The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-26
POLICE BELIEVE
THEY HAVE
CAUGHT THIEF
Officers Arrest John, Lucas on
Larceny Charge
DISCOVERY OF A WATCH
Leads TO the Arrest, So the
Police State.
FIND BURGLARS TOOLS
In Rooms on North Main
Street Occupied by John Lucas
DISCOVERY OF A WATCH
FIND BURGLARS TOOLS

John Lucas Ccolored) was arrested b.
the police yesterday At noon or rhs charge
OF grand larceny
You may tel TIE people" said Chief
Burt when asked about the man THAT
they can sleep easy row because we be-
-sYe this Is the man who has been dong
al tAis blrgiarizing for the rast thrss or
1our months. lFe have worked 10 q case
against chls man that i believe 9-iI con-
Fle- nun He sold watch stolen from
TIE nome CT DR.. scott Oh North -rrr-is
avenue about tw0 weeks a-1 70 Gesz cas-
ant the jeWeler last Friday. lie went
lncer the name II John Thomas ana sold
q Natcn worth more tlau rff-- dollars rr-
twenty coilars. There we cor The fr-r -f-a
% the th-ef- 1Ir. Gallant was able +- rs-A
Us l-sr-class description ~ the man End
s. we oegan 60 hum ard drzllv located
TINS man Lucas He has been sert=-1
es the man who sold the watch and il
-aeI gas confessed 20 selling 70. bar az
man
Then We put the officers an his +~-u
ana found MS room and there fond 4 h+1
punch of keys, d Jimmy and a biz se~=w
ollFed- he is big man and VIZ measures
rs tracks and compared them with tracks
Iol11 V1eer houses have been robbed s-r
tney correspond. II is almost a cf--r
1aat Ya have the man who has been re--
----s l-e people o- rl-s city for the
past two months'
ror more than two months -he~e hsvs
been almost as many burE-arfas as fbs-a
are days II none cf these did thu -riaq
ser lauch except In the one Of lIr. 1-r-a--s
Nnen ne goc diamond ar1 the cre o.
II. ScolI when De goc a watch AT 1fr
~ --- 5 nome on waco avenue he zrt
ne largest SUM- ~ money. about afrr-
collars Through ali his 5a1rela-.o0g Ia
Le4r time he has not stolen more than
my 1o--ars The police I'D not have The
ieasr Idea who the man was They watch
"a every place where thieves f-ee-e--
ouE not q 5rrglar appeared Tnev watch
"a every man in the city who seemed s-
ne least suspicious bur not unt1 Ias-
fr.o3F did they md tha least clue 10 the
man who was d0in gthe work
MIS- preston saw man. She said he
was cotoral and very lar-e f--rr-~ 7~F
MS footprints showed that DE -r-r- -r---
no shoe Dr. Mccoy say him b-+
Only Tor an instant The doctor said r-
vas big man and negro ETe could rot
describe him further than tll7 There --a
q socc many big negroes IL this CITY, r--
al seemed to De working people and above
suspicion John Lucas has rf.-eF IA +rf-
CITY the greater part OF fifteen years and
has been steadily az work the greater mart
~ TINS time and not until Friday was de
suspicio1ed.
II John Lucas had rot sold that watch
IN this city. s1if Chief Bur-" be couf7
have gone ol roba.1E people and 7ra would
not have s-spici1ned him
tne selling e THAR rratch wes -re mans
coFnta-l n be is rle ri-ht man Af---
cisposirE - the watch John Lucas r-r+
town ard did not appear again until crr
uaF morning when he attempted ta steal
some arles rroD r-e -.---lrrrrs
i'ruE company 1r5 was oar-r- I-- r7-- --t
Pc police ala nor krcvn until Yesterday
Nnere be lived The- another negro e-f7
he was living wIth some woman "a q nom
80 80 North Main street. CHEZ P--t ard
p a. Stevens went - the t-rdi1z ana
the man was arrested ana taken - tra
station. "a thar time he C.z r1- Know
what was wanted ne him.
Two detectives were cent u search TIE
rooms end thsre they found che Jimmy
and sCTsw driver and TIE Bunch ~ KEYS
and also -0od psir az shoes thar --ee--
ured The same rs those worn hv IRE rr---
Jar cher brr- was sitting q his oeH-e
talsllng 10 John L--as when some ono
telepho1e8 i7 th1t trov HAD f--rf the
iools ~ r1e oursllr i7 his rooms r-f--
10 the nes-o CHIEF Burt salf -ror~ rs.
stun on we have found your -a--
ne accused man 0lL nos ss- q word end
Seemed as ~ faint "ni Pc SAG r2n 81
MS chair tor several minutes
T6e officers continued Che search "a
several minutes and tter Began question .
Ing the woman q AIRS 1L- S r~z-
nowledge5 rh-r rhe Jimmy se-a-. s-.,---
and KEYS belonged Co The man tie 1H-e-s