The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-25
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE THINK Of
FlCERS HAVE NABBED A
PORCH CLIMBER
CHARLES CLARK, ALIAS
CAD WILSON, is HIS NAME
Is Arrested in Company With Wom-
an Claiming to Be His Wife, in
Whose Possession JeweIry Was
Found Resembling That Stolen
From Mrs. Thomas Lowry.

Charles Clark, alias "Cad" Wilson,
the mulatto sneak thief captured in
Kansas City yesterday in company
with a woman claiming to be his wife,
is believed by the Minneapolis police
to be responsible for most of the porch
climbing depredations that have oc-
CURED in this city recently.
The woman is said to be known to
the Chicago police as Helen Marr, a
shoplifter of some distinction, whose
operations have been confined to the
smaller towns of the country, as a
rule, but whose headquarters are in
Chicago.
Clark and the woman are believed to
have been responsible for the recent
robberies at the Pillsbury and Lowry
residences, and, it is said, in dispatch
es from Kansas City received last
night, that some of the jeWelry found
in the woman'S possession will prove
to be undoubtedly that of Mrs. Lowry.
There are distin gushing marks upon
it which render Identification easy.
1t is believed, though the Minneapo-
lis police are very reticent, that
Clark's arrest was brought about
largely through information furnished
by colored men who met the man dur
ing his stay in Minneapolis and were
unable to account for his lavish eX-
penditures.
Wore Loud Togs.
Clark was a smart dresser. In his
daylight peregrinations he wore a light
checked vest, a heavy brown checked
suit Of homespun and the latest pat
tern Derby. He frequented the re-
sorts of colored people and attracted
some attention by his free-handed
generosity.
The Minneapolis police insist that
there was another colored man in the
gang that operated in that city, and
they claim to have pretty definite
knowledge of the third persons where
abouts. 1t is said that when the Clark
outfit took alarm and flew the town,
the third party to the combination
went East. According to all infOrma-
ton obtairable the detectives watched
Clark and the woman for two days
without finding them engaged In any
thing suspicious. On the third day
the pair disappeared and were lost
sight of until a general notification
asking for their arrest resulted in their
being picked up at Kansas City.
Waite Has His Hopes.
Chief Waite, of the Minneapolis de-
Dartment. is very reticent on the sub
ject of the arrest. He admits that the
Clarks are the principal Offenders in
all probability, so 1af as recent porCH-
climbing operations are concerned, but
CONVEYS the impression that other
captures of almost equal Importance
are to be expected shortly.
Last night the police began an in
vestigation of Minneapolis pawnshops
by the aid of pawn ticket numbers tel
egraphed from Kansas City. Clark
had in his possession when captured
nearly fifty pawn tickets about half OF
them representing property disposed
OF in Minneapolis, and the remainder
pledges made in Chicago. Nothing
could be discovered last night as to
what the pawnshop investigation de-
veloped.
The Clark woman had a trunk con-
tanning all sorts of womens new cloth
ing, silk waists, silk underclothing and
lingerie of every description. The
prisoners will be returned to Mime
apclis Immediately.