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

Clinton, Nov. 11.-Six men who are
believed to be members of the once no
torous Burns gang of thieves and rob
bers. are inmates of the Clinton county
City. Iowa, Wednesday,. and wer.
brought to this city and locked up III
the county Jail to answer to the charge
Of the robbery of the Milwaukee depot
in Wheatland on the night of Novem-
Der 3. Preceding their arrest the six
men had participated In "A shooting
ARRAY in the railroad yards at Tami
in which. however. none was iniur-
ed.
What. James More, John CoWley
William Mills, George Ockelsen, and
James Murray. In all probability,
however, these names are assumed,
The fellows gave various residences.
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
robbtng private residences, holding up
citizens and making their name ter
ror generally In the central Iowa coml
nunitieS. or late years. however the
gang has been broken up. The where
dbouts OF Burns, the leader, is UNI
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 We're arrested they had in their
possession goods stolen from the
Wheatland depot last week. which ar
ticles they had endeavored to sell about
the town. Some OF the articles stolen
had been disposed Of the balance were
recovered, and will be restored to Car
son, Pric, Scott e Co. one OF whose
statesmen was the victim of the What
land robbery.
The Milwaukee company has beer
active in tracing down the thieves
since the night of the robbery. The
company mas Hdu several detectives at
work on the case.
The six men brought to the Clinton
county Jail Wednesday 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 iyards there. The authorities of
Tama We're 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-
oot 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 crawied 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.
oocketbooks and handbooks, towels.
black oyercoat and some other articles
making their escape with their haul
In the cash drawer they found but SO
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 1t was believed had been accom-
plished by tramps