The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-29
GOODS WERE
IDENTIFIED
Police Believe They Have Per-
petrators of Many BurgIaries'
GOODS FROM FOUR STORES
Were Found in PoSs eSsion OF
Fred Able and ChaS. Irwin.
GOODS FROM FOUR ST0RE'

The police believe they have captured
the men who have been doing some
wholesale burglarizing in this city within
the past few weeks. and it is possible
that the men captured are the ones VINO
have been doing some OF the highway
robbery reported within the past few
days. Sunday the Eagle gave an account
of the capture OF Fred Able and Charles
Irwin. near the packing houses Aoie
was wanted for shooting Charles RENTERS,
at the Carey hotel. Yesterday warrant
was sworn out before County Attorney
Eckstein charging the men with breaking
into Howe's jewelry store, the Hun CLOTH
ing store, Sloans jewelry store, and
Wolfburg's secondhand store. and the
officers have some strong evidence against
the two men. AS yet the officers have
been unable to find evidence that would
impIicate the two men in the robbery Of
KIeins jewelry store and Wolfburg's shoe
store. but these robberies were executed
in almost the same manner as the others
and the officers believe that Able and
Irwin did the jobs.
Yesterday the police took some Of the
clothing, watches, rings and trinkets
found on the men to the stores robbed,
and the articles were positively identified
Yesterday morning when the two men
were taken to the county jail pair OF
trousers were taken from Able and were
positively identified by the employees OF
the Hub clothing store as some OF the
clothing stolen from the store ten days
ago. The thieves secured the clothing by
breaking in a rear window and pulling
the articles out through the iron bars over
the window.
Two watches and some rings were taken
to Howe's jewelry store and the identilica-
ton was positive. The thieves broke the
big plate glass window on the east side
of the jewelry store and took the jewelry
out of the trays in the windows The
articles were not worth a great deal as
the finest watches and rings were in 4
safe in the store, and only the poorer
quality of goods was left in the window.
Some rings were Identified as stolen
from SIoan's jewelry store. The thieves
secured these in almost the same manner
as at Howes store. by breaking a corner
OF the window.
Two revolvers were among the booty
secured from the burglary of Wolfburg' :
second-ha store, and the proprietor
yesterday was positive in his identification
Of the weapons found on the men as the
ones taken from his store
Kleins jewelry store was burglarized
about the same time as HOwe's, and in
the same manner. but the officers have
as yet been unable 10 find any articles in
the effects OF either man which could be
identified by Mr.. Klein or any OF his
clerks
Evidence against a highway robber Is
hard to find. as the booty in such cases
always consists OF money, and this very
seldom can be identified, and the victim
OF the robbers is usually SO badly scared
that he is unable 10 furnish description
of the men or identify them when cap
tured The police believe that ii is barely
possible that these are the men who
held UP Motorneer Cradle, at the loop on
the West Side. two weeks ago, and col
ored man near the packing houses. The
police have no evidence that would i'm
pIicate these two men in either of these
robberies
For three or four weeks this city has
been the scene Of a considerable number
OF burgiaries and robberies, and none
could tell when they would be visited.
The police believe that this wholesale
robbing is at an end for time, at least.
as they are positive they have the right
men behind the bars.