Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-08
THE BAD ONES
KEPT IPOLICE
ON The JUMP

Last evening vgyas a busy one for
the Salem police. Four crimes were
reported to that Office in the course
Of two or three hours and at the
present time two Of the criminals are
safely lodged in the city Jail, some
of the goods frOTn an other have been
recovered, and Hhe police think that
they have a pretty clear "hunch"
against those now at liberty and are
confident of theI r speedy capture.
The first repor ted was by the por-
ter of the MOnOs gram saloon, who,
rushing up to Ofcer Cooper, told
him, between gassps that a man had
rushed out of the9 saloon door just as
he opened up tTlis morning. officer
Cooper, after securing a description
of the man, in e esS than an hour had
him behind the bars. Mr.. Swarts,
proprietor of The = Monogram, stated
that he had personally supervised the
work of closing up the place last
night and that ttthere was no possi-
bility Of any once being in the place
at the time unle sss he had hidden
himself on top O-sf the wood which is
stored in a baCICz room. After every
one had gone, It is sprobable that the
alleged thief, Whno Is we'll known in
Salem under the 2 name of Roy Stur-
gis, came out iro ON his hiding place,
] helped himself l-libera lily to a supply
of those things rmOst essential to the
saloon business, and then tried to
I get out. There ISIS no back door to the
place, however; and as the front door
opens directly OHn State street, he
was afraid to fOoree 1t, so he con-
: ceived the plan Of waiting for the
janitor to open up in the morning,
and then to mSfih past him to free
dom. As he ha' d plenty of time he
went back to time cash register and
appropriated all the money in the
till, which amOu- nted to four dollars.
When taken inntO custody Sturgis
tried to turn the matter off as joke
but as Swarts is not an Irishman he
could not see tHhe point of it, and
/ Sturgis will prOHbably be bound over
to the grand Jury for larceny from a
! building.
Before this maatter had b. en- fully
adjusted, a call came in from the
rooming house situated over the w.
c. T. U. and VIII len Chief Hamilton
and officer BwHl1hardt arrived, they
found that place in a state Of excite
ment and tumOoil Their particular
troubles were Ceentered around man
who later gave Hhis name as Arthur
Longrond. From the tale told by the
landlady 1t appeearS that this harty
had been causing quite disturbance
for the past we eek or so, making a
general nuisancce of himself. His
presence was tOUlemted until a purse
belonging to once of the boys living
there was mSSf ing, Longrond was
Immediately suspected and when the
officers investIgT ted, they found the
property in his pOSs ession. He was
booked on Chaarge of petit larceny.
Another store in the m meantime had
been robbed. uThiS store is located
within short distance of that be-
longing to Mr. Huff man which was
entered few d:law ago. Practically
the same means we're used to gain
an entrance, anO d tn q officers are of
the opinion thaBt the crimes were
committed by The same individuals.
The Market Streset store was entered
by breaking hAe glass in the rear
door, and a QuGantity of cigarettes,
candy, canned 90 oOds and cigars were