Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-04-02
NOTED CROOK CAUGHT
Roxy Cannon, Professional
Hotel Burglar, in Jail
at Memphis.
SUPPOSED 7o4s TIE THIEF
WHO ROBBED RE-. SIMS
HERE LAST WEEK.
Old in the Business, Has Long String
of Aliases and Longer String
of Burglar Tools.
HOW HE WAS PICKED up

Mr.. r. E. Sims, the well known Lit,
tie Rock drummer, was the victim of
a robbery on a train coming to Pine
Bluff or while guest Of the Hotel
Trulock. The robbery was committed
during the street fair week while the
city was crowded with people, and the
crooks were also quite plentiful.
All the property stolen from Ny.
Sims was valuable and his loss aggre-
gates several hundred dollars. He de.
scrbes the articles stolen as follows:
One 14-carat open face stem-wind
and set gold watch, Waltham move.
ment
One 10-carat link gold chain
One thirty second degree double
eagle Masonic gold charm.
One money wallet, fair leather con.
tanning sci.
One Scottish Rite Masonic thirty
second degree patent and ease (black
leather).
;; One silver match box, engraved I'll,
C. W in monogram.
Mr.. Habner manager Of the Hotel
Trulock, contends that Mr.. Sims was
not robbed while guest of his hos
telry, as he had exercised great pre-
caution against thieves and pickpoek-
cts during street lair week. He and
the porters of the hotel were station
ed in the hall during the night MI.
Sims was robbed and he does not
think that thief could have run the
blockade. 1t is Mr.. Habner's opinion
that Mr. Sims was touched while on
the train coming to Pine Bluff. 1t was
late when his train reached here, and
he was drowsy and had been sleeping
on the train before he reached Pine
Bluff. Mr.. Sims, on the other hand,
asserts that he was robbed in the
hotel.
The police here made a careful in
vestigation OF the affair, but could
throw little light on the robbery. Mr..
Sims addressed communication to
Chief of Police Richards, Of Memphis.
Immediately after the discovery of the
robbery, giving him description of
sistance in the case The Memphis
police have had their eyes open for
the robber and Tuesday morning they
landed a man whom they think guilty
of the Pine Bluff robbery. The Mem
phis Scimitar of Tuesday evening Goa.
tains the following account of the ar
rest:
Opened Business in Memphis.
One OF the most notorious hotel
thieves that ever operated In this
country is no win custody of the local
police. He is r. II. Crawford alias
Walter Bent, alias frankie Fay. alias
Roxy Cannon. Sergt. Perry and Pa
trolman Price ARRESTED the veteran
criminal at 4 O'Clock this morning in
the cot room of the CASTOR hotel.
On his person was found pair of
delicately made pliers, for turning
key in lock, number of skeleton
keys and several pieces of valuable
jewelry. The pliers and keys were
secreted in a small bag under his left
arm.
The charge against Roxy Cannon,
the name by which he is extensively
known in police circles, is housebreak-
ing, an attempted larceny and carrying
burglars tools 1t is pretty we'll es
tablished fact, too. that he is the same
man that robbed guest of the Tru
lock hotel, Pine Bluff, Ark, on March
u, of cash and personal effects
to several hundred dollars
in value
Shortly before o'clock this morn
Ing j. S. Patterson, of Cincinnati, and <.
S. r. Tuggle, of Texas, superintendrZ
OF the Houston and Texas
who were occupr'
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