Arizona republican., 1913-03-03
Thousands of Dollars Worth Of Tools, Auto Parts, Clothing and Jewelry Cached in Tunnel nLocal Brickvard
i" HOOK EY' WAS
 BRICK LINED
Five Out of Six Members
 of Gang Are Caught In Sheriff Jeff Adams Drag Net and Are Locked Up In County Jail

A burglary trust has been unearth- 1 ed in Phoenix by Sheriff Jeff Adams and Of it's principals five members are now languishing in the county : Jail. Two were arrested Saturday morning, two during the same eye i ming. and one last night. over two wagon loads of loot were recovered, 1 which will be returned to its owners. 1 Saturday morning Constable Jim { Murphy noticed two Mexicans. wear i ing clothes which answered the de ! scription of some which were stolen ! a few days ago. He questioned them 1 as to how they became possessed Of ! the clothes.
 1 Their answers were so contra dictory that he decided to arrest them 1 first and investigate afterward. Dur i ing the day the prisoners. under eX- animation by the officers, gave enough information to enable the sherifrs office to locate some of the loot in Gordon and Smithline's brick I yard on South Fourth street, about q mile from the court house.
 Following the directions given by the prisoners, Jeff Adams and Deputy Sheriff Billy Woolfe found the hook cy'' under a pile of brush. After re- { moving the brush a square hole was discovered about six feet deep, lined with brick stolen from the yard, at the bottom was 6 tunnel leading to the west Following this for several
 yards the sheriffs found another well
 about five feet deep and at the bot
 tom of this another tunnel. this time
 running east. At the end of this
 was a square chamber large enough
 to hold several wagon loads of goods
 beside providing living quarters for the gang. The loot there required
 two wagons to remove it to the sherift7s office.
 Clues left by the men enabled the
 sheriff to trace two of the gang to the house of a Mexican family and Deputies WoOf and Sears were de tailed to watch for them. About nine
 o'clock the men entered the house,
 and, warned by some person. they . rushed out again and with the aid Of the darkness made their escape, all
 though shot at by the officers. The
 
 one of the men so that he surren-
 dered a few hours after. The other man walked into the arms of Jeff
 Adams at the Hockey" early yester-
 day morning.
 The fifth man concluded that things were getting too warm so he e decided to get out of the town and : succeeded in getting to Tempe beforo : the authorities were aware of the Q fact. Sheriff Adams and Deputy : Sears picked up the trail and over
 took the man six miles south of the . town and placed him under arrect. t An ugly, wicked looking revolver Y was found on him and after he was D brought to Phoenix and questioned f he then decided to tell where some Q more of the loot was cached. anC Il led the officers to the spot A sho : gun bedding. and suit case fui d of silk lined gentemens clothins q bearing the labels of the Louis Gas q Tailoring company, the New Yorl
 store. and several other stores. wer' d recovered from this cache. Other d of the trust then fell all over them l. selves in trying to assist in tn n recovery of the balance of the loo l. and it was brought out that tn Q members Of the trust suffered iron 'r kleptomania to such an extent tha A- each could not help stealing iron T. the other, while each failed to SC y, the honor in the other thief. tc The following is the roster o r. burglary trust as certified to by tn ts various members now staying a m Maricopa castle as guests of tn l. county:
 e. Conrado Bustamente, Francisc ve Diaz. under suspended sentence fc ne stealing a bicycle, Tomas Rame. Jesu r. Talamante and Jaun Doe. Some
 these men are believed to be insul e. rectos as a Mauser rifle and sever; ss bandOleers of cartridges were foun
 among tn junk
 t. The loot consists of rifles. shot ad o,rs ra,-olvers nistols. cartridge he phonograph and records, bedding fir n- silks five suit cases full of wearir a apparel. automobile robes, carpenter
 tools. about three hundred keys sou 'd, bearing the names of their owner
 lumber. bricks, nails. in fact an! ist thing that could be carried off. by Sheriff Adams would like to hay
 any person who has been robb' D. during the last month to come aI ed identify any of the goods, which w
 be returned to it's owners after u on trial.
 To the sherifrs office belongs |
 whole credit for breaking this "uus'