Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-23
ARREST IN DENTISTS CASE
Roy Green Taken on Suspicion Re-
lating to Theft Of Gold.
FLEEs FROM OFFICERS UNCIAD
In His Night Clothes He Scales
Up and Down Fire Escapes
Through the snow and
Wind.

Up and down fire escapes and into
a strangers bed. through the chill OF
a snowy morning twilight, In his
night clothes, was the desperate, but
futile flight of Roy Green. suspect in the
gold robbery cases, surprised by detectives
at his room, 51l South Thirteenth street,
The arrest Of Green is the first step
taken by tho police in the effort to round
up the thieves who have been footing some
thousands Of dollars worth of gold from
the offices Of the dentists of Omaha. The
police do not claim to have positive evil
dence against Green. He is held merely as
a suspicious character for investigation,
and his strange flight tends to strengthen
their suspicion. .a.
Investigation of Roy Green shows that
he has a high grade record as a crook.
He was arrested about six months ago
in Council Bluffs for burglary, and
previous to that served a term in the Ne
braska penitentlary for a boxcar robbery
az Blair.
The work Of the gold thieves has appar-
entity been but partially uncovered. Reports
of robberIes continue to come In to the
police. Three weeks ago the gold thieves
made the last previous visit to Omaha
Sunday last their operations netted them
about S1,OOO worth OF the metal. Other
attempts exposed show a wen laid design.
Operations of a similar nature in other
cities in this territory indicate to the po-
lice that II is the work of an organized
gang.
Green Hears Them.
In the early morning Tuesday Detectives
Maloney and Van Deusen called at Roy
Green's room in the flat at 514 South Thir-
teenth street. Their stealthy approach was
discovered by the suspected man just as
they prepared to close In on him.
Leaping from his bed in night clothes,
which consisted OF but a pair of rather
scanty. trousers. he clambered In bare feet
down a snow covered fire escape. His room
Is on the third floor.
In the open court which divides the fiat
from that to the north, he crouched in the
snow and listened.
The officers were close upon him.
He dashed up the fire escape on the
north side of the court and raising q
window on the third floor opposite that Of
the room which he left, he plunged in
slamming the window down behind him.
Within the rcor he 'ound an -unoccupiec
bed. The fuE't 90 rled himself up in q
blanket against the wall and laid still.
Detectives Are Puzzled.
The detectives. for the time puzzled
searched the house which he left and ther
took the flat on the north. where he wa.
concealed.
When at last they came to the room
where ne was hiding he came near to es
cape. They had searched the room ant
looked through the closets.
About to leave, Detective Msloney paused
, Lets see what's in this he said
punching the motloniess roll Of bedelothe
| with his gun.
: 1t was soft and warm.
3 Jerking the edge of tho blanket, Malone.
and VanDusen tossed the surprised an
breathless prisoner out on the floor.
: At the police station he had little I
! say. but the detectives are confident O
developments.
Among the later reports OF gold robberie
is the THEFT Of $40 worth Of metal from ID
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teenth and Farnam streets, and IS wort
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