Arizona republican., 1914-11-16
Arrest of Four Negroes and Recovery of Much Booty Clears Mystery of Bur glaries of the Past Few Weeks
GOODS ARE
 STILL UNCLAIMED
While Dozen or More Jobs Are Solved, Identifica- tion of Remaining Goods May Add to Information Already Secured
CITY OFFICERS

CITY OFFICERS .. .. :. ......
 Not in many months has the police department of the city of Phoenix suc- ceeded in making more important ar rests than those carried out on Friday night, announcement of which was withheld by The Republican in order that the details of the workings of the gang now in custody might be fully learned by the police. Albert Mack, Floyd Marshall, A. E. Harris and Al berto Wilson, all negroes, are the names the four arrested have given the police. and in their apprehension the police have succeeded in laying the mystery of the dozen or more house burglaries committed within the last two weeks. More than that, booty variously estimated to be valued at from S70O to s1,20O has been recovered and goodly portion identified by the victims of the quartette.
 To no particular officer is more credit due than to a number of them working collectively. From Chief of Police George Q. Brisbois down the line, including Policemen Wilkerson, McGrath, Barnum, Morrell, Skidmore, and others, no effort has been spared since the first reports began coming in of house robberies in various parts of the city, to secure clues as to the identity of the mysterious culprits. Not long after the almost nightly af- fairs were reported. practically every member of the force began devoting every spare moment of his time to delving into the details of the robberies.
 Over a week ago it became pretty clear that a gang of negroes was prob ably at the bottom of the work A few days ago it was absolutely certain that it was the work of the three or four finally arrested. No arrests were made at the time, although all were placed under surveillance. The sale of gold watch for three dollars by one member of the gang was the undoing of the entire quartet. A search of the various rooms occupied by the three men and the woman resulted in the re- covery of a rich haul of watches, rings, bracelets, brooches, toilet sets, cloth ing, suit cases, flash lights, revolvers, SdItlN ldLtlS, cllthPiilSs Nhil ohNNNAi'' shoes. shirts and other articles too nu- merous to mention. The office of Chef of Police Brisbois for the last day or two has resembled nothing more than a second hand store.
 Confronted with the goods and with evidence that each had told the other. it was comparatively an easy matter to f,,lI tho entire party, with the exception of the wom- an who, while admitting that she had some of the goods in her possession, denied guilty knowledge of the manner in which the other three became pos sessed of it.
 For several hours last evening Sher- if Jeff D. Adams and Assistant County Prosecutor Clyde M. Candy assisted Chief Brisbois at the police station in securing statements from the three men under arrest, and before they quit they werep repared to state that there was no longer any mystery as to who entered and robbed the residences Of Emil Gang on North Central avenue, Judge Frank Thomas, South Central avenue: Dr. Futile. North Fifth street; Ralph Cameron, Fifth and Willetta streets Frank Rose, West Adams street. C. D. Doris. West Jefferson street. Earl Porter North First street; a house at 1230 East Adams street, and others. In every instance all CT good portion of the articles were in. the hands of the police. There are still number of watches and other articles.