Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-29
LONG AND SHORT
MAN ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES DETECTIVES
CATCH FoOTPADS
stolen Watch In Prisoners Pocket
and Booty In House Cause Prs-
oners to Break Down--Lone
Beach ReIoces

Charles Smith and II. Magee, reputed
to be the long and short men" of Long
Beach, we're arrested yesterday after
noon by Detectives IIosck and ziegler
and locked up in the central station,
charged with highway robbery.
The men later confessed to having
held up two pedestrians Thursday
night, another in Long Beach Tuesday
night, and still another at Alamitos
Bay Wednesday night.
In another cell at the city jail was
little Willie Magee, thirteen years old,
and brother of H. Magee.
Willie was arrested for burglary, and
like his older brother, confessed his
crimes. He admitted having burglar
lied three residences on Boyle HeightS.
La ter Willie was sent to the detention
home. He probably will be committed
to Whittier, as the burglaries are not
his first offense.
Smith and the elder Magee seem to
have found the hold up game more ex-
citing than profitable According to
their confession to the police they held
up Harry d. Moore, a Long Beach real
estate man, last Tuesday night and re-
lie0ed him of gold watch and few
dollars. This was their best haul.
steal Officers Pistol
man at Alamitos Bay, who was made
to surrender his fine new six-shooter
and two stars, one indicating his police
service and the other proclaiming him
a game warden. This merry little joke
never was reported to the local police,
and they knew nothing of it officially
until Smith and Magee related the in
cident to them last evening. The Her
aid, however, printed the story.
Third on the list was G.. w Owen
1919 Pleasant avenue. who was held up
near his home and relieved of SO or $4
Soon afterwards the highwayman
stopped w. j. Lehman as he was walk
ing along Bailey stret, near Michigan
avenue. Mr.. Lehman was on his way
to his home, 721 Bailey street, and
made no resistance when he was held
UP. He declined, however, to make a
noise like a national bank, even for
the benefit of the robbers, and the only
thing they got from him was fifty
cents in small change
Caught in PooIroom
When Smith and Magee were ar
rested in a poolroom over the Grand
opera house the watch, stolen from
Harry D. Moore of Long Beach, was
found In Magee'S pocket. Later
search In the vicinity of Magee's home,
153 Gless street, revealed two burglars
JlmmleS, TWO reVolVerS and num-
Der of cartridges concealed In a shed
i'm the rear Of the house. Confronted
with these proofs both men broke
down and confessed everything.
Willie Magee came to grief through
carrying with him a bunch OF skeleton
keys which he used successfully to gain
ingress to houses, the occupants of
which were away at the time. These
keys were seen and Willie was ar
rested, subsequently admitting the
theft Of all the booty.
The crimes of which Willie Is adj
mittedly guilty were the following bur-
glarles committed on the afternoon Of
September 25; Home of r. L. FIem-
ing, I'll North Cummings street, SO and
ladys satchel taken; home of Miguel
Madrigal, PSI Utah street, $13 taken
from purse home of A. 10 Mitchell, 3O1
Gless street, 81, a gold bracelet, two
gold rings and the convicting bunch of
keys.
Willie is said to be we'll Versed in the
ethics of modern crime and these rob-
berries are not his first introduction to
the Los Angeles police department.
He has been sent to the detention
home on several occasions, and was
yesterday returned to that place.
1t is thought probable he will be sent
to the reform school at Whittier to re-
main until he is 81.