Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-27
SIX IN JAIL
ACCUSED OF
BURGLARIES
ONE WOMAN AND FIVE MEN
ARRESTED
TWO OF GANG CONFESS ROBBERY
OF wILLoUoH8Y HOTEL
Police Believe They Have Rounded Up
Dangerous Bunch Of Crooks
That Have Long Been
Operating Here

AS the result of a police campaign
against burglars five men and one
woman, who, according to the police,
constitute one Of the most daring ana
dangerous gangs that has ever worked
in this city, were arrested yesterday
morning by Detectives Murray and Nc
Namara. The prisoners were booked on
a charge of suspicion and their past
records will be investigated before they
are formally charged with burglary.
According to the police, the persons
arrested comprise the gang that Durg-
larized the Willoughby hotel and stole
over 1915 worth of goods from Mrs. r
r. Brown, who has apartments there.
The names of those arrested are Char,es
Carr. alias Chester Cook, alias Charles
curtis. who, the police records snow,
was convicted of robbing rooms at the
yVestlake hotel and sentenced to three
wears in Folsom in June, 1903; FRANK
lynch. alias Sully; George Frosn'
alias Doad Edwin Myers, alias MEN,
nish; A. w. Blodgett, alias Mason ana
Marie Scott.
The Scott woman has a room at the
Hotel chester. Her room was searched
nv the officers. In trunk IN the room
was found nearly all of the loot taken
from the apartments of Mrs. Brown at
the Willoughby hotel.
Loot Found in Trunk
Among the articles found in the trunk
were a sealskin coat, valuable Iur
collar. four skirts and numerous otner
articles that, 1t is alleged, were taken
on the night Mrs. Browns suite was
entered. =. A.
of clothing. SAID
NV the officers to have been taken from
several houses that were recently purg-
larized. -, l.. ho tho
leaders of the gang. The police say IL
was the former convict and his lleu-
tenant, Lynch, who planned the roo-
berry and assisted in carrying 1t out.
When arrested the men refused TO
ta1l, and appeared cool. On being
searched one of the leaders was foun1
TO have on his person numper Oh
articles of jewelry that, 1t is alleged
had been taken from the Brown apart
nents.
deserve much credit in their successful
efforts in running down the gang. They
were detailed to investigate only the
robbery of Mrs. Browns apartments
An employee of thai hotel told them
that he had seen a short man wearing
a sweater in the corridor of the motel
IN the night of the burglary. rms
man fine hotel porter said, did not be-
long to the place. The description
given them resulted in the arrest OF
Carr. who answered the description.
Each of the prisoners was taken to
the office of Capt. Flammer and ques-
toned closely. The woman claims she
bought the goods from the men. She
denied that she had the least knowl-
edge that the articles were stolen. She
also denied having any knowledge of
the burglary and states that the goods
were offered for sale to her ana she
bought them.
Declare They Confessed
According to the police, Carr and
lynch confessed to having committed
the robbery of the Willoughby hotel.
The officers say tn men were caught
with the goods and saw no way other
than to confess. The men denied nav
ing participated in any other burglary,
but the police believe the men are re-
sponsible for a number of thefts
All of the men were formerly en-
ployed in or about hotels. They were
"bellhops" or porters.
Carr and Lynch are smooth GUS
TONER'S" said the detectives. ''They
would not confess to having committed
any robberies but at the Willoughby
hotel. They were caught with the
goods and saw it was useless to deny
the charge.
I'VE are investigating other burglar
les which have been committed in Los
Angeles the last few weeks and believe
we will succeed in securing Information
to connect these men with the crime" y
The articles recovered by the detec-
tives filled several suitcases. Besides
the stolen goods, the officers secured a
Jimmy which is believed to have
been used to gain admittance to the
apartments of Mrs. Brown.
Marie Scott is known to have been a
frequenter of the Bismarck cafe. In
the event she can prove that she was
not connected with the burglary, or
that she did not know the goods were
stolen, it Is probable she will be charged
with vagrancy as the police claim that
she has no visible means of support.
All six will be held, however, until
further investigations are made.
The police are much elated over the
capture and believe much of the rob-
berry that has been going on in Los
Angeles will now cease.