Arizona republican., 1902-06-06
B5D BOYS IN TROUBLE
Burglsrious Operations of Gang ef
 Incorrigibles.

Officers Kinney and Russell have placed themselves ill touch with annth- CT sang of bad boys. wiio hava i:.ea , systematically eoaduetiag 8 S-,ies e.. burslarious enterprises W-t1 ouitc :Io- table success in ina:lcial way. Th,l.. are new about eight a- them o,. t.. H., ana las5 ele..5::s. To,;i. Of them v..a n the city jail. T,,e others prohaoiy <co-A will be.
 Wednesday .. D. Horning. who cen ducts . .eed store at the Luhrs coI1';-i. corner or Center and Jefferson Streets. complained t0 the p5i:"e that s-.Ia.- '.-r had entered his Pla~- and stolen -s n-il- de Of ..cv. grain seeks. Inquiry f-.-Il.J- ed in the Knowledge that a boy y.iti 5 checke"ed c.Y i3ac been see.i arnu'!i there. Ben Mcfarland was iie1riii-i as the boy w5sl' the chackere1 '.,p ahd the conclusion V&= arrived at thS H-Hre quickly for me reason that Ecl has hither1u made t3e acquaintance oi t'sr officers in an official way He was Ja .-- en to the city jail ana put thr"IS.l q course Oi questioning. in which i,e de nied having stolen any sacks from NJ. Ecrnins, but said he had stolen sC"te from the Arctic I-e \ orl,s c1d f.-ns Lauver's barn H. thcI revc4is.j ;hc identity of some other .?oys who night have taEec sac.-s from Mr. toTn5rG' 5 place. as they had appr;sed him If uc.l- er ro5oeries they had con'mitted. SCc1 after young DeEaud and two .ieli"}n hoys named EisteVan and Julio A,j.'--i-, were jailed. They were closely slU"s- tionei and in turn talked iuently lS- -arding Beu's operations. bUt had i tie 10 say about themselves. Among the other boys given away by those dr. rested were Clarence Wousnum Inc two Ralnbo boys. ard LceiIsy Neaie-
 After they Ead all f:cen given 2 2 ":.- portunity 70 t2iiz freely. and their slc- ries had been verified by visits to 5o-.c of the places robbed. q paltia! r.=J cl their operations vas summarized s;e follows:
 The most sl-l!fill p.ece Of Wc--- V.a- at Walter tEiIi's warehouse. where h, lads had tu.noied under tn brirs: ,-9i- and gaining an cAtraace had Lt T away . consider ;bie lllantity O. fiuI;e and = grain sacks which had been SD l. Then came the thef5 cl the sacks a- A.r Mornings I-auver's stable seemed 1c be easy: they went there freQu5 nt!.- or when they couldn't G2d q ba..e- place for operations. Grain saczs seemed to be their speciality. 2s hey were readily converted into cash at t.li= season of the year.
 Ben told O. TWO incidents which had been related by the other boys, of hc.. they had entered TWO houses that tap- pened 10 be left without an occ;12a :t for the time being. and that in ea.n i;-- stance they secured $- in cash. Che oi the houses is in the southern r2"t ci the city.
 On arother occasion. some of trt boys while sfroilins down the alley il the rear O. George LcginG's residence on West Washington street. say. A Si- Smith ( Wessou revolver hanging ia :; scabbard near t.ie back door Thos managed to get nold of the weapon ...@ buried it for q fa-v days or the bank nj the canal and after they deciGad j would be safe they dug it up and sc;G ii at T. Nilso-'s second hand store fol fifty cents.
 The rooms of Nr. and Mrs. Mosisr. iT the Doris theate~. were entered r@- gently ana 2 watch and some Gnou-s were taken White there Is no cvidsacs yet connecting these boys with u. crime. it is believed they are guilty. @.