Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
.H0LD-UP MAN CAPTURED
AFTER A RUNNING FIGHT

we?' he said.
1T was a long hard rum muttered
\ Gibson
And now." said Carr. wen go af-
ter the other one.
Nightwatchman Harry Gaslkin went
It once 10 the Stag pool room and ar
rested DOjson, who was taken to the
| Jail instead of the police station, to
make certain that he could not COM
municate with Gibson. Dodson was
rot armed. but within a half hour a
| patrolman went back TO the Stag aad
! found his gun. which had been left
| there
At 10 o'clock the third suspect was
brought in. and. without being ex-
amined. was sent to the Jail. where
he will be kept until the police can
investigate the other hold-up which
was reported.
Frank Woods, an A. & c. conductor:
was the man selected as a victim in
this case. He was accosted near the
Santa Re freight house about 730.
but succeeded in frightening the
wOuld-be bad man away.
Sheriff-elect Jeff Adams secured a
search warrant and. with a deputy.
went 10 DOdsOn's home and ransacked
il from top to bottom. The only evi-
dence considered at all pertinent to
the case that they found was a big
supply Of cartridges. some OF them
forty-fours and the others thirty
eights. GibsOn's gun was a forty
four Colt.
While the downtown district was
being searched for DodsOn. his home
was surrounded by patrolmen and
deputies for fear that he might hear
of Gibson's arrest and attempt 70
hide in his home or leave town by
the back streets.
We have been after this pair for
weeks" said Captain Carr I'VE have
been watching Gibson ever since fair
week. on the Saturday of that week
we had him in here twice, but his
splendid appearance and straight
forward manner of telling his story
made us think that we were mis-
taken.
The first case was an attempt at
burglary made on a downtown store.
and the description of a man that
had been seen haI ging around there
tailed exactly wi.i Gibson's appear
ance. We picked him up in a saloon
and questioned him. but he convinced
us that we were mistaken in thinking
that he had anything to do with the
affair. Inside of two hours he was
back again. suspected of having
rolled a drunken man. While we
were talking to him. DOdson came
in and pleaded in his cause. After
considering the matter for a while.
we turned him loose again.
For weeks these men have been
hanging around late at night They
usually come downtown in the after
noon and the men have watched them
going home time after time when it
was we'll toward morning. When
these hOld-ups began TO be reported
we kept as close watch on them as
was possible. but not once did we
get any evidence that would warrant
their arrest. When they We're fol-
lowed the men made certain that
neither Gibson nor DOdsOn were car
rying weapons. The only thing that
kept up our suspicious was their late
hours They played pool and cards
continually. and, | am convinced, made
living by gambling. However, we
never could prove it on them.
The descriptions that victims have
given us have Tailed very well, es-
pecially in the case of Gibson, and
now that he was actually caught COM
mitting a crime. l guess things will
quiet down a little"
Gibson was well supplied with am
munitiOn Besides having his gun
full. he wore a cartridge belt with
every hole carrying its missile. He
is a tall. light-haired fellow. not bad
to look at. well built and cynical. He
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