The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-09
THIEVES GET BUSY
FRED HILL IS TAKEN WITH
GOODS AT LAPAZ. HIS AC-
COMPLICE JESSE HAYES,
HAS FLOWN.

Robbers gained entrance to the
Phoenix Cigar store. on Laporte
street, owned by Charles Nc
Laughlin. presumably late Sunda'
night, and departed with $55 =
cash, besides a couple of valuab'e
pipes The theft was not discover d
until Monday morning. 1t was then
found that the thief or thieves en-
tered by one of the round windows
in the west end of the building. These
windows were closed but not locked
Scratches on the bricks, and on the
cue racks inside of the building
proved the manner of entrance and
egress.
Only about $4.OO in change, of the
money stolen was in the registar. The
remainder was contained in a sack,
which was deposited in small secret
drawer under the counter and sup
posedly known onlv to the clerks.
1t had been customary for Mr.. Nc
Laughlin to leave about this amount
of money in the store. all OF rhe time
Fred Hill, the notorious Marshall
county thief, has been captured with
half of the Phoenix robbery booty
on his person. He has confessed to
the theft, but tries to put the bl1me
on Jesse Hayes, anothe- disreputable
character, who has been in this city
sor some time
The morning after the PhoenfS
cigar store vas burglarized, Police
man Daniel Iacoby, knowing that
these two characters had been loafing
around the bowling alley and opera
house of late, ut once suspected them
"a the theft Upon investigation ne
found that both were missing from,
fhe city Officials at South Bend
and he surrounding towns wert 1ot-
fled to watch for them. Later it was
learned by telephone that character
answering TO the description of Hill
was at Lapaz Chas. Mclaughlin
and Constable Chas. Miles, immedi-
ately drove to Lapaz and found Hill
at the Sherland hotel in that town
He had s24 80 on his person, and
was smoking one of Mack's $2.5O
pipes He owned up 70 the theft al
once and told how the deed was done
Hill said. that Jesse Hayes had beer
sleeping at Rockhilrs livery barn
Sunday night Hill stayed with him
Late in the night Hayes left the barn
went into the opera house and Sc
} cured ladder with which he gained
ladmittance into the cigar store
Through one of the small windows in
tthe west end of the building. After
Isecuring the money Hayes came &c
the livery barn and divided the
money with Hill. HILL says that thi:
division was made before Lester
Plummer who was employed ct the
/ barn Hayes then took the $50 q
m Penna. train east, expecting tC
change cars at Warsaw, enroutc to
Hrean, Mich. where he has two
fbrothers Hill walked to Lapaz Mon
day morning and was about TO take
the evening train TO South Bend
Young Plummer says that both
Hill and Hayes stadd at the barr
Sunday night. that they might have
left about midnight. they were both
, there at 800 a. IN He denies thai
any money was divided in his pres
ence.
Hill has been placed in Jail, and ef-
forts are being made to capture
Hayes.
This robbery is only a fulhllmen
of what has been expected by man,
residents OF this city II shows the
weakness of oar police protection. L
is only luckily that the theft lid no
amount to a larger sum. Further
more it has been said by many tina
II would be a difficult task to find {
policeman on the streets after Il
O'Clock, and an impossibility after
4:3O a. m.