Evening star., 1897-04-14
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Williams and kqOl.on Picked Out as Mr.
fasss " As'ailanta
Strong cassA asa.t Ailesea High
w.,me-- sisis.r VINO Wa.
kHo9ked Down,

Four men are Hew under arrest in con-
nection with the assault and robbery COM
mitted in the Whixs Lot Saturday night, in
which Mr.. Isadore Efreu. a Texan, was the
victim, and the detectives are confident
that the guilty parties are behind the bars.
James Burleys who was first arrested. has
made statement duplicating AL ~Tolson. a
hackman. and Billy" Williams, who is the
best known character about this city.
David Smith, who had figured as in
former in the Merrigan case some months
ago. had already been locked up and when
Burley made his statement yesterday Will
lams and Tolson were put under arrest.
FOLSOM, who is ffty-six years old, lives at
$50 street southwest. and it was at his
home that he was arrested. The officers of
The hf- n precinct were requested to pick up
Williams, and they found him near the
river on N street southeast. When the
four men had been locked up Detective He
Ian, Precinct Detective Sutton and Police
nan Kilmartin. who. had been working on
the case, were happy. for they felt certain
That the guilty ones could not escape this
time although in another case in which
Williams had figured they had failed in
the Criminal Court to convict any of the
persons against whom he gave evidence.
Burley answered the description given of
Mr.. Efren's assailant, and soon after his
arrest he expressed a willingness to talk.
Then he told what he said was the whole
story of the affair Williams Tolson and
himself, he said. had planned the robbery
OF FRANKIE Morton, who keeps an alleged
disreputable house ON c street in the "Di
VISION. 1t was thought that she always
carried considerable money 1t was in
tended to ask her to change a bill, and
when she took from her pocket a roll of
bllls one OF them was to grab it. Williams
ana Iolson, he said, were to commit the
robbery while he was to do duty in the
oh fhn
engagements were made to meet at the
water trough opposite. the Hotel Regent
ABOUT IL O'Clock, and the three of them
Kept the engagement Then they watched
Iexas ofhce-seeker appeared before the
woman and Burley says they concluded
that he was good mark" and so they
decided to do him" Efren asked them to
oirect MN to the house where he was stop
ping, and Williams and Tolson, so Burley
says, volunteered to accompany him.
ABOUT the time they reached a spot where
there was no light, and the Texan showed
Signs Oh becoming suspicious, Williams, he
says grabbed him by the throat and Toll
son used a blackjack, on him. Then he was
relieved of his timepiece, money and other
'aIuaDles and was left there to wander
ABOUT the street, until he reached Mr.. Geo
A. Shehan.- the lumber dealer. who toox
MIN TO the Emergency Hospital.
"hen Toison reached the station and was
Questioned concerning his alleged part in
the aHa1r, he made a complete denial of
lhe l eharge. but admitted that he was with
burley Saturday night Williams denied
everything. He said he was not even with
the others Saturday night
Were identified
MI. Efron, the victim of the highway
men. today Identified Williams and ToIson
as the two men who had knocked him
down and robbed him. Brodey. the third
man, was en- ahe lookout, and he has as
already stated, made a full confession.
Inc case will be taken into the Police
court tomorrow and the detectives are con-
fident of a cohvictioil. Detective Sutton for
several days'ihas been Watching out for
this gang to catciF them in the act of rob-
bing another citizen. who they were sus-
pected to have designs on. Williams is con-
sidered one Of the most dangerous men in
the country.