The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-23
HENRY CL0YD AND l.. q. BLACKIE,
WHO WE'RE ARRESTED LAST
NIGHT.
THREE PEOPLE ARE NABBED
BY DETECTIVES WERLICH AND
WELLS WHO SEEM TO DH
WORTH WHILE.
ONE HAD HIS POCKETS FuLI.
Of Dry Goods. Which Are Thought
to Have Been stolen Shortly
Before.

Detectives Werrick and Wells, Of the
central station, made clever capture
last night In the arrest of Henry Cloyd
and L. g. Blackie, who have been doing
considerable work lately in the way Of
carrying off property from residences.
Blackie was caught red-handed, the
police say. with his overcoat pockets
filed with a. collection of articles
which he had apparently stolen from
some residence. He refused to talk,
however, further than to say that the
detectives had caught him and secured
the stuff and that they would hear
from the owner in the morning. For
the past three days the two officers
have been camping on the trail Of
the two prisoners. The men were what
the detectives call Ely and kept out
Of the way Of the officers. They were
heard from a number Of times, but
when the detectives arrived on the
scene the men had disappeared. Last
evening WerTick and Wells strolled
into an East Seventh street saloon
and, as they did So caught O. glimpse
Of one of their "hy'' men talking with
another stranger at the end of the bar.
men the Office, and one went out the
back door while the other made for the
front entrance. The detectives fol-
lowed the one who went out the front
door of the saloon and took him in
custody at Seventh and Broadway.
The fellow said his name was William
Brooks and made an awful bluff
about being accosted by the officers.
The bluff didn't go, and he was thrown
into the patrol wagon and taken to
the central station. The officers then
made another trip to the saloon and
arrested the young man who had
tipped them OFF, to Brooks and his
friend. The youth gave his name as
William Davis and was sent to the
station on the charge of vagrancy
The detectives next visited a boarding
house kept by Mrs. Hanson on Fifth
street and arrested Henry Cloyd, who
had made such a quick departure from
the saloon a short time previous While
on the way to the nearest patrol box
with the prisoner the detectives saw
Blackie walking briskly toward the
house. They returned and just as
BIack1e was about TO enter the place
took him in custody. Blackie was
much surprised and the arrest was so
sudden that he made no resistance
although he had revolver in each
pocket Of his overcoat.
On being searched at the station
Blackie's clothes gave up the following
articles: Two pairs opera glasses, a
small clock, two revolvers, two gold
rings, four silk handkerchiefs, initial
M embroidered on each; pair of gold
spectacles, two gold opera glass hold
ers, a wax candle and a double handful
Of matches.
Cloyd and Blackie, the detectives
claim, have been doing night work in
minneapolis and moved to ST, Paul
only a few days ago. They rented two
rooms from Mrs. Hanson and have
been keeping bachelors hall in the
rooms. A search of the apartments oc-
cup1ed by the twain showed that they
lived high and there was 9, large stock
OF canned goods, fancy pickles and
other proVender in the rooms, Brooks
VINO is thirty-eight years old, and has
lost his right hand at the wrist, claims
to be railroad man and has been stop
ping with the other two prisoners.
Cloyd is eighteen years old and claims
to have come from Canada. Blackie
gave his age as twenty and after this
refused to talk.
Both Blackie and Cloyd answer the
description of the two men seen near
the Wisconsin dairy on St Peter street
thursday night short time before
the robbery Of the store was discov-
cred. The patrolman on the beat no
ticed tall, smooth-faced young fellow
accompanied by short man with d
dark mustache lettering near the
store and feels sure that Cloyd and
Blackie are the ones he saw. The de-
tectives claim that Cloyd and Blackie
are the fellows who were discovered
robbing a house in Minneapolis about
week ago and when interrupted by
the occupants Of the house threw a
lighted lamp at the parties who dis
turbed them.