New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
JEWELRY THIEVES CAP.
TURED.

The long sought for jewelry
robbers that visited this City sew
eral months ago and robbed the
iewelry establishment here of Mr..
J. w. Eckart of several hundred
dollars III watches ran INTO the
clutches Of vigilant officers II
Houston and Beaumont, Texas,
last Thursday and was taken INTO
custody. The officers succeeded
in recovering about thirty watch
es from the thieves and will no
doubt succeed in tracing all of Mr..
Eckart S jewelry The Houston
Chronicle gives the subJoIned ac-
count of their rObberies in Beau
mont. Texas and that City:
Following a confession made
10y Lum Straughn, who was ar
rested in Houston several days
Iago in connection with tour
charges Of burglary, Chief Of De
Electives kessler late Wednesday
afternoon recovered about 5000
worth Of stolen property, the
large portion Of which consisted
of watches.
Tn his confession Straughn, who
is Houston man, duplicates three
other men now under arrest at
Beaumont. and says that the bulk
Of the recovered property belongs
n Houston and New Iberia, La,
where it was stolen by him and
lis three companions IN CRIME.
At the time Of his arrest Straughn
Ienied any knowledge OF the
ourclaries he was charged with
committing, but he was finally
brought to time and as a result OF
MS story the larger portion OF the
DOT of a series of burgArles here
md a number Of other places IS
now at the central police station.
IL. ID. billiard. who gives this
.ty as his home; Y. c. Ward, OF
Beaumont; and r. w. Pearson.
alias h. w. Bozoni of Buffalo, \.
~. are the three men under ar
rest at Beaumont. The places
robbed in Houston. according TO
the statement of Straughn, were
| c. X. Darling's watch srepalr
shop, 304 Fanin street. and E. }.
Born S tailor shop, 6O7 Fannn
street. These two places were
entered on the night of June 10.
At the former 40 or 30 watches
were taken. Probably 500 worth
of clothing was secured at the lat
| ter place. Most of the watches
stolen of the Darling watch shop
have been recovered and ldentl-
fled by their owner. All OF the
stolen clothing is now IN the
Hands Of the officers.
Other robbcries Straughn has
told of, and in which he impll
Gated the three men under arrest
lat Beaumont, are the robbery OF
1.-THE Eckart Jewelry Manufacture
ling Co.. of New Iberia, June 2,
lat which time 100 watches were
stolen, and the robbery 0f the Sa-
bine Supply Company Of Orange,
July II. several dozen fine razors
land knives being the booty Sc
cured at this haul.
| Chief Ellis and Chief of Detec-
Itives Kessler have recovered IN
Houston 90 of the 100 watches
stolen at New iberia and practi-
|cally all the knives and razors tax
ell at Orange. Straughn also stat
ed in his confession that num-
Der of the watches stolen in New
liberia had been thrown into the
Houston ship channel because
they were not considered ct
Ienough value to make the chan
lces of disposing of them worth
while.
| Chief Ellis and Chief kessler
left at noon Thursday for Beau
Imont to confer with the officers
at that place as to what action
Twill be taken in regard to bring
ling billiard. Ward and Pearson
Ito Houston for trial on the burg
Harry charges herr. These three
linen are also held on charges of
burglary in that City,