The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-31

James Kelly AMI James Cummings,
the burglars who were shot at Ararat
summit Monday morning had large
number of callers yesterday. one OF
them was r. l.. Wclter, chief of police
of Stroudsburg. lie is positive that
Clminings is a man who was under ur"
rest at a small village near StrOuds-
burg about two months ago, but was
released because there was no positive
proof to connect him with a number
of burglarics committed in that ricin-
ity at that time.
Detective TresCott, of the Lchigh VAL
ley company. identified Joseph Leonard
VINO is i'm the county jail, as Il member
ot a lawlcss gang at Fla2leton that gave
the police of the Mountain city no end
of trouble Il. G. CAum, an Iron ana
Coal officer from Mahanuy city, saw
the two men in the county iail and the
two i'm the hospital and is positive they
answer i'm a general way the description
of men mixed up in the various safe
blowing enterprises in SChuylkill coun-
ty during the winter months. Crun'
could not identify any of the men but
he was so impressed by the way they
tally with the descriptions Of the
Schuylllill burglars that he is going to
send up men who were bound and
gagged in places entered by the bur
glars. They will be able to state posi-
lively il th"y are the men.
KELLY NOT FROM ASHLEY.
IT has beer proved that Kelly is not
a resident of Ashley as he stated. For
seven years at least he has not been
a resident of that place. lie has an int
innate acquaintance with Ashley, how
ever, which is revealed in the way he
talks about 1t. When the chief of po-
lice oc that place was at the hospital
for the purpose of identifying Kelly
the latter asked him how Officer cav
anaugh is getting along. Cavanaugh is
one of the Ashley officers. He is COM
irC up to see if he can identify Kelly.
The chief of police of Ashley believes
that Kelly was in a gang OF a dozen
trampish- looking individuals he found
lettering on a bridge one night. He
compelled them to move. That night
two safes were cracked in Ashley and
the trampish- looking fellows fellows
were seen no more
1t is the opinion of the authorities
that the great amount of safe-blowinS
and other desperate work in this part
of the state since last fall was the work
of two gangs who We're acquainted and
had an understanding. The men now
in custody are believed to be members
of one of the gangs. Whether or not
they were mixed up in the Corcoran
murder will be known within a day or
two.
Kelly felt better yesterday than any
day since he was shot and the hospital
authorities are beginning to hope for
his recovery. Cummings suffers great
pain from his shattered arm. 1t may
have to be amputated, and if the sur
geons succeed in saving it the member
will be crippled.
Leonard is evidently feeling q little
nervous. He assured the Jail author
tiles Yesterday that he cannot be con-
nected with the COrcoran affair for the
reason that he can prove an alibi.
ROBBERS TRINKETs FOUND.
Yesterday son of William Leach,
who shot three of the robbers at
Ararat Monday morning, found a sill
Yer watch, gold chain and finger ring
and a revolver case in the hollow of
stump not far from the scene of the
fatal shooting. There is no doubt that
they were placed there by members of
the bold gang subsequently captured
The articles are being held by Leach
| for the authorities who may find them
valuable i'm the prosecution of the pris
oners.
The following is from the Carbondale
| News: "The WilliamspOrt police are
| of the opinion that the man who was
| killed at Ararat may be Paddy Brooks
| who is accused of highway robbery
and burglary. The description of the
man tailed with Brooks save that
Brooks body is said to be covered with
tattoo marks while not even a VaCcin-
alton mark was found on the dead
burglar. Another point of difference is
that Brooks teeth are said to be badly
worn. The Ararat man has sound
teeth in good condition. Photographer
Foster Is preparing sets Of photo
| graphs of the fellow and they will be
| distributed among detective agencies
| and police headquarters. 1t is hoped
! in this way he may be identified"
KEIGHRON KNOWS THEM.
The Wilkes Barre Times Of last
night contributed the following to the
| story:
-. C. Keighron, one of the shrewd-
| est detectives in Northeastern Penn
| sylvania, and a member Of Herman
| Earrings force of sleuths, was in
! Scranton yesterday and called at the
| Lackawanna hospital to look over the
| burglars, Cummings and Kelly, who
were wounded during the recent
trouble at Ararat.
| detective KeighrOn said he met the