The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-03-13
CRACKSMEN ARRESTED.

Three important arrests were
made here early Monday morning
by Night Waterman Oscar Jones.
While the night Waterman was
making a round of the town about
80 o'clock this morning. and
while passing the Postofice Build
ing, he noticed white man
standing across the street opposite
the Postoffice Building, and the
man, on seeing the officer, walked
past the officer, who noticed that
the man kept looking back at him:
The officer became suspicious OF
the man and hid himself for the
purpose of watching his move
ments, when shortly the man who
had passed him appeared before
the Postofice Building, where ne
remained, and was watched by
the officer for nearly an hour.
When the man discovered that his
were being watched,
he started down the street at a
quick walk and turned a corner,
when he began to run. Night
Watchman Jones followed and
arrested him.
The officer, when in pursuit of
his prisoner, thought he had
noticed the door of the Postof6ce
Building open, and he, with his
prisoner. went back to the Post
Office, but the officer found the
door we'll barred. The officer then
took his prisoner and placed him
in Jail, and went to the residence
of Miss M. Bedell. Assistant Post
mistress, who lives opposite the
Postoffice Building, and in front
of whose residence the prisoner
was first discovered. He awoke
Miss Bedell and got her to accom-
pany him to the Postofice to see
if everything was all right inside
the building. On their arrival at
the building they found the door
open and just inside of the door
found a valise containing dyna-
mite. ratchet and drills, crowbars,
fuses and caps, and found that
the combination of the safe had
been drilled and a fuse with cap
on it placed in the lock.
The officer, feeling confident
that his prisoner had an accom-
plice or accomplices, notified Mar
shall Philip Albares and Deputy
Sheriff Chas. Pecot of the attempt
ed robbery, and then Night
Watchman Jones started on a
hunt for the supposed accom-
plices, and a few minutes before 4
o'clock arrested two white men
who looked suspicious in the
waiting-room of the Southern
Pacific depot. When arrested
they showed signs that they had
been running. Both their heads
and handkerchiefs were wet from
perspiration. These two men
were on the eve of taking the 4
o'clock eastbound train. A few
minutes after Night Waterman
Jones arrested these men he was
Joined by Officers Albares and
Pecot. The men were then placed
in Jail, and the officers then took
Sheriff Peterman's pack of blood
bounds to the Postofice, and they
at once took up trail to the
depot, into the waiting-room,
where the men were arrested.
Sheriff Peterman took up the
situation at once, and was Joined
by Postofice Inspectors w. A.
Kenyon and M. j. Forman, who
arrived Monday on the noon
train, who have been assisting
Sheriff Peterman in gathering up
evidence against the men arrest
ed. Two of the accused are
young men, and the other q mid
die aged man, and the names are
T. D. Busch, Geo. L. Martin and
R. E. Kennybrook.
Since putting the above in type
it has developed that the three
men arrested are professional
burglars, and no doubt wanted in
other States. Sheriff Peterman
spent several days in New Orleans
and with the assistance of the
officers in that city found that
these men have had New Orleans
as their headquarters for the past
two months, and other damaging
evidence was secured against
them as the parties who have been
committing the many postoffice
and other robberies in this section
of the State the past few months.
The wife of Kennybrook was
arrested here Thursday evening
and placed in Jail as an accomplice
to the attempt to rob the postoffice
here. 1t is believe that these men
are not only wanted for many
in this State but in