Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-22
Nine Persons Detained by Po-
lice But No Evidence Con-
meets Them with Commits
sion of Bloody Deed,
BAD GANG CAPTURED
AS RESULT OF CRIME
Arsenal Found in Flat Occupied
by Two Men and Two Wo-
men; Clyde Stratton Highly
Educated Criminal,

(Dy Morning journal special Leased Wire).
Chicago, Dec. 2l.--Nine persons.
i've men and four women tonight are
detained by the police In connection
with the brutal murder Of ]. II. Loguc,
diamond merchant in his office in
the McNicker theater building yester-
dny. AT least two of the prisoners.
clyde Stratton and II. u. Hampton.
are Responsible for many crimes COM
mitted recently In Chicago, the police
believe, but no link has been discov-
cred which appears to connect any OF
the suspects directly with the staying
of the diamond dealer In liampton's
pockets were found more than one
dozen blood stained cards, and In u
travelling bag taken from the flat In
which Stratton. Hampton and two
women suspects were living. a Ions
bladed knife, spotted either with rust
or blood, was picked up. Both OF these
are to be analyzed by chemists.
Officers continue to work on the
theory that l.ogue was murdered Tor
revenge or Killed by il maniac. Tne
brutality of the crime makes TINS
theory strong In connection with tho
belief that an enemy killed Logue the
police are following closely every
clcw which seems to point to woman
owned bv the four women suspects IL
being examined carefully to discover.
IL possible, the underskirt from which
was taken the strip of cloth that was
used as Il gag on Logue,
The prisoners now held are: Clyde
Stratton, college man and member OF
Il Greek letter fraternity, wanted ~
Columbus. Ohio. for escaping from
prison after being sentenced 10 fiVe
Years for safe blowing, believed 10
be one of the auto bandits that ter
rorized Chicago for several weeks H.
b. Hampton, alias Harry II. Howard.
alias michigan Smithy," asserts he is
a real estate dealer from Pelican Lake,
Mich. identified today by WILDER q.
Salter as man who, IN 1908. held
up Pcre Marquette train, bound FOR
Chicago. once arrested In Kansas CITY,
Mo, for operating confidence game.
Margaret johnson says she IS thd
wife of Toronto Jimmy now serving
a twcnty-year sentence In Wiscon-
sin prison for safe blowing; assisted,
Johnson to break jail at Rochester,
MINI.
Mrs. II. r. Hampton, who SAYS she
Is the wife Of one OF the men prison
ers
Charles Duffy chauffeur, said to
have driven automobiles for bandits
or raids.
Frank Williams, alleged 70 have
lived in a clifton avenue flat where
Stfatton Hampton ana TWO women
resided
Edna NJ. Collier, another roomer az
the flat the police say Is not thohsnt
To have been Implicated In any rob-
berries.
clifford Dyslln another chauffeur,
WIN ~ sail 10 have driven for band
its.
Woman reported to be sister OF
the wife Of Toronto Jimmy.
The fiat in which Stratton, liamp-
ton and the two women were arrest
ed last night. rcscmbled an arsenal.
levolvers, ammunition, burglar toois
of many kinds ana u quantity OF dynh-
mite were discovered There also were
many Jewels. but their value mas not
been determined. The prisoners say
the Jewels are OF little worth.
Lieutenant IMrkn tonight express
pd the belief that l.ogue was murder
cd because he refused to receive stoi-
on uonds from the gang. 1t also was
that tho killing was the
direct result of q quarrel ana the rop
berry. If one was committed. was an
after Thought
Strntton. who is regarded as the
leader of the 'nuto bandits, Is wen
educated man. lIe refuses to give his
correct nnme 10 the police. Further
he boasts that II he Is returned TO the
ohio prison from which he escaped.
he soon viii be free again. He stoutiy
maintains that ne knows nothing OF
he l.oguc staying.
If the police had arrived at the riat
/ few hours later, Stratton would nave
,ecn gone. he declared today. He hsd
, premonition that some one had re-
,ealed his hiding place. he said. ana
,c was going to Nebraska. He also
alked freely of his escape from tha
)hu prison.
u made saws in my CELL he said
and also obtained the head OF bar
e which / painted black and substi-
uted for an iron sewer cover. IL was
II old sewer and l was told no one
ould crawl through 1t. l sent a to-
nato can through. learned of 'trus-
- of It's arrival at the mouth OF tho
Iipc and later crawled through my
elf II required five hours for me 10
rawl through the sewer, which was
mile long