought that they we're occupy
ing quarters at house No. 45S on the avenue
mentioned, the officers not satisfied OF
that fact beyond all doubt, and so they found
it necessary to shadow more than one house.
None Of the alleged members of the gang
were known to the officers, but last night while
the house being watched. the officers on
guard noticed several young men appear at
and enter the house.
Inspector Hollinberger deemed it advisable
not to make the raid last night, and SO he gave
instructions for his men to be at headquarters
at $50 o'clock this morning.
Sergeants johnson and Perry were also III
the party and the officers on the Maine avenue
beat were instructed to be near the place at the
same hour
SURROUNDING THE HOUSE.
1t was about o'clock when the members of
the detective corps and others in the party
reached Maine avenue and A. street. The first
thing to do was to surround the house. and this
was done so completely that not a single avenue
of escape was left
The house in question is n two-story brick
house with a one-story rear building and when
the officers went through the side alley and
reached the yard they discovered that by
climbing out the back window o. the second
story and running along the roof the corner
of the streets could be reached while
the men could not be seen from the yards be-
low. That necessitated the placing OF two men
on the roof which was done, ard when the
seventeen officers had the house thoroughly
covered. one of the party went TO the front
| door and pulled the bell.
WHO WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE.
Sergt. johnson remained near the front win
dow. and following the ringing of the bell he
heard scuffling and talking inside. The officers
waited a few minutes. but still no one re-
sponded to the door bell and suddenly the
front door fell in. There was
an officer outside the door at
| the time. and when the house was entered there
| was a stiffness pervadug it that made things
| appear that suspicion OF some sort might be
| properly attached to the premises or some OF
! its occupants.
! Mrs. Lackev, her two sons and daughter-in-
| law are the bona fde occupants of the house
and they were all at home Besides them there
| were three young men who were making the
| house temporary stopping place.
| Mrs Lackey and Charles Foulke were &C.
| cupying the front room on the lower foor,
| while a man known as Charles +. Banks was
resting on sofa in the back room. Edward
| Iackey and his wife were in their room on the
second floor. while Charles Lackey and John
Sayles were in hall room on the same floor.
| The five men in the house were placed under
arrest and they went with the officers withou'
any trouble. When they had been sent away
a search was made for burglars tools and stoler
property. Among the articles found was .
good supply of giant powder, such as might BIZ
used to blow open safe, besides long
fuse that had evidently been made FOL
use by one of the prisoners. 4
piece of tallow candle that had been used wa
also found, also three revolvers. These, to
gether with box Of grease used on the tools
COMPLETED the find. There were no other i'm
plements found there, and the officers suspec
that the boring tools were kept at some othel
place.
| LOOKING FOR THE REST OF THE GANG.
These were not all the men suspected of be
longing to the gang The officers had reliable
information that there were ten or twev'
members Of tine party, but they were als'
satisfied that some of them had gone away.
They were not satisfied, however, that thes
were the only ones left here and after thing
had been quieted the officers went out in searcl
of others 1t was about $50 o'clock tina
Detectives Weldon and Boardman made tw'
more arrests These neil were found in
saloon on Pennsylvania avenue, and they CAV
their names as James Mccarthy and VIM Ieat
man. They. too, were sent to the police sta
ton and locked up, making seven prisoners il
all behind the bars.
The prisoners were registered on the blotte
as follows: John Sayies, % years. single
LAWYER; Charles F. Banks, 26 years, single
laborer; Charles Lackey, 10 years, single
, laborer; Charles For!ke, % years, single, bar
tender; James Mccarthy, 25 years, single
! weaver; William IeatnIan, % years, single
! stenographer.
Inspector Hollinberger said that the sons o
: Mrs. LacEey would be released, as they wer
not suspected Of belonging TO the gang.
TWO ARE wAsEISGroNIASs
. Sayles. he said, was known as leader Of tn
gang, and while he had no definite proof o
the subject he thought they could give some il
! formation about several Of the numerous safe
blowing Jobs that have been committe
: in this section of the country durin
4 the pas. few months. With the exceptio
: of Eouike but little is known of the prisoner
He and Yeatmen are both Washington boys an
= concerning the latter all the officers know {
him is his reputation.
!, Foulke was member of the gang of thiev,
arrested here seven years ago by Detect,
Carter and the late Detective Cox. At tn
time he a member Of gang Of thieves WI
had received their instructions fro
II George McCauley, the noted erin
, inal, who has served numerous sol
It fences for burglary. He was arrested
n that time for participation in the robbery
Andrew Archer's store in South Washington
Is ard for which he was sentenced to prison.
al The other prisoners are thought to be stran
u ers in this city. The five men held as priso
,f ers will be photographed and held until Il