Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-06-21
THE KEY Of REVENGE
UNL0CKS A MYSTERY
THE FRIEDMAN JEWELRY STORE
BURGLARY.
Three Men in Jail Regarded AS More
Than Suspects.

The officers believe that they have
the clue. if not something more than
clue, To the mystery of the burglary
of Friedman's jewelry store one
morning about u month ago. Late
on Monday night Jack Turner and
Dick Purcell. who were already in
Jail, were charged with participation
in the crime and later Donahue. who
had been arrested with Purcell for
the theft of 4 dog belonging 10 Of
ficer Troutman. but who had given
bond. was arrested and locked up.
Early yesterday morning c. NJ. Mil
Ter one of the proprietors Of Il pool
hall and barber shop on Washington
street opposite the court house. was
taken into custody. He was detained
at the city hall. and Yesterday after
noon, having been formally charged
with receiving stolen goods, he was
admitted To- bail in the sum of $500
which was promptly furnished.
Though the Investigations Of yes
terdav did not connect him very
closely with the crime. Il great deal
of information came out pointing To
the guilt OF Turner, who Processes TO
know nothing about il. At the time
of the burglary, Turner was sus-
pected, but there was so little on
which 10 found suspicion that nothing
was done. Suspicion was strength
ened when Turner. a little later. was
arrested for the burglary of the Owl
drug store. but nothing could be de
veloped To- connect him with the
Friedman job
Sone of the goods stolen had been
located, and in the subsequent search
of Turner's premises no trace of them
was found
But the thread which led 10 the
unraveling So Tar as il has gone was
presented in curious manner. II
grew out Of the theft of Officer Trout
mans dog Purcell. who had been
hel To- the grand jury for arson in
connection with several fires which
broke out here one night about
month ago had given bond After
his arrest al Globe for the theft of
the dog and after ne had been
brought back. his bOndsmen with
drew ana he was locked up.
Stone. a friend of Purcell and a
hanger-on about Miller's pool han.
urged Miller 70 secure Il bond for
Purcell. When Miller refused stone
went To- Night Waterman Harry Gas
kin and r-opened the subject OF the
Friedman robbery and suggested that
Miller might know something about
d. Another hanger-on about the pool
hall by tho name Of Hunt corobo-
rated Stone in a further statement
| that Miller had received a part Of
. L
was later made known 70 the officers
| that one Of the watches stolen that
night was in the hands Of Ed Ashley.
bartender at the Ford. who had
received it from Miller. This in
| formation did not come from Stone
J and Hunt, but from friend OF Mil
| Ter, who believed in his innocence
| but wanted all the facts brought out
as the best way of establishing his
! innocence
The watch was found in the pos
| session of Ashley, but il turned out
| 10 be only the case OF a watch 1t
was found 70 bear one Of the num-
! bers listed by Mr.. Friedman. who
! identified the case as his property
Miller thereupon opened his heart
and told what if he had told some
weeks earlier would have saved him
a lot Of trouble He said he had
procured the watch from Turner. who
| several days after the robbery brought
/ several watches to the pool hall and
| said that ne had found them on the
! street. He was always finding things:
| he claimed TO have found the case of
fountain pens which Officer Gasllin
! saw him carrying away from the owl
drug store. Miller admitted that he
got this watch case from Turner.
Whether or not Miller received
other goods from Turner. or whether
in receiving this watch case he sus-
pected that it was stolen. the officers
quickly found circumstantial proof of
the story of Stone as to the robbery
of the jewelry store for when they
went to arrest Donohue. before he
was informed why ne was wanted.
ne asked them IL they had come after
him in connection with the jewelry
| store robbery.
But later. he. Turner and Purcell
denied all knowledge of it. and a
| search of Donohue's trunk failed to
disclose any proceeds of the crime
4 funny thing about the whole af-
fair is that the informers We're moved
by their solicitude for Purcell to
| squeal on the others. when by doing
| SO they implicated Purcell as one of
the active participants in the bur-