The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-20

by raiding two rooms within one
half square of police headquarters
yesterday afternoon. the police round
ed up two men. who, they claim are
members of a gang Of house break
ers. yeggs and highwaymen who have
been operating In this city for the
past few months with telling effect,
The most serious crimes laid at the
door Of the two young men are the
Rhu diamond robbery and the whole
sale clothing theft at the Hopkins
clothing store on West Center street.
They are also associated with about
twenty other robberies where the
loss runs into thousands OF dollars.
The men under arrest are Joseph
Martin. %. son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Martin, 1924 North Main street
this city. and a man. thought to be a
notorious crook and eX-penitentiary
convict who gave his name as Frank
phillips. Of New York city.
Men Located In Union Building.
The raid took place in the Union
building. corner of Main and Church
streets at 2:35 yesterday afternoon.
It was the elimination of well laid
plans and excellent detective work on
the part OF the head of the police
force and the officers under him.
The alleged robbers were surprised
by Police chief McDonough, CAPTAIN
Bond and officer Cu1ick and w. G.
Windhurst, while lounging about in
their quarters. Unaware Of the char
acter Of the men. Mr.. Windhurst had
sub-let the rooms to the members OF
the gang.
Two officers approached the rooms
by the front stairway while a third
prevented escape from the rear.
When chief McDonough Knocked at
the door of the rooms, which are
located in the rear Of the building
on the second floor, It was promptly
opened The two occupants were
placed under arrest and taken to the
police station in a quiet submissive
manner that surprised the police, for
they had expected trouble.
Exhibition of Burglars Tools.
The interior of the rooms which
had been rented by other persons for
| light housekeeping. had the appear
ance of an exhibition of professional
burglars Instruments, together with
considerable booty obtained by means
of the praphernalia.
while the chief and captain escort
ed the prisoners to the police sta.
tion where they were searched, Of
nccr Cusick remained behind and
searched the rooms. To revert to the
language of Captain Bond: I'VE found
better than we expected
The most conspicuous articles found
in the room were a bottle Of nitro
| glycerlne fuses and caps, ball OF
soap, a bunch of keys which would
| probably unlock any door in the city
and a fountain pen. The police view.
ed and handled the powerful eNplos.
i've, known as "sOup" TO the undel
world, with a sudderng sense of ap.
prehension. almost expecting to fee
It's force any second. IT was lef
in a window outside the apartment II
order that IT might cool and lesser
the possibilities Of an explosion.
Rhu Fountain Pen FOund.
The fountain pen is Of great sig
nlhcance in the case as It was identi
fed as one of the articles which wer
taken from the safe OF Drs. A. ant
II. S. Rhu last Sunday morning.
The bunch of keys little resembl
the keys carried by the average mar
They represent the product of an i'm
genious criminal mind, and one wel
versed In the art of picking locks
one is a skeleton key while the 9th
ers have been filed from pieces O
steel from three to six inches Ions
bearing knotches Of varying dept
and thickness. The piece Of ste'
which fits the END of the broken han
made key that was found in the loc
on the door Of the Cole and Lust mi
,, linery store on West Center street lai
Monday was among the lot
small vice and files with whic
the men manufactured their instrl
ments Of lock picking were found
the room. Further searching reyea
ed five revolvers, three Of them Al
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