The sun., 1898-01-07
ROUNDING UPTHE VICIOUS.
200 SHADY CHARACTERS CAUGnT
IN THE ST LOUIS DRAGNET

Citizens Relieve This ta the way 60 stop tho
Epideinic or CriHe-A NIan Car Robbed In
the Unisn Depot-RemArknbie Iist or Hold.
Ups and BurEinrIca In Twenty.four Hours.
sr. LOUIS, Jan. 6.-As a climax to the epidemic
OF hold-ups and robborles here storm OF crlme
has come. Since yesterday evening score Of
daring robberlcs have been commit cd and, as n
result. Chief OF Police Harrigan to-day issued
an order that tho dragnet system be invoked.
On Tuesday the Court Of Appeals rendered
decision that the authorities have right to ar
rest persons on suspicion of misdomoanors and,
backed by this ruling. the police have fshed
from their hiding places motley horde OF va
grants, idlers, beggars and vicious characters
Two hundred arrests were made up to this even
ing. All the prisoners will be arraigned in tho
police courts tomorrow and sent to the work.
house or compelled to leave town.
Half a dozen west end women are prostrated
to-day in consequence OF encounters with foot
pads. Robbers looted an Iron Mountain mail
car and robbed the six sleeping postal clerks
aboard early this morning at the Union Station,
in the full glare Of electric light. Burglars
last night blew open with dynamite the safe In
tho Standard Oil Company's office, near Alton.
Nearly u score OF street hold.ups have oc-
CURED in various parts of the city since sunset
yesterday. One grocer and a clerk exchanged
dozen shots with masked robbers, and Chief
Harrigan is indorsed in his view that the only
means Of checking this whirlwind Of crime is
by arrestinE every body against whom suspicion
may lodge.
No bolder robbery has occurred here in years
than the looting Of the mail car attached to the
Iron Mountain train which left for Union sta
tion at o'clock this morning. Three robbers
opened the car doors with false keys while the
mail clerks slept. With .iimmies they pried
open the lockers inside. Their booty consisted
of more than 500 in cash and jcwclry valued
at about 81 900.
Dayton OF New York city was found this morn
ing on the bank of n creek below the Baltimore
and Ohio southwestern railroad trestc at Trend
Icy avenue East st. Louis. He is thought to be
one of the two robbers who held up pas
sengers on an Illinois Central train last
car and grapplcd with Charles Weaver OF
Leroy. ILL.,, who had roll of bills in his hand.
Weaver called the other passengers to his as.
platform. One Of them jumped off, but tho
other fought. He was kicked Off tho train
while it was crossing the trestlc.
Two masked robbers entered Louis Hager-
meyers saloon and grocery at 90 GravoiS
avenue late last night and covered him and his
however, opened fire. One OF the robbers left
trail of blood. Mrs. Edith Fisher of 1909 Nor
gan street was choked by robber last night.
Miss Geneva Lornegan of 1892 Finnoy ave.
nue.. and several other women in the West End
are from th9 teSts Obs 01 similar eSpSd pd
up or robbed last night arc: sydney Shul:
man of 1923 Mcpherson avenue; Richard
job on she poee foree DsPEa
whose loaded grocery wagons were driven Off;
7. L. Horstman, whose saloon and grocery at
4l5S Juniata street was entered by two
masked robbers. who went through the cash
drawer and Gustave Romeo. who succeeded in
boiler belonging to the p. p Manion Wrccking
Company.