Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-05
GOOD CATCH IF BURGLARS E
 MADE
Local Officers Apprehend Two
 Men With Stolen Goods On Then-SmaIl Clue Lead to
 Successful Capture,

One ol the best pieces of detective work accomplished in Bisbee in many
 day was that Of yesterday when
 Deputy Sheriff "Bill'' White, aided by
 Officer Wilmoth took into custody two tough characters and caught them with the goods on them in the shape of several pieces of stolen wearing ap- parel and a pair of brass knuckIes in their possession. One of the men has given his name as Dan Johnson at the
 Victor. House where the two are known to have stopped for some time prior to yesterday To the officers he denies that he is the same man. but evidence is forthcoming to prove that
 he is none other than the roomer at
 the Victor House. The other of the
 pair refuses also to divulge his fame
 to the officers. Both are lodged in
 the branch county jail and a pile of clothing belonging to two SlavOnians
 who room in Upper Brewery Gulch
 bears mute testimony to the business
 of the captives. The owners of the clothing have identified it as their own
 and there remains litth douot that
 clear case will be proven against the
 two men ill jail.
 Yesterday about 1 o'clock. as Con-
 stable Wilmoth and Deputy Sherif
 White were standing in front Of the
 Barnaby building, two strange men'
 carrying an abnOrmaIly large bundle, appeared, hurrying in the direction of
 the railroad tracks. White called
 Wilmoth's attention to the pair and to- gether the officers gave chase. They overlook the suspects near the slag dump where they offered some little
 resistance, but were soon overpoWered and by the aid of twisters were safely lodged behind bars.
 In the possession of one Of the prts- oners, when search was made at the county jail, road tax receipt bearing the name of John Norwich was found 1 This gave the officers clue. Mor1- yicb is a miner employed at one Of the shafts of the Superior & Pfttsburg Co. He identified the clothing, consisting of two suits, two overcoats. shirts ana shoes. as the property of himself and | roommate. The clothing will be used as evidence against the men charged
 with burglary.
 The officers think that they have gathered in part of a bad gang that IS rtrying with all it's strength to get ffoothold in Bisbee. The 'burglarizing of the MoEivich room is not the only i theft that has come to the attention or : Bisbee's police force. and It IS not lm- probable that the officers. have taken ! in two bad ''yeggs7 who make pfac- 1 tice of loitering about town and finally getting away with more O.: less Of value through means of burglary. i That the men taken into custody vesterday are of a tough type or thieves was shown when they attempt ed resistance. and had it not been for the unequal battle given by the officers whc took advantage of them before the thieves were aware of the identity 1 of their eaptors. there is little doubt l that they would have brought into play the vicious "knucks which they | had in their possession.
 1 They will he arTaigned before Just l ice BuPdick at an early date and given fa chance to show how they happened 1 tc come into possession Of the stolen
 goods. The carrying of brass kHuckles makes them also liable to an equally serious charge and il is not impossible
 that they will he prosecuted On both the charge of burglary and carrying | concealed weapons.