The Washington times., 1901-09-01
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Six Members of the Graveyard
Rangers Arrested.

| What the police of the Eighth precinct
| believe to be arrests of considerable i'm
| portance were made last night by Lieu
| tenant Jordan. Sergeant Hodges, and Po-
| licomen Norris and Mancosos, in the per-
| sons of six supposed veteran members Of
| the Graveyard Rangers, nearly all Of
whom have served time. The men caught
in the police dragnet last night are
Buck Hoover. a notorious thief, whose
picture now adorns the rogues' gallery;
Buck Cooper, Columbus Wilson, who
served time in Jail not long ago for hav-
ing seriously stabbed another member of
the gang at the corner OF Ninth and X
Streets northwest, Walter, alias Spider
Hurdle. who is known to nearly every
policeman in the city; Roger Caskey, and
Gaines Reardon-s alias George Rednon.
All of the above mentioned, the police
alleged, are tough characters, and origi-
nal members of1the gang. known as the
Graveyard Rangers" who several years
ago terrorized the northwestern section
of the city Hoover was arrested a num-
Der of years ago by Sergeant Sprinkle
and Detective Mcdonald. of the Eighth
precinct charged with highway robbery,
but was not convicted. He has, however,
served a term in penitentiary-
Late last night Policeman Norris re-
ceived information that members of the
Rangers were assembled in shed In
the rear of 1T35 Eighth Street northwest,
where the parents of Buck Hoover re-
side. Lieutenant Jordan. upon hearing
of this. decided at once to make the raid.
He had in his possession warrant for
both Hoover and Spider Hurdle, sworn
out by Policeman Carroll several months
ago but who for some reason had been
unable to apprehend them. Accordingly
Policeman Norris
went to the rear of the house while
Lieutenant Jordan and Mancosos watch
ed the front entrance.
Upon going to the front door the lieu
tenant was met by Hoover's mother, who
refused admittance until she saw the war
rant, which was produced. Even then
she denied vigorously that the prisoners
mentioned were in the house. The lieu
tenant refused to be thrown of the trail,
and forced his way into the room past
her. This so enraged the woman that
she made vicious attack upon the lieu
tenant hitting him in the face, and try
ing to impede his progress into the rear
yard by throwing herself in front OF him.
She was finally overpOwered by Man
cosos, but as soon released, scream
ed police" at the top of her voice, In
order to give the culprits an opportunity
to escape. Both policemen then made a
dash for the shed, and at the same time
Sergeant Hodges and Norris entered from
the rear. Corralled in the shed were the
six men, who were PLACED under arrest
SPIDER tfurule 10 escape,
but was prevented by Lieutenant Jordan,
who grabbed him by his coat and threw
him back into the shed A policeman was
despatched for the wagon and in the
meantime the enraged mother continued
TO abuse the lieutenant.
Shortly before the wagon arrived
Buck Hoover managed to slip past one
of the bluecoats and in a minute dashed
through the yard and into the house. Po-
liceman Norris, seeing the man escape,
started In pursuit and wild chase
through the house and into the street
ensued. Norris. owing TO his sprinting
abilities. finally landed the notorious
Buck near the corner of Tenth and r
Streets northwest. The prisoners were
taken to the stationhouse, where Hoover
and Cooper We're charged with disorderiy
assembly and the rest vagrancy.
The charges. it was stated at the sta
ton last night. are only preliminary,
however. as Headquarters will be notified
this morning in case the detectives should
want any of the accused for other crimes,
which is believed to be the case.