Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-11
Six Suspected observation-disclosures
Now Inmates of the Clinton
County Jail
HAD GOODS in POSSESSION
They Had Been Stolen From the Depot
at Wheatiand Last Week-petaiIs Of
That Robbery-Arrests Made at
Tama city-Were Preceded by
Shooting ARRAY.

Clinton, Nov. 11.-Six men who are
torious Burns gang of thieves and rob-
bers are inmates of the Clinton county
Jail. The men were arrested at Tama
City. Iowa, Wednesday. and wer.
brought to this city and locked up IA,
the county Jail to answer to the charge
of the robbery of the Milwaukee depot
in Wheatland on the night of Novem-
Der 2. Preceding their arrest the six
men had participated In a shooting
ARRAY in the railroad yards at Tama
in which. however. none was iniur-
ed.
The men give the names of George
What, James More, John Cowley.
James Murray. lii all probability,
however. these names are assumed.
The fellows gave various residences.
A few years ago the Burns gang
operated extensively between Perry
and Stanwood, robbing the depots of
the Milwaukee and Northwestern fire.
quently and occasionally entering and
robbing private residences, holding up
citizens and making their name a ter
ror generally in the central Iowa conf
munities. OF late years. however, the
gang has been broken up. The where
abouts of Burns, the leader, is un.
known. and 1t is thought that the six
men who were arrested In Tama We'd
nesday and brought to this city for
trial are the last Of the gang.
The authorities believe they have
clear case against the six men brought
to Clinton by the sheriff OF Tama coun-
ty Wednesday evening. When the fell
lows were arrested they had In their
possession goods stolen from the
Wheatland depot last week. which ar.
ticles they had erdeavored to sell about
the town. Some Of the articles stolea
had been disposed of, the balance were
recovered, and will be restored to Car
son, Prize, Scott & Co., one of whose
statesmen was the victim of the What
land robbery.
The Milwaukee, company has been
active In tracing down the thieves
since the night of the robbery. The
company has had several detectives at
work on the case.
The six men brought to the Clinton
county Jail Wednes day night will have
their preliminary hearings before Po-
lice Judge j. E. Fink. The charges of
breaking and entering and robbery
have been preferred against the men.
The fellows are tough looking char
acters. At Tama Wednesday they had
been drinking heavily, and drunken
brawl preceded their arrest in the rail-
road yards there. The authorities of
lama were notified of the presence of
the gang in the yards. and gathered
them In. The stolen goods found in
their possession have been forwarded
to the Clinton county authorities.
The details of the robbery of the de-
pot at Wheatland will be recalled. The
thieves in some manner secured key
to the waiting room. Entering the
apartment they broke the glass of the
ticket window, and crawled thru into
the Office where some sample cases of
a Chicago salesman had been left.
They opened the cases and stole about
thirty lace curtains two dozen of Ia
lies gloves. some ladies' neckwea,
pocketboolss and handbooks, towels.
black overcoat ard some other articles
making their escape with their haul
In the cash drawer they found but 80
cents. This small sum they annexed
before leaving the depot. Cards were
at once sent out to various cities In
this section, telling of the robbery
which it was believed had been accom-
plished by tramps.