The Detroit times., 1913-05-17
PALMER SAYS
DIPS HAVE FUND
TO FIGHT POLICE
This Explains Hiring Of Attor.
neys to Secure Release
Of Suspects
HABEAS CORPUS PLAN
WON'T AVAIL, HOWEVER
Men Re-arTested as Soon as Re.
leased-D0dge Cell Only by
Promising to Leave City

Melvin Newton, who says he Is a
butcher. 30 years old. and living at
No. 307 Grand River-ave.. was caught
with his hand in the pocket Of }. L..
La Tours, OF Des Moines. Ia, a dele
gate TO the railroad conductors con-
vention. while La Tours was riding on
a downtown car. Thursday afternoon.
La Tours grabbed Newton, who IL
alleged to have passed La Tours purse
to Claude Thompson, 26 years old. no
home. Thompson was also nabbed.
and both men were turned over to
Traffic officer Sam Smith.
They were arraigned before Justice
Gainey Friday on charges OF larceny
from the person. and were held under
bail for examination May II.
Mel" Newton has been arrested q
score Of times recently. az q suspect.
but always escaped through lack or
evidence. His present arrest comes
at a time when the police are engag-
ed In a finish fight with dips"
Two more dip" suspects were pick
ed up by Detectives Wilkinson and
their names az Jake Young, OF
Poughkeepsie, N. T., fined $40 In High
land Park few days ago for get
ting tangled up In another mans
pocket, and Joseph Murphy, on parole
for the theft of an auto.
Six pickpocket suspects. arrested
May IL In a raid on house on Brush
ST., are still held in the central sta
ton. In spite of naDeas corpus pro-
ceedings, and other attempts to gain
their liberty. There Is only one way
they can get out of their cells Capt
Palmer says, and that Is to- promise
to 60 out OF Detroit and stay out. The
prisoners are: Jack Rose. Albert
Morgan. Arthur Davis, William Cor
don, Joe Jacobs and Martin Daley.
James Lynch. alias Finnegan. alleged
leader OF the gang. was released on
his promise to dust
Chief OF Detectives Palmer said,
Friday morning, that the police and
the courts were now engaged In a
finish fight to learn whether the army
OF pickpockets reaping a harvest in
Detroit are to rule the town with what
Palmer frankly declares to be an
enormous corruption fund" and he
says that the authorities still have
the upper hand.
James Murphy. Max williams, and
Harry Greenberg. members Of the
gang Of alleged pickpockets who were
seized In a raid on q Brush-st house
several days ago. 0e;a!ne. ~rits Of
habeas corpus, Thursday night, were
released, and rearrested. Taken to
the cell block. Palmer declares that
they said to him: Captain, this
looks like a finish fight. II you
will turn us out now, without habeas
will 60, and you will never see us In
your town again"
"You fellows are going to be kept
In jail as long as you stay In De-
troit," Palmer replied. IF you get
habeas corpus papers, you will be
released and locked W again. You
have only got the chance OF starting
civil proceedings. II you do that, I'll
still hold you. and 90 to jail myself
for contempt II the court says So
Just let us get out" the dips re-
piled. "and we will never show In
your town again."
Palmer released them.
THE courts are with us," said
Palmer. land though they are forced
to grant habeas corpus proceedings.
have told Judge Connolly that re-
arrests will follow as fast as the men
are released. Attorneys for the pick
pocket gang asked for an order for
bidding rearresrb, and Judge Connolly
told them they would have to bring
civil suit on that question:
Thirteen hundred dollars was the
maximum that was reported as lost
to pickpockets In one day by Detroit
citizens and visitors to the city.
Palmer says that the picking OF
pockets Is going to stop.
James Lynch. alias "Finnegan," the
first OF the dips" to resort to the
habeas corpus, was rearrested. He
tried It once more, and was again re-
arrested.
THE next time that you get In
here" said Palmer, II am going to
throw the key to your cell away"
Tnnegan said: The stun Is OF.
captain. I'm going to leave Detroit.
II you see me again. you'll have good