The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-01-21
CONFESSION REGAL
LED BY Jumbo"
CroWley's Banishment.
Story as Printed In
The News at the Time
Reproduced - Sensa-
tional Statements That
Stirred the Community
and Are Not Forgotten.

The banishment of Jumbo" Grow
ley frc.l the city recalls the confes
sion made by Frank Castor who was
electrocuted about nine months ago
The statement as published in the
News at the time is reproduced as
follows:
Castor tells why the guns" as the
were protected in Canton. He says
that they paid saloonkecper of Can.
ton for immunity from arrest, and that
this gun joint was one of the most
famous in the country. The police lew
led the tribute, he says, and the sa-
loonkeeper collected II. Whether ~
went higher up" he does not pretend
20 know. What he does know. he says.
Is that when members of the gang were
suspected of crime the saloonkeeper
called in the police and 'hXed things,
All then went on as before. The fence
disposed OF the property. Castor and
his pals were not visited with pun
ishment
TELLS OF SALE OF DIAMONDS,
Canton, TO the women Of the town, by
q son OF an eN-oiiiclal, who peddled
them for tho fence" Ho says that
the police of Canton knew that he was
tiary of Michigan. that they knew he
was a crook, and that they permitted
him TO walk the streets, Just as they
Sc says, the man who runs the gun
Joint had fixed II for him.
II want you to let the people know
what has been going In Canton" he
said
CAMPAIGN AGAINST PALS,
Facing death. which seems not moro
than IS hours away Castor Is conduct
ing n campaign against those who, he
says, shared In his pronts as thiet
and then deserted him. lie talked rap
IDLY; yet for an hour he rocounted tales
that would III the pages OF police his
tory with some OF its rarest bits,
In the spring Of 1906 Plttsburg was
visited BY reign Of crime. In the East
End every night, some house was burg
lariZgd and some one robbed. a gang
was az work. Mr.. Piltt, a restaurant
Keeper was robbed. Others also. This
Is the only name Castor remembers, Tho
police we're powerless, Extra men were
detailed In that section OF town, but TO
no avail. The harvest OF ill-gotten gains
continued. The loot grew bigger. All
places where the goods could be sold
were watched but nothing came OF the
THAT gang was tho Canton gang,
The goods. went to Canton, where, cas-
tor says, II was handled by Jake Frall-
ey, the man who bought tho swas
From ali over tho country sparklers
came. Many OF them came from PITTS
burg and Cleveland. Al found their
wero handled by Frailey.. When the
Job came on In Cleveland, when tho
tray OF diamonds was stolen from "a
jeweler In the Arcade, Castor says Frail-
oy sent him 20 Cleveland 70 try ana
have them brought TO the Canton fence
for sale. The Canton gang did not know
who had pulled Off the Job. and as the
work was near TO their territory. Castor
was sent 10 bring the parties In, for
Frailey said that there should be some
sort of an understanding over the job.
In detail the condemned man told Of
the way In which the guns" squared |
so that they might work out from Can |
ton and not be disturbed by the police. |
SAYS CROWLEY RAN THE JOINT. |
"Jim." alias Jumbo" Crowley. ran |
the Ygun Joint" low saloon which was
the hang-out for the boys OF the road, |
We paid TO Crowley each one OF us, |
our bit for protection. That money went |
10 the police, 80 Crowley said, and l |
guess II did. for once when l was sus-
pected OF Job at a postoilice near /
Canton. and an unwiss copper made 1
talk about me. hustled back from |
Cleveland 10 Canton and Crowley s0nt /
for the cop. and he was brought in by |
another one. Crowley gave them an aw-
ful lalldown. and I was told that /
would not be molested. / never was.
I'VE paid for our protection. and I !
must say the police were a cheap lot. /
They were pikers.' and the guns knew