The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-26
POLICE FIND TWO
HUMAN SKELETONS
Numerous Crimes, Thefts and
Murders Laid to Door Of Big
Chicago Gang.
Murder of Logue, Diamond
Observation-Disclosures Come
Thick and Fast.

lJ& OAO 1AO
Thick and Fast.
Chicago, Dec. 2S.-The discovery OF
two human skeletons in The north side
fiat which served as a rendezvous for
a gang of robbers capped the climax
Saturday ina series of sensations which
attended the police investigation Of the
murder of Joseph n. Logue. the dia-
mond merchant. The skeletons were
found in a closet of the fiat, where the
officers also discovered a small arsenal,
many gems of various value n the
paraphernalia used by robbers.
Secreted in n corner OF the closet,
the skeletons were surrounded by rich
ly brocaded gowns n elegant clothes
Of many sorts.
Arrests Of eight persons in connection
with the murder was followed by the
discovery OF evidence showing several
Of them to be criminals. The police
declare that they not only expected to
connect the prisoners with the death of
Logue, but also with many other re-
cent crimes
A wagon load Of loot was taken from
the fiat during the day.
Detective Lived Near Them.
A coincidence that detectives assign
to the suspects under arrest developed
during the investigation Of the fiat.
Immediately beneath the apartments of
the suspects, G. r. Worsley, a private
detective, lived with his family. We'd
nesday night burglars gained entrance
to his fiat and. although there was con-
siderable jewelry In the bedrooms, the
intruders took only two magazine re-
volvers.
Logue, who yesterday was shot,
stabbed and beaten to death in his Of
flee in the McVicker theater building,
/ 4 4 ry0 ~ 1oo ,,of7 e. Rr,, ~ w yo-Ifo1 ~ ~ I've
10 years ago, when a New York jew
elry salesman suddenly disappeared
with a satchel full of valuable gems.
Subsequently the gems were found in
Logue's possession, according to the
police.
The police are working on a theory
that the persons who killed Logue came
to his store with the intention of dis
posing of some stolen jewelry, but be-
came involved in a quarrel with the
jeweler n killed him.
The fiat which the suspects made
their headquarters is in a fashionable
residence district of the north side.
1t Is furnished luxuriously and when
searched by the police bore evidence of
recently having been the scene of a
debauch. Empty wine bottles and
partly burned cigarets We're found in
nearly every room.
AT least some of the prisoners are
suspected of either participating in or
knowing something about nearly all
of the daring safe-blowings and other
criminal d~epredations that have taken
place in Chicago in the last fortnight,
List of Suspects.
The eight persons held are:
Clyde Stratton, sale to be an es-
capped convict from the penitentiary
at Columbus, Ohio.
H. b. Hampden, declared by the POI
lice to be a safeblower with many
aliases.
Mrs. H. B. Hampden.
Margaret Johnson, said to be the
wife Of a safehlower known as '.Toron-
to Jimmy" Serving a 20-year term ir
the penitentiary at Waupun, Wis.
Frank Williams, said by the police
to have a prison record.
William Duffy. a chauffeur.
A woman, said to be known as Edna
Collyer.
An unidentified woman, said to be q
relative Of Mrs. Johnson.
discriminating Evidence.
Following the arrests of four per.
sons late yesterday, detectives have
been bringing in others one by one
one OF them is a man said by the po.
lice to have a prison record and the
sixth, a chauffeur, alleged to have
been driving the nocturnal bandits
about town, and the seventh ant
eighth prisoners are a married woman
n a friend of hers. Early today
search Of the north side flat, where
the suspects We're arrested, was made
n a quantity of dynamite and nitro.
glycerin caps, used in discharging ex
plosives, were found In addition {
number of false keys and instruments
for picking locks were found.
A small quantity of jewelry was
round and in one of the rooms a bot.
tie of a preparation to make false
jewelry appear genuine was discov.
cred.
Will Hold Grafton.
On a letter-head of 1.-The st. Jane.
Hotel, Davenport, Iowa." found on a ia,
BILE. the detectives discovered drawing:
and designs of keys.
Captain Halpin today received {
communication from the state prison
at Columbus, Ohio, asking that CLYDE
Stratton be held as he vas an escaped
convict, for whose capture a reward O.
$50 had been offered.
Tools of the Bandits.
Police Captain Halpin prepared the
following inventory of the articles
found in the north side fiat:
Eighty-five pounds Of dynamite.
Two quarts of nitroglycerine.
Three dozen safeblowers' drills.
Three punches of skeleton keys.
Six automatic pistols. q;
Three thousand dollars worth of par.
eel post stamps.
Five uncut diamonds.
Three thousand dollars worth of sill,
verware.
One thousand dollars worth of jew,
elry.
Much Importance is attached b,
Captain John Halpin to the ar
rest last night Of Clyde Stratton, tn,
ex-convict n fugitive from the Col.
umbus p~enitentiary. Edward Hamp.
den, arrested with Stratton and tive
women, n claiming to be the wife O
Hampdcn, and the other the wife o
Toronto Jim" Johnson, a safe blower
now serving a 2O-year term in tn.
Waupun, Wis, penitentiary.
The Identification of the men wa.
dramatic IN the police say, positive
by f. A. Carnal, former district attor.