Arizona republican., 1909-12-25
CANS OF CROOKS
 IS ROUNDED UP
SIX BAD MEN CAPTURED BY CITY
 POLICE.
Two Ranchmen Get Mixed up in a
 Little Game, of Casino.

Five men, who are generally sup posed to be all-around crooks and who may be responsible for one or more of the recent depredations committed on private property. have been placed under arrest within the last forty eight hours. Four of them. T. E. Boyd. T.. F. Higgins, Andrew H. Collins. and Andrew Williams. arc in the city jail: the fifth. a man named O'Brien. is in the county.
 Higgins is the only one of the five against whom the police have defi- mite charge. This man has confessed to the robbery of two men who came into the city Wednesday night and got into game of cards at the Washing ton saloon. The men arc farmers. liv- ing a little way out of Phoenix. They were foolish enough to engage in a game of casino with a stranger. Late at night when they were about to look for lojging. another man who shad been watching the game. accompanied them. This man was Higgins and the one with whom the game was played was a pal named Boyd. Higgins took the men under his charge and started down the street. One of the men had displayed a large rooll of bills and 1t is quite evident that an organized gang was after that wad.
 The party got as far as the Commer- cial corral when man with his hat down over his eyes and looking very fierce stopped them.
 "I am a police officer he said You md rlt under arrest"
 Higgins submitted meekly to arrest but the others dcmurred.
 The ranchmen did not believe he was an officer The pretended policeman then said. "I will tell you how we can fix 1t. boys Beach of YOU give me S2. 50 and will let you go"
 The manchmeu told him to get out and went on down the street. while Higgins delayed to speak to the "of : ficer." The ranchmen were not going to he held up by any such transparent game as that Higgins joined them down the street and all three went 10 T lodging house op West Adams street between Second and Third avenues. Higgins got second story room while the ranchmcn were on the first floor. The man who carried the roll of bills tucked it in his sock and went to bed without taking them off To this pre- caution is due the fact that he still has his money When the pair awoke in the morning all their small change amounting to about S3 and watch. were gone Higgins had disappeared.
 The pair then went out tn buy new watch to replace the one lost. At N. E'riedman's thcy were shown watch that looked so much lik" the lost one that it brought tears to the eyes or its owner He bought the watch.
 Higgins had been making the rounds with his jewelry. He went to Frcnch's and tried to sell ring there. He was still dickering about the ring when Marshal Moore, who had been apprised of his visit. appeared and placed him under arrest. Higgins finally admitted to the marshal that he had robbed the ranchmen and sold the watch. He de- scribed one of his pals and two officers were sent out and soon brought in O'Brien. This man was taken at once to the county jail as there was no room | empty, was found in his pocket. It Is probable that when he was arrested the gun was loaded: a any rate. he was caught some time later trying to dis pose of the cartridges.
 The marshal then went back to the Washington saloon and soon caught Boyd. the card sharp. who happened to drop in. John Harrison. cripple. who is supposed to be a sort of look-ont for the gang. was arrested by Connors and Gaskin Thursday night, and two more. Collins and Williams. were caught by the marshal as they were trying to communicate with their friends in jail They were looking in the jail windows to see what they could do for Higgins when they were arrested.
 When Collins and Williams were searched it was found that they were regular jewclry Stores. They carried an enormous amount of cheap jewelry set with paste diamonds in their clothes.
 Higgins win he charged with robbery and O'Brien with the carrying of con cealed weapons. There are no definite charges against the other men as yet though some may deveolp before long.
 This round up of the crooks should have a beneficial influence on other bad men who are making their home in Phoenix There have been a number of lesser burgiaries and thefts in the city of late but it is the marshars in- tention to show these men that Phoe- nix is not healthy place for criminals.