The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-27
MI. RAY DANIELS, THE SUPPOSED
PAL OF ROSE AND
Il WILLS
BROUGHT FROM LOUISVILLE
BY DETECTIVE HENRY GRUBER,
ARRIVING IN THE CITY LAST
NIGHT.
WILL TRY TWO OF THEM HERE.
If the Authorities Pursue Their
Present Bent-COIIecttOn of Evil
dence Going On.
BROUGHT FROM LOUISVILLE
WILL TRY TWO OF THEM HERE

Detective Henry Gruber returned to
st. Paul last evening, having IN Gus
tody M. Roy Daniels, said to be an
other Of the fake directory swindlers.
Daniels was arrested by the Louisville.
KY, detectives and, although there is
warrant out for his arrest on account
of the swindle carried out in st. Paul,
he will be used as witness for the
state.
It looks now as though County At
torney Butler, with the assistance of
the local detective department and evil
dence obtained by the detectives of
Louisville and Indianapolis would be
able to convict couple of the gang of
sw1ndlers who, under the name Of the
Rose Publishing Co., the Manufac-
yturers' and Merchants Guide, the Ma
tional Commercial Register and half a
dozen other firm names have been vic
timizing the merchants Of the larger
cities for the past four years.
Some months ago Thomas Wills and
Frank e. Rose were arrested in st.
Paul on a charge Of attempting to
swindle a number Of merchants by
means of raised contracts. At the time
the detectives were Of the opinion that
they had captured a couple of very
clever sWindlers, but the Importance
of their capture was not known at the
time. It appears that the ST. Paul Of
ficers had picked up two of gang OF
swindlers who had for years been doing
the merchants out of hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars.
The arrest of Wills and Rose in this
city led to other arrests in Louisville,
Cleveland and Indianapolis. The most
important capture, aside from that Of
Wills and Rose, was made in Louis
vile Oct. TO- when M. Roy Daniels, one
or the travelling agents of the company,
was captured by Chief Of Detectives
Hager, of Louisville. Daniels, as soon
as taken in custody, "squealed," and
the result of this was the raiding of
the headquarters Of the swindlers at
Indianapolis, which occurred Oct. Ia.
A mass of correspondence and all the
chemicals used by the directory pub
fishers in raising the forged orders
were captured, but the person who
Ter the office and acted as president
or manager Of the gang escaped.
The officials Of Louisville were COM
rlunicated with, and, after correspond
ence with Chief of Detectives Schweit-
ger 1t was decided to send to Louis
vile after Daniels. The grand jury,
acting on the suggestion of County
Attorney Butler, had taken UP the
case and indictments were found
against Thomas H. Wills, Frank E.
Rose, who were in custody, and against
IL. B. Wills, a. son Of one of the pris-
oners here. Daniels, after his arrest
in Louisville, gave the officers what aid
be could in experimenting H. B. Wills,
but that gentleman was too swift for
the detectives and escaped.
Daniels, who arrived with Detective
| -Gruber last evening, is a well dressed
and smart looking Individual about
twenty-four years old. He admits that
ne and H. B. Wills, the missing mem
Der, together with the two prisoners
now in Jail here, came to the Twin
Cities day or so before Wills and
Rose were arrested. Daniels has de-
cided that the best thing for him to
do is to turn states evidence and by
SO doing escape the chances Of a term
in the states prison. 1t was under
stood at the time the case was being
considered by the grand jury, that
Daniels would probably give up all he
knew, and for this reason he was not
included in the indictments which were
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