The Detroit times., 1914-07-30
DEMANDS STUFF
POLICE SEIZE;
LANDS in CELL
c. c. Hayes Arrested When tie
Asks Return Of Trunks Filled
With Stolen Goods
LOOT HAD BEEN TAKEN
FROM WABASH CARS
Bank Books Found on Defendant,
Employe of Road, Show Him
Heavy Deposition

Carl c. Hayes, 36 years OLD. en-
Inspector, employed by the WABASH
railroad, walked into the property
room in police headquarters, Nednes.
day morning, and aCridly demanded
OF Property Clerk Charles Shaw, why
hts three trunks. seized in raid ny
Michigan Central Detective Hugh
Dwyer. in Hayes room at No, 50
Lyon,ave., were being neld by the
police. lie was indignant about II.
He said he knew that Dryer had
found that he was working on wrong
information. and had not found the
stolen property he sought.
Shaw took Hayes down 10 Detec-
tive Alex. Tremontie, and said Lock
this man mp for grand larceny
In the trunks were articles OF al
most every imaginable kind with the
shipment marks still on them, and
the marks had been traced, until
Shaw had learned that the stun was
stolen while in shipment
One Of the articles in the trunks
was an automatic shotgun, valued at
800. There were dozens OF pairs OF
expensive shoes, rubber boots a box
OF expensive silk shirts, boxes OF
other shirts, socks. an army suit, fur
overcoats, saws, chisels, and the most
: expensive OF tools, vases, cartridges,
cigars. cases OF tobacco, and other
plumber valued at more than $1,000
In the bottom Of one OF tae trunks
was q bank book showing that Hayes
had deposited more than 81 900 In
that bank in one year. Another bank
book, of a local institution, showed
that he had deposited 5000 since jan
], this year. In a diary many entries
OF drafts on banks in various parts or
the country, showed that Hayes was
a man with a really astonishing in
come. And the entries IN the book
crediting his monthly salary. all read
SALARY, $64." When searched, he
was found TO have 1910 in his peck.
cts.
Hayes arrest was due to clever
piece Of work by Property Clerk
Shaw. 49,.
When the goods seized in the raid
by the Michigan Central officers, who
had Information that stuff stolen from
their road would be found In the
Lyons-st. house, were taken TO the
police station, shipping marks we're
traced, and il was found that the
goods were stolen from the Wabash,
Detective Louis Lubs was notified,
and made further investigation, sat
isfying himself that Hayes was the
party responsible.
Meanwhile. Hayes mad gone TO Buf.
falo, and was arrested there, IL is al
legged, on non-support charge, which
he settled In some way, and returned
here, Tuesday. ....
Lubs had arrested Hayes some time
ago, charging him with the theft OF
a pair OF shoes from the railroad, but
Hayes thwarted the detective and
was not prosecuted He was kept
right on the job, and apparently
continued to help himself from the
cars that he was inspecting.
"He was a clever fellow says
Property Clerk Shaw. He didn
take whole cases, as most Of the rail.
road thieves do but he would take a
pair Of shoes, or a dozen socks. or a
small box of shirts al a time, and
the shipment would arrive at destina.
ton, short the missing articles, and
with no way OF proving whether they
had been stolen. or misCounted.
Hayes turned as white as a sheet
when he came in TO demand his three
trunks. and | took him downstairs 10
have him locked up, added Shaw