The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-27

terson are alleged to be leaders of
band that have systematically robbed the
Southern railway of thousands of dollars
in the last year or two.
Before the arrest of Hood and Patter-
son yesterday, City Detectives Ray, Cole,
Murphy, Burge, Gray and Jones and Dep
uty Sheriff Brent searched the homes
of Hood and Patterson at East Lake and
recovered between 5000 to 5000 worth Of
stolen property. The arrests of the men
We're then ordered and were effeetd last
night. Hood is said to have confessed.
Nearly Every Article Imaginable
The stolen property contains nearly
every article imaginable. Following is
partial list of the contents of the two
drayloads of stolen property taken from
the Hood and Patterson residences at
East Lake and brought to the freight
offices of the Southern railway on South
Twentieth street:
Ammunition in several cases, clothing,
all kinds of men and women's apparel,
silverware, dress goods in bulk, electric
stoves first aid outfits, electric fans. ink.
dynamite, shotguns, rifles, revolvers, art
squares, vacuum cleaners, cut glass, OIL,
fishing tackle, electric cut glass lamp,
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pencils in bulk. chewing gum, scented
soap, velvet caps, silk hosiery, ladies'
hats, mems hats, shoes, screen wire, rub
ber hose, gloves, belts, safety razors, $50
worth of Bibles, several gross of pocket
knives, stationery, clocks, Yale locks,
dresser mirrors, brass faucets, blow
torches, umbrellas, carpenters and shoe
makers tools, nails, toilet sets, hundreds
of dollars worth of paints and varnish,
rugs, wishes, baby Shoes baby clothes, to-
bacco whisky, pillow cases. bed spreads,
rubber boots, bullet moulds, silver knives
and forks, Mazda lamps, three army
rifles, bayonets, army hats. seal skin,
overcoats, bathrobes, sailor suits, suit pat
terms. bolts Of silk, bolts of lace, bolts Of
CLOTH feather comforts, hunting suits,
leggins, hunting hats. raincoats, lace
curtains, davenports and library tables;
hot water bags, Japanese china, hand
PAINTED, and railboad fusees.
Other Arrests Expected
1t was stated at the office of the South
ern railway last night that the arrest of
Hood and Patterson was but the begin
ming a city detectives and deputy sher
ifs have several other members of the
gang under suspicion and more arrests
are expected hourly.
Detective Carl e. Ray, selected as
spokesman for the arresting officers, said:
wholesale plan, and at their homes they
had a regular storehouse in the shape of
secret rooms to hide their booty. The
home of Harry Hood is located at 1888
Walker avenue, East Lake, and that of
John Patterson at S134 Underwood ave-
nue.. Both men are married.
I'VE searched both houses at the same
time, about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon,
In Patterson's house we could find moth
ing until we located the secret room
which was a very ingenious affair. We
went in a closet and finding that the
wall sounded hollow we investigated and
found that there was a secret room back
of the partition. In that room we found
much of the stolen property. The room
was small and cozy and electric lighted
and even had telephone, stolen as we
afterward discovered from the Southern
railway.
Federal Warrants Expected
"At the Hood residence we found lot
OF the stolen property within the house,
but the bulk of 1t was discovered in an
clubhouse that Hood had built a few feet
away from his residence in the back
yard. Here a drayload of stolen prop
erty was recovered.
"All the stolen property was taken TO
the offices of the Southern railway
on South Twentieth street and after
a consultation with United States Dis
trict Attorney Kennemar, federal war
rants were issued and Harry Hood was
arrested at 5 o'clock at Woodlawn juno
tion as he was coming in from his run
SOUTH John Patterson was arrested about
3 O'Clock at Fayette by Sheriff Bill EMS
of Fayette county, acting under instruc-
tions OF special agents of the Southern
railway.
"All the work of gathering up the evil
dence was accomplished by special agents
of the Southern railway, and it was only
when the actual arrests of Hood and Pat
terson were contemplated that city de-