The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-06
TWO PLUNDERINC
RAILWAY GANGS
ARE ROUNDED UP
Michigan Central and Lake
Shore Heavy Losers BY Sys-
tematic Thieving
TELEGRAPH POLES
STOLEN FROM FORMER
Loot From Other Road Includes
Variety of Articles; One
Woman Arrested

While railroad police and central
bureau detectives have been rounding
up gang Of Lake shire railroad EN-.
ployes who are charged with plumber
ing the company OF hundreds Of dol.
lars worth OF merchandise, Detective
Hugh Dwyer. Of the Michigan Central,
rounded up another gang which was
preying on his road. The plumber OF
this gang was telegraph poles. the
long. heavy kind that form the seen.
cry along the railroad tracks. Sixty
one Of them have disappeared within
the last few weeks. They were not
uproOted by the thieves, but they were
poles awaiting installation.
Friday afternoon, Detective Dryer
saw Phil KOdowski, OF No. 125 Lock.
wood-ave.. driving merrily along with
seven telegraph poles trailing from a
truck. Phil was arrested on larceny
charge. Then the railroad sleuth de.
cided that Lockwood-ave. ought to be
searched for concealed telegraph
mex, No. 1875 LOckwood-ave., officers
found 81 Of the poles. George Karies.
of No. 120, had 18 poles. Katie Ru-
clio, No. 112 L0ckwood-ave., had q
dozen, ana Joseph Panek, No. LIZ
Lockwood-ave., had quite few. War
rants were issued against all four.
Saturday, charging them with receiv-
ing stolen property.
The mystery of how they were cart
ed away was solved when Stan:slaus
Fitz, Of No. 81 Goldner-ave., admitted
that he had been paid 81 a load for
hauling poles to the Lockw0od-ave.
settlement. He said he acted limo
Gently, as he was told the railroad
was giving them away. He was not
arrested
While getting warrants In that case.
Detective Dryer met Mary Sueta
queen Of the colony" who had just
paid S. fine for stealing coal, and
was leaving the court room. Dwyer
promptly arrested her, charging her
with stealing 100 tie binders from the
railroad.
She and another woman, who flg.
ures in the warrant as Mary Doe,
gave Switchman John O'Brien q Sc
we're beating over the head with
bricks, when he attempted to stop
them, Dwyer says.
She was sent back to jail for hear.
ing, Oct. 10.
Two truck loads of merchandise
stolen from the Lake Shore railroad
we're recovered by railroad sleuths
and Capt. Palmer's men, Friday after
noon. and four employees Of the rail-
road were arrested on charges Of
grand larceny.
They were registered as Charles
Simmons, 43 years old, q conductor
living at No. 229 Woodbridge-st; Al
bert Stafford. switchman, Is years old
No. 462 Bewick-ave.: Frank Manning
switchman, 80 years old, No. SO Ma
tional-ave., and George Harrington
switchtman, 80 years old, No. PASS
East Grand-blvd.
Gus and Frank Zielke, railroad de-
tectives, say that they saw Sanford
break into a car, remove a quantity
of plumber, and take II away short
distance to hide It. Then, they allege
they caught Simmons In the act OF
breaking into q car-lOaded with whis'
ky. Meanwhile. nearly q dozen sleuths
working on the reports that the rail-
road was being systematically plum
tiered, gained evidence against the
other men, they say.
The homes Of the arrested men
were searched and big quantity OF
plumber was found. Among the ar
ticlss were blankets, boots, skirts
shirts, collars, suits, furs, condensed
milk, cigars. sailed peanuts, overcoats
underwear, cheese, suspenders. honey
and toilet articles.
Simmons Manning and Stafford
were arraigned before Commissioners
Hurd In the federal court, Saturday
morning, on q charge OF robbing In
terstate shipments, and pleaded not
guilty. They will be given q prelimi
nary hearing Oct. 8, and are held
until bonds Of $1,000 each can be fur
nished.