Arizona republican., 1909-03-16
.BURGLARs CAPTURED
AFTER 80 MILE CHASE
THIEVES WHO ROBBED HAM
BURGERS SHOP IN JAIL
An Important Clue Was a Copy of
Z The Republican Containing an
Account Of the Burglary.

After a chase of eighty miles, par
of the way by automobile and tn,
rest on horseback, across the desert
the two men who robbed the tailor
shop of II. Hamburger at 313 West
Washington street Friday night, were
captured at midnight Sunday by Of
ficer Charles McGarr of the day po-
lice force. and Deputy Sheriffs jeff
Adams and Theodore OLea. The
men, whose descriptions were pub
lished in an exclusive account of the
burglary. are William McCray and
Ernest Harmon.
The men were found sleeping in a
hut built of railway ties about four
miles south of Morristown. One of
them was lying outside by the fire
and he was captured without diff
Guilty. The other, who had in his
hip pocket the automatic Colt re-
volver stolen among other articles
from the store, was ordered to back
out of the shack, which he did. A
third hobo. who had been picked up
by the pair, was not arrested.
One of the odd features of the case
was the finding in the desert copy
of The Republican of Sunday with
the article describing the burglary,
torn out. II proved one of the use
full clues in the trail and told the
officers plainly that the scent was
still hot The men walked as far as
the water tank on the Aqua Fria and
then took the train, purchasing tick
cts for Morristown. When the news
boy came through with Republicans
they bought one and the conductor
noticed the excitement OF the pair
as they read the account Of the burg
larry and saw their names mentioned
as suspects. After this fright they
changed their plans at once and
jumped from the train at the first
station, which was Beardsley. Word
was sent to the sheriff's office by
the conductor and the tank tender,
both of whom were suspicious Of the
men. OLea and Adams procured an
automobile and asked Marshal Moore
to send McGarr along. as that Off
Ger had seen the men on the streets
the night Of the burglary.
The posse started out Sunday
morning in pursuit. Their first mis-
hap was at Six Points where a tire
exploded while crossing the bridge
anu SHghtS NtEt bIOhtu
one of the wheels The accident was
the result of an attempt to keep
from running down a woman who
ran out in front Of the car. The
machine was SO badly injured that
word was sent to Phoenix for anoth-
er car, but when that one arrived il
was found unfit for the trip, so the
first was repaired and a new tire
fitted on. An hour and a half was
lost in this operation.
At the water tank the officers We're
given a description of the men who
had boarded the train there and
knew at once they were on the right
trail. One of the men, McCray, wore
n brown derby hat and pointed shoes
and the other was heavy set with
two front teeth missing. At Boards
ley they learned that the men had
left the train and taken to the
desert
Tracks leading to the White Tank
were followed, the sharp
pointed footsteps of McCray stand
ing out in the sand. Horses were
obtained and the machine sent back.
The trail led to the foothills and
doubled about in an aimless way till
the railroad track was crossed again.
Then just at midnight the officers
saw a camp fire by the railroad four
miles from Hot Springs Junction.
The form Of a sleeping man was
seen dimly by the light of the fire.
Six shooters We're drawn and the at
tack made. The sleeping man was
hand -cuffed. The others inside the
log hut cried out, Don't shoot: we
were expecting you" and then back
ed out and We're also handcuffed.
The prisoners were walked back to
a distance of eleven miles.