The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
JAKE LOEB IN JAIL
FORMER MoNTooMERIAN AC
 CUSED OF BURGLARY.
Birmingham Police Charge Well Known Man of Leading Gang of Negroes Into Crimes.
 Property Recovered Here.

Detective Patton of the Birmingham police department, and Mir. Matthews of the Birmingham Buggy Company. came to Montgomery last night to secure evi- dence against Jake Loeb. formerly a Montgomery saloon keeper. who was are rested yesterday in Birmingham on charges of burglary and grand larceny, and buying and receiving stolen prop erty.
 Loeb, it will be remembered. for a num- Der of years conducted a saloon for me- groes on Monroe Street and leter a sa- loon at the corner of Bell and Holt Streets. About six months ago he sold his business here and moved to Birming- ham, where he opened the Montgomery Saloon.
 He is charged with having headed a gang of negroes who have made repeated depredations on the Birmingham Buggy Company. the stolen goods having been shipped away from that city.
 Yesterday a trunk of goods was ship ped from Birmingham, which the Bir- mingham police thought to be some stolen harness. They at once notified Policce Chief A. s. Gerald of Montgomery, who intercepted the trunk. It contained four sets of harness, which Mfr. Matthews Identified as the property of the Bir- mingham Buggy Company:
 Detective Patton and Mir. Matthews will leave today for Birmingham.
 The Birmingham News of yesterday had the following account of the arrest and robbery:
 Jacob Loeb a member of the firm op erating the Montgomery bar on Eigh- teenth Street between First and Second Avenues. was arrested this morning at l0:So o'clock on charges of burglary and grand larceny and buying. receiving and concealing stolen property. He was ar- rested by Police Detectives Robert Pat ton. Bodeker and Hamilton and Lieu tenant Hagood. Loeb was locked up in the city prison, his bond in each case be- ing fixed at $2.5oo by Judge Feagin of the police court
 This morning Detective Patton received a telephone message from Chief of Po- lice Gerald of Montgomery, stating that a trunk had been intercepted with several sets of harness fin it. This is all want said the officer. and went straightway to the saloon of Loeb and placed him under arrest.
 Tt is alleged that Loeb Is connected with the burglary of. the Birmingham Buggy Company on Seventeenth Street ana Second Avenue, which has been en- tered three times in the past month or so. In all little less than q 900 worth or harness, lap robes, whips and cash mas been stolen from the company.
 Two large boxes of harness thai had just been received and not opened were stolen in the second burglary About a week ago the~ company lost $I75 worth or lap robes, harness and buggy whips. It has been the greatest problem for the police detectives in years as such repeat ed hauls were making telling inroads on the stock of the concern,
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 the case for several weeks on the theory that single white man was using a gang of negroes to perform the robberies, the the booty of which was sold to him. This man must have shipped the goods out of the city. it was held, as every effort of the police failed to find a trace of t%e bulky quantities of harness and robes anywhere in Birmingham. The freight and express offices have. been carefully watched. Nothing suspicious was noted until few days ago a runk was sent as baggage by a party of this city.
 Investigation proved, it is alleged, that this trunk contained several sets of har- ness well packed and was checked to Montgomery. Officer Patton wired Chief Gerald of the latter city advising of the suspected trunk. The trunk was inter- cepted and examined. He telephoned the local police this morning that the party iOSCiNAhS tiic udBBdbS Cthlt0Su tHAJ JacOD Loeb sent it. Then 1t was that the arrest of Loeb was made. He denies any knowl- edge of the series of burglaries.
 "Officef Patton will leave this after noon for Montgomery to take charge of the trunk and contents. He will return with theF and seek to identify the har- ness as the booty taken from the buggy company. The police state that they have already apprehended several members of hA al kA by Loeb.
 The burglaries and safe opening of the Birmingham Buggy Company had caused so great a loss that special watchman had been hired by the com pany and adjacent establishments to pa- trol the premises.
 Loeb had not made bond this after noon and was still in jail. He is reticent except plain denial of any complicity whatever In the alleged burgIaries. The law firm of Gaston & stallings has been retained to defend him."