Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-10

NOVEL THIEVES IN THE roILs.


Men who Robbed Snndow ana Others
at omnhH beli yea to DE in ia J.
Omaha, NeD., Jan. y.-James Grimm,
alas Tom King, William OBren ana
Wllnm Beck were arrested carry TINS
morning by Oulcers MOLsoe, Russell
and starkey. These are the men VINO
are alleged to haye robbed the guests
ut the Paxton and Willard hotels,
Thursday aud Friday nights, of sew
eral thousand dollars aud much jew
elry. Three Of the watches taken from
the Paxton hotel have been recovered
from the pawn shops where one OF the
Trio had sold them. The ponce are OF
the opinion that these men are mem
pers OF recently organized gang that
has been travelling over tho country
rubbing the leading hotels. Their plan
Of operation is 10 80 to some popular
hotel, secure a room, and then enter
the rooms OF other guests with skele-
ton keys and other cOntrivances. hing
is well known to the Omaha police and
was sentenced TO three years in Ne
braaka penitentiary for burglary. Az
ter terving the sentence Kins went
\ into Iowa and robbed house there,
ior which he served three years in the
4 Fort Madison prison. 1t is claimed
4 that he has not been out of that In
4 siiiutlon mO.e than ten days. The po-
A ice do not know the other two men
pul are confident that they have In
custody two thieves.
thursday night these men engaged
room at the Willard hotel. 1t 30
I happened they We're assigned 10 a
/, room directly opposite the one in
Y mhleh was SandOw, the strong man,
the next morning the men left the
house early, and in snort time
eandow awoke to find that diamond
nyrus,eu chronometer, valued at $500,
uNu WV III $40 gold pieces had been
4 9soen from his room during the night.
= AHother guest was robbed of come
noney ana Jewelry. The matter was
spl ~ quiet as possible, and Detec-
sss savage and Dempsey were put at
"oiN On lhe case, The next night sew
Ia u the guests at the Paxton hotel
j, Se lopped OF Jewolry and money, and
H. f ,,..ph oil the supposed thieves
4 FURNISHED to the police. Saturday
~ men We're trailed TO south Omaha.
4 ~ mere all traces OF them were lost.
q i"ese were four men in the marty
~ he police hope to soon locate the
#bs NAN On returning to Omnha
"a ueteetiVes visited the paWnshops
recovered three OF the stolen
b a'enes and got good description of
eu VINO sold them. They kept
MI lookout in hopes of bagginR
h s. same, but had partially given IN
Inn ,s" ABOUT 3 o'clock this morning
I'M nn My, men under arrest went into
[foom Th hotel and demanded a
f1ated Ivy We're somewhat intoxl-
Ikiyinp ~ tne clerk hesitated about
S Them accommodatIons Thcn
Kan logan abusing him and he semi
,nnra 10Y out for an officer. Ofioer
soo, happened along lust then. and
Inn ~ as King saw the officer he ran
rents s, slae door and down Thir-
|5he oornas ei' IN doing SO he ran around
|4nd v vvtHT into Officer Russeips arms
A steS III captured. Officer Starl,Iev ne.
le IN. capturing the other two nnd
6Op I've were taken to the police STA
j " ws effort to eseape maui d uesper-
ration ,h,"e men were taken into the
MEN sudSaee oiicers were on duty. The
Ind Ira e.ts attacked officer Marshall
Il assistance er policemen went to his
eavy cas, Gue oil the thieves threw a
"A halen nar .tol splttoon at Sergeant
.Ifter ~ narrowly missing his hn,d.
= anasa, desperate struggle the odice'.s
4 sess, 10 subdue the nrisoners an5
A oree lung them made O'Rrian dis-
IA oonan SZO gold pieces which he
ipposeS ealed in his mouth. This ia
andnn, 70 be the money sto,en fr,ns
(en In another of the susneots wes
rs beiia,low something and tbe ON Il
onds sto,N was some of the dIn-
> be was si from the Willard. Nothinn
I|urtL on. ioRnd on the men. mi The |
II be an y, the gang, who is Thought /
AXE Me outline thief, managed 10 |
has tbe se'lpe and 1t is believed that
hdow. '"iuaoie watch stolen from