The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
SUSPECTS ARE NABBED.
Five Arrests Were Made Yesterday
of Suspicious Characters.

That the police of this city are not
going to stand around idle and allow
burglars to break into stores and offices
with impunity was evidenced yester-
day by the action of Chief of Police
McAndrew and his men. who made five
arrests of suspicious acting individuals.
These arrests were made in an extra
ordinary manner or four of them were,
and 1t is believed that the burgarious
entrance into John Mohr's store on
Tuesday night can be directly traced
to two of the suspects at least.
There are several shantes UP above
this city along the railroad tracks
which have been empty for long time.
Reports came to Chief McAndrew on
Wednesday that in one of these aban-
doned houses a gang OF tramps had
been making their lodging. He inquired
what these men looked like and found
that one of them was red-headed and
another was dressed in a gray suit
with a drab felt hat The men seen
running away from Mohr's store on
Tuesday night by A. W. Reynolds an
swered this description. After mid
night yesterday morning the chief took
three of his men and stole up to the
shanty. There was no one there. but
there was much evidence on hand that
the place was occupied.
The chief and his officers settled
down to long wait:~ Shortly before
o'clock three men came strolling in and
the officers nabbed and searched them.
What was found could not be ascer-
tanned. While the officers We're busy
searching the prisoners, two more men
came along and We're about to enter
the house when they saw the police
men by the aid of the faint daylight.
They turned around and ran for the
track. The shanty is located up near
; Wilson Creek mine and stands OH a
high embankment The officers called
, on the fugtives to stop. Not needing
| the CALL two bullets were sent after
! them. Just then the pursued ones had
| reached the crest of the embankment
and it was too late to stop. They rolled
| over and over down the steep decline
| and on reaching the bottom picked
themselves up and bolted out of sight.
| The three prisoners had been left i'll
| charge of one of the officers. who calm
! ~ told them that if they tried to get
| away he wouldn't hesitate to shoot
When the officers returned after their
! fruitless chase they took the three nris-
! oners to the city Jail, where they were
| locked Ip. The redheaded man was
among the bunch, but the Gray-clad
| tramp was one of those who escaped
| During the day Officer Garden saw d
man on the street who answered his
| description and he arrested him. About
4 o'clock u youth of seventeen or elgh-
| teen. who was also suspected to be-
| long to the gang, was grabbed near the
| city building.
| There was a hearing given the first
! three yesterday morning by the mayor.
! Two of the men We're discharged, as no
one could be found to identify them.
| The rcd-headed man was committed
for thirty days and remanded back to
his cell in the city Jail. This illumin-
ated species of the hobo claimed to
be very sick and his claim is well sus-
| tanned. He was prostrated on his cell
mattress, and he was evidently in such
bad shape that it was decided to leave
him where he is unit! he is improved.
The red -headed man at the hearing be-
fore the mayor proved to be either very
ignorant or very diplomatiC. He said
he did not know who he was, nor where
he was born. nor the name of the last
town he visited nor how old he was.
His reticence kept him In Jail when his
/ two companions We're discharged.
The gray-clad man was identified last
evening by Il man who is somewhat of
a stranger himself. He said that the
. prisoners name was Henry Williams,
of Green Ridge, "a. good enough young
fellow. but he will go off on tears" "
The police. however, believe they have
the burglars. The prisoners friend
said that he had been all over town
trying to get a hearing for him, but
that no one would pay any attention to
him. If he can keep his patience bottled
up his desire will probably be sratitied
this morning.