Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
Arrests at Mason City Import
ant in Checking Thetts From
Railroad Company
ARE PLENTY OF WITNESSES
Arrest of Leader of Gang Which Has
Been Stealing From tho Iowa Gem
trail Causes Uneasiness Among Those
Who Have Been Receiving Stolen
Goods-Much Plumber Found.
Special to Times Republican.

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Mason City, July 19.--lowa Central
railway officials are endeavoring to
put stop to the habit of stealing
from the company or encouraging the
stealing of goods by the purchase of
them, and the raid of the officers who
rounded UP the leader of a gang OF
thieves yesterday. has created nerv-
Gus feeling in certain other circles. IL
the detectives have their way there
the cheap bargains they have made in
the line of shoes, groceries and wear
ing apparel and why they did not re-
port the same to the officers of the city
or county. One of the Iowa Central
detectives was in the city and caused
the arrest of man by the name of
Corby on the charge of receiving
stolen property The Iowa Central
has suffered severely from the depre-
dations of car thieves and they pur-
pose to divorce any of their employees
who show any sympathy with the
that company. This detective states
that the Iowa Central during the last
two months has lost between Eldora
and Albert Lea two tons of sugar stol-
en- in sacks from the cars of that
company. They purpose not only look
ing up the men suspected OF taking
sugar but the receivers of sugar and
other goods.
Sheriff Holdren and Chief Goodwin
We're endeavoring yesterday to find out
something of the antecedents of Har-
vey and Hagenson which ever may be
his right name But Harvey has no
past. He remembers nothing about his
past. Whether he has father or
mother living he refuses to tell. How
ever, the police believe that he has
done time and the detectives believe
that they have secured the king
pin of the crowd of car burglars and
the great amount of plumber discov-
cred will have the effect of stopping
further depredations for some time.
Harvey is An enigma. He came to
Mason City about year ago, purchas-
ed his house in which he has been OPP
Grating and made a good neighbor in
many trips with his team of ponies
mostly after night but did not arouse
any suspicion. He claimed to the po-
lice yesterday that the stuff he had in
his house and the stuff he had sold had
been purchased sometimes up in Min
nesota and sometimes near Mason City
and in Mason City but he did not know
the names Of the men selling the plum
der, what they looked like and ask
ed them no questions. Big Mike was
given the same kind of a try out but
didn't even know how long he had been
with Harvey.
The articles which were seized at the
Harvey house and at the other places
where Harvey had disposed of goods
Contained great assortment of every
thing. There was a purse of gold
coins dragged out from one of the
boxes in making the inventory. They
ev.6e ntly had been stolen by Harvey
or some Of his pals with the thought
that they were silver dollars or $40
gold pieces. The coins were mostly
copper of the cent denomination, and
some of them were ancient enough to
be valuable. There We're also copper
and nickel and metal pieces issued way
back in the seventies as trade checks,
some OF them on stores in Indiana and
Illinois One piece of furniture"
which attracted considerable atten-
ton was the masked cigar holder.
Whether that is the term used among
the cracksmen fraternity or not can
not be said, but the article in question
is a wooden case the shape of a cigar
large enough to enclose cigar with
air space about it. This case fitted an
ordinary cigar holder and had air holes
around the circumference, thus en-
the burglar to indulge in the
luxury of cigar at night without the
fire at the end of the Havana attract
ing any attention.
No other arrests have been made,
and it is not likely that any more will
follow this particular raid.