The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-22
BIG ROUNDUP
OF SUSPECTS
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possibilities.
No trouble was had by the officers
In their raid on the lonely hut in the
woods and the following were taken
from amid the scattered sacks OF
straw about the floor: Bob" Brady
Joe German, Sanford Beadle, Chas
Kemp and Red" Holden. When ar.
rested they put up no resistance
This was either due to their fear of
THE officers or their physical condi.
ton, strongly suggested by empty
bottles, kegs and jugs. They We're,
with the exception of Sanford Beadle,
placed in Jail. In their condition
when arrested they were laxative
and some very valuable information
was Cleaned by this means. Infor-
nation concerning stolen property,
whereabouts of certain notorious cri-
minals and other information of value
was obtained in this manner. With
out this information the detectives
would probably have been unable to
locate stolen property, which is the
most damaging evidence obtainable.
In their talk one of the men gave
away the fact that the store at Olivet
was to have been robbed the night
on which they were taken. Had the
detectives known this fact the men
could have been caught red handed
in an attempt to rob this store.
The three men held for series of
crimes committed within the past
two weeks within a radius of fifty
miles are Joe German, Geo. H. Mar
tinson and Robert Brady. They ap-
pear on the criminal records held by
the police by the following descrip-
tons: Joe German alias Pat Cor
man, alias Frank Dean, aged As
years, height feet 61s inches,
weight $50 lbs, build medium, COM
plexion sandy, eyes blue, hair black
moustache sandy, small mole above
left elbow joint and a small mole
above right elbow joint. Robert
Brady alias Simpson, alias Iowa
Shorty Brady, aged 80 years, height
feet 6 inches, weight 140 lbs, build
medium, complexion dark, eyes
brown, hair dark, tattoo, clasped
hands and heart, blue and red on left
forearm, forefinger left hand twisted
tattoo girls head, blue ink, right fore
arm front, long burn scar ten inches
from above elbow near wrists and a
round scar on left knee cap. Geo.
II. Martinson alias Illinois Slim,
aged 40 years, height feet IN
weight $50 lbs, build medium slim,
complexion dark, eyes hazel gray,
10 hair brown and thin on top, first fin
ger on left hand enlarged and scar
across end of nose.
The capture of the above alleged
yeggmen has been the signal for
general picking up of crooks all over
the state. The more the officers and
detectives look for the perpetrators
of crime the more they find. Beside
the men in the Mahaska county Jail
there are three men at Sigourney,
five at MarshalltOwn, two at Hamp-
ton, one at Abba, one at Toledo, Ia,
one at Pella and two at Ottumwa
held for various crimes. Besides
these there are numerous men held
for smaller offenses, such as grating,
burglary, forgery, etc. Others are
captured daily and the officers all
over the southeastern part of the
state are reaping a rich harvest of
suspects.
Bob" Brady is wanted at SigOur-
ney for a robbery at Delta in which
he is accused of having been the
main squeeze" He is wanted at
various other places and is thought
to be one of the men who helped in
the attempted robbery at Russell, la.
recently and also the Tracy robbery.
The evidence against Brady at Delta
seems to be very strong. German can
be convicted a dozen and Martinson
will find a place where he Will be
welcome within a short time. Brady
and German are said by the dectec-
tives to be old timers" with records
"a mile long" German is no doubt
a man highly esteemed and admired
by his fellow yeggmen, as he is
clever as we'll as bold. When taken
to local photograph gallery lor MS
photo he played obstinate and was
not going to pose for his mug" His
head was held in position by one OF
the detectives, who used a handhold
of hair. His obstinancy was evident
when he closed his eyes and could
not be forced to open them. His two
companions were photographed for
criminal records. Martinson was eX-
amined closely and beltillion meas
urements taken.
The men profess their innocence
and talked freely when interviewed
by a Herald reporter. Martinson
was probably the most sociable OF
the trio. He spoke concerning So
cialism and expressed his opinion
that within twenty years the social
lists would be in power. He is well
posted on iowa, Kansas, Nebraska
Illinois, North and South Dakota
and Minnesota. Brady spoke con
corning Minnesota and Canada. Cor
man seemed reticent and did not tall
much. He seemed insulted to thinl
he is held without a hearing. The