The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-14
WADE IS ARRESTED
FOR TAKING PLANS
Is Claimed Blue Print is of
Texas Oil Fields
PAPERS FOUND ON HIM
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PAPERS FOUND ON HIM
;. T. Flowers, Man With Wade,
States Wade Said He Was Go
ing to Raid Craps Game in
Brown-Marx Building

Fifteen minutes after entering an of
flee on the third floor of the Crown
Marx building and taking number d
Valuable papers including blue print
which it is claimed shows all the details
OF the developments made by the Texas
company on 500 square acre tract of
ell land in Wichita county, Texas, ii. 2.
Made, a neatly dressed man. was ar
rested last night by Policeman Mehaf-
fey in saloon on North Twentieth
Street The papers were found in his
possession.
w. H. Arlington, Birmingham lawyer
and real estate agent from whose Of
lice the papers were taken, was out OF
The city last evening and there was no
way TO get a statement from him. Wade
refused to discuss his motives in the
act and maintained his innocence until
hc was searched and the papers were
found in his pockets. He was confined
in the city jail ON charge of bur
glary and allowed no bond.
Seen by Porters
Two negro porters were at work In
1ooms 351 and $50 about 11:46 o'clock
last evening when two nicely dressed
gentlemen walked in They state both
carried themselves with an air of pro-
prietorship and Immediately began to
search through the papers lying on
two desks in office No. 351, looking
through the desk drawers. Neither OF
the porters could remember having
seen either man before and one hurried
Is report the matter to Night Gus
kfodian NJ Wells. Mr.. Wells at once
notified Night superintendent Clyde
Binch, who called officer Mehaffey and
The three went upstairs by a back way.
men lad disappeared. They learned
that they had taken the elevator down
and had passed out through the front
doors Officer Mahaffey Immediately
started a search and located the two
in the saloon nearby.
Mr.. Hinch last night said
MIR. Hinch Talks
After the party returned to the SUI
perintendents office, one of the men,
who afterwards gave his name and
address as b. r. Flowers of Chicago,
called me aside and told me that he
lad been in the city for only few
weeks and was riding in on South
l.nsley car this evening about IL o'clock
n hen he met the other gentleman.
Mnen the conductor came around Flow
ors says this fellow pulled back his
coat anna showed a badge which passed
Tor his fare. This man, who was stand
ing on the rear platform, afterwards
ASKED him il he was a city man. te
" iich Flowers says that he replied ne
was meaning that he lived here. Wade
then introduced himself and said thai
ne was special officer for the city
and said that he was on his way to
rid crap game in the Brown Marx
building, and ask ed il Flowers would
help. Flowers agreed and the two
came to the offices of the third floor
where Flowers says that he saw Wade
pick up the papers and the blue print
ard put them in his pocket.
Flowers denied all connection with
the matter other than that of an inno-
cent man. stating that he had merely
wished for some excitement and had
volunteered TO go with Wade to raid
tie crap game"
The man who says his name is Wade
refused to give any reason why he
should have taken the papers or the
blue print. Flowers was allowed to
80 free, but warned to appear at court
a $3.50 O'Clock this morning.
Both Superintendent Hineh Mr. Wells
and the elevator boy state that neither
Of the two men got up to the thirC
dfoof by the front way, and evidently
rust have gone up from the alley en-.
trance. Superintendent Hinch notified
Edgar Allen. the office partner of n
ii. Arlington. Mr.. Allen could give n,
Information, bat stated that the print,
were the properly of Mr. Arlington an,
were valuable. Exactly what the ma
ture of the legal papers was is no
known.