The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-11
CONFESSIONS ARE
INDICATION or
"HuNCH'
Hillsboro Burglars Admit
Woman Suspected Here
Was an Accomplish
HACK SAWS
IN FALSE BOZ COVER
Men Bitter Against Her For
|. Failure to Make Good in
Delivery
SAWS
IN L BOX v

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were under surveillance Of the Crane
Forks police. department for a. shor
time, have been made by Harry Levi,
and Pat Flanagan. in the Trail
county jail at Hillsboro. Tho mel
admit being accomplices of the wo,
man who was arrested in Crane
Forks some time ago and whose be
longtngs were searched with the re,
suit that five, hack saws. cleverly Sc,
creted In the false top Of a s~tationer,
box, were discovered. Once she d
made an effort to smuggle the saw.
to the men in the Jail, but in tina,
She had been unsuccessful.
1t was" clever game that the
crooks had attempted to work, and
the discovery of the hack saws was
brought about in a peculiar name
a "hunch" was directly responsible,
M. g. Olson Of this city causing the
search warrant to be sworn out and
1t was In the process Of operating
under Its authority that the police
found n stationery box and the
false top.
Lewis and Flanagan were arrested
at Hillsboro last August for burglariz-
Ing the l.. H. Larson general store.
The men were captured in a search
which was made a few moments
after. the burglary had been pulled
on, their presence in the store being
discovered by a young woman who
had gone into the building late at
night for the purpose Of using the
telephone.
When the alarm was given Levi.
and Flanagan were found hiding un-
der an aIayQtnp Thnx, hol I-1~~1J
the booty in an alley nearby. the
ear coming SO fast that they were
unable to get away. 1t had been
their intention to board a late train
Had Tried to Make Keys.
Once since their arrest the men
were discovered by the sheriff OF
Trail county engaged in an attempt
to manufacture keys with which they
could operate the cell locks. The
springs had been taken out of the
soles Of their shoes for the purpose
Of making such keys. This discovery
put the sheriff IN the look out and
when."a few days later, the woman
In the case appeared on the scene,
he was wary.
The woman. going under the. name
OF Mrs. Austin iR-this city but who ap.
peared before the sheriff as the
sweetheart of Lewis, shed a. .grea,
many tears and declared that 1, wa.
the first time he had yer been in
trouble, and wouldn't he please lei
him 60" But the. sheriff. warned
by his previous experience with. the
men behind the bars, listened not.
Finally she asked that she Nigh,
be allowed to see the prisoner, but
permission was only granted her to
go to the. cell doors. and there she
put on another fond sister or "lov-
ing sweetheart" act, but 1t failed t.
move the iron heart Of the man with
the keys.
: Didn't Use Stationery.
The woman then said that she had
lent q box. Of stationery to the city
and she wanted to know II 1t could
not be given to the prisoner. wnere.
upon the sheriff declared that he
would take good care to examine II
before doing so. Upon learning this
the woman failed to leave the station
cry. It was this self same box OF
stationery which the Grand Forks po-
lice later discovered.
Mrs. Austin came to grief in Grand
Forks when Mr.. Olson. shortly after
he had, opened the big sale in the
Ontario clothing store, noted the fact
that she was q Very frequent visitor
to the store. He, placed her under
watch. and finally. on, the "hunch''
that everything was not right, swore
out q search. warrant.
+; A trunk In the Great Northern de-
pot ives among the personal effects
viewed by the officials! az. a result of
which. the stationery box with it's
hack saw equipment was brought to
light. Mrs. Austin and her husband
were at once ordered to leave the
city.
Mrs. Bertha Good, the woman who
was arrested in Grand Forks and TAX
en- to Minneapolis to, face a charge
OF forgery, was al intimate friend
Of Mrs. Austin, and they were fire.
quently together here.
Prisoners Sentenced.
Lewis and Flannigan,. the former
an apparently hardened criminal. had
in. the meantime become quite bitter
against Austin and his wife. and final
~. "peached" when they were arraign-
ed in the district court at Hillsboro.
Lewis. himself a Nebraska convict
who had. been released only in June
of this year.. charges that Austin was
responsible. for the deal into which
they had been drawn. He was bitter
because. OF Austin's failure to keep his
part Of the agreement. In the matter
of providing jail breaking tools.
AIte pea VI SuIily IroHn the Two
men at Hillsboro was unexpected.
Some. evidence was taken. however.
Chief Lowe Of this; city being on the
stand. The purpose was to gain some
information on h n II SEN
tenfe that was advisabl and Judge
Pollock decided that six years for
Lewis. /; and one to three years sen-
tence for Flanagan would have BEN
e1cial results. e.
HAS A VALUABLE PATENT
Former Grand Forks Man Inventor of