El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
To END WAVE
Of CRIME HERE
Dragnet Thrown Out Last
Saturday Results in 104 Ar
rests by Monday Morning.

= Beginning Saturday night the police
I department made wholesale arrests OF
I NasS and suspicious characters that
innaolr the slums and underworld OF
{ II PaSo and Monday morning found
/ 1O4 persons confined behind the bars
I Of the city jail Chief OF police L n.
laws announces that the police de-
{ parImenr has inaugurated a crusade
& against all vags in the city and he
I expects to make a general clean up.
: These gangsters are believed TO have
/ been responsible for many rObberies,
{ holdups, Standings and other crimes
/ committed during the past month
Chief Makes Statement.
I Chief Davis Monday morning said:
I Recently a number OF suspicious per-
/ sons have come to FL Paso and these
[ viii all be arrested These men, who
won't work, will be given positions
on the rock pile or deported- Gamblers.
/ touts, come on men, stool pigeons
and other crooks viii be arrested in
/ the raids that are now being made.
The female members Of these gangs viii
De either deported from the city or
given jail sentences"
Raid Alleged Opium AJoInt.s
Among the raids OF the department.
late saturday night was one OF an al
legged opium Joint" on santa Re
street near the Franklin canal Pa
trolmen passing the house scented the
fumes Of the drug through a window
from the basement Reserves from the
detective and police departments were
Nine Mexicans were caught in the raid.
two OF them being women
a complete opium layout was con-
ftscated, according to the police. Co
caine and morphine we're found and
taken TO the station as evidence. One
OF the women gave bond
Two BurEiarieH Reported.
Two 6urglaries were reported satur-
day night and sunday morning. Rich
ard +. Burgess reported that thieves
entered his home some time Sunday
during the absence OF the family and
stole some loose change The robbers
failed to discover Jewelry and silver
ware valued at several thousand 6oI- I
lars which was in easy reach OF them 3
An unknown man was discovered try
1ng TO force an entrance into Turkish
bath house on North Oregon street.
Sunday, but he was frightened away.
Mrs- y. T. Peyton, who resides IN
GrandvteW, reported that thieves had
robbed her home, taking 50 Il money.
Jewelry and other articles valued az
5000 She later found the articles and
said that she had mislaid them.
Find Stolen Car.
Some time early Sunday morning
some unknown person stole Dr.. Henry
T. Safford's automobile He found the
machine during the afternoon near the
smelter. The car was partly wrecked
and had been abandoned BY the thieves
Late Sunday night Jesus Cobas was
arrested by the police and docketed On
charge OF carrying a pistol
Eight young hOOdums we're caught
Monday morning on santa Fe street
They are the members Of a gang the
police have been watching for some
time -
Refused to Pay Taxi BIZ.
Y F. Flores was arrested early Non
day morning when he refused to pav
taxi bill. lie rode around IN a ma
chine for several hours and then told
the driver to charge the bill TO
Sweeney"
" A Grump. one Of the 100 OF more
vags arrested during the raids IN the
tenderloin. confessed to being a de-
serter from the navy, saying he en-
listed at Dallas in 1913 and deserted .
month later.