The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
FOIL YECC men
Police Nip Safe Cracking Plot
i'm the Bud.
Gang Descends on the City to
Make Raid.
GIVES POLICE OFFICERS A TIP
One Member QuarreIs With His
Companions.
Then Writes to the Police of the
Plans.
GIVES POLICE OFFICERS A TIP

The police upset the plans of band
OF safe blowers IN Topeka last Week
1t was planned by a band Of safe blow
ers who come here from Monet, Mo-
to blow open a safe on Kansas ave
nue. between Second and Third streets
and safe on Sixth avenue. The po-
lice received tip on the proposed work
of the robbers and guarded the town
with Sucn A vigilance that the gang
would not risk an attempt to carry out
their plans.
The tip was received during the early
Part of last week in a letter from one
of the members of the gang who had
decided to back out. He said. in the
letter, that he came here with a gang
of FIVE men for the purpose Of blowing
TIE safes but owing to a dISdgreern cnt
he had changed his mind. In addition
to changing ais mind he sought to tell
the officers OF the scheme that ne mlgAt
aid them in preventing the robberles-
Beginning Tuesday night of last week,
2 part of the men on duty during the
dav were called back and placed on
duty 10 watch the districts in which
the safes were said to be located, p
watch the passenger depotS and all
ether places of escape. Nothing show
cd up bus the officers do not think that
the affair was a wild dream. Ihey pc
lieve that the robbeTies had been
ulanned and that a quarrel among the
members of The gang, which resulted
at least one quitting them, caused the
robbers to change their mind or at least
postpone action for a while
Suspicio5ts strangers were seen in tFe
lower districts of the city last week
and stopped by the officers These
strangers were required to give an ac-
count for the actions and the officers
searched them before permitting theTa
10 go on and were then required to leave
the city The police believe that some
aF these characters were members Or
the gang that had planned the roooer-
les and think that they have broken
I'D the gang and that there IS no Iu.-
the. danger of the plans being carried
out.
The information received by the po-
lice did not mention the exact location
of the safes which had been pIcked
ont nv the gang ard the officers guard
"a the entire business district. One was
on sixth and that was all the Infornia-
tion that was contained in the letter
The other, the letter said, was on tRe
main street between Second and Tnlrd
streets. This was all the Information
obtained by the police concerning Ell -er
one of the places.
Even though the robberies have no.
been attempted, the police are keeping
watch and doing everything possiole TO
nrevent the robberies from being per
netrated even though an attempt might
he made to carry out the plans Of The
gang.
clarence Shurnate and Bill Clark we're
both found guilty on liquor charges IN
| the police court Saturday afternoon
/ Shunaate was found guilty on one count,
/ that of making a sale and was hned
/ 500 and sentenced to 30 days IN JAIL
1 clark was found guilty Of making TWO
! sales and maintaining 4 nuisance and
/ -1-as fned $500 and sentenced to 80 days
( in Jail. Both cases were appealed
/ rTTese men we're arrested by the police
( at lis East Fourth street January o.
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