The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-01-11
1880 Feet o. Stolen Copper Wire
and Other Material Found
in Two Cars.
TRIO HAVE BEEN CLOSELY
WATCHED FOR LONG TIE
Srecial Agents and Chief Make De-
scent Yesterday aud Find
Missing Material.

A series of civil cases, criminal
prosecutions in the state courts.
and warrant for violations OF the Or
dinances of the City of Cai.o arr
confronting three second hand o.
junk dealers OF the city.
Morris Solomon, Joseph Solomon
and :. Goodman are the three junk
dealers involved in a transaction al.
legged by Officers working on the
cases TO be shady and involving the
civil and criminal cases.
At present two civil .ascs have
been instituted. one a. writ OF re.
plevin against Morris solomon for a
lot OF copper wire Nalued at 5000
which case was brought by the Iron
Mountain Rairoad company yc tor
day and suit brought by Joseph
Solomon to recover damages from
the Mobile & Ohio said to represent
the value OF copper wire which tha
company is holding. claiming it is
property stolen from It,
Chief Fuller aud Spc,ial Agent
7. G.. Logan OF the Mobile 4 Ohio.
and Special Agent NJ. T.. Quick OF
the Iron Mountain, yesterday sue
ceeded In locating - 1850 feet OF cop
per wire which had been stolen
from the two railroads in addition
to material belonging TO the Cairo
Electric and Traction Company.
All this material was found il
two cars on the Mobile and Ohio
ready for shlpment, one car ready
for shipment to st. Louis and thr
other to pittsburg. The wire in tht
st, Louis car was TO be transhippeA
to Pitts5urg on arrival at st. Louis.
The car consigned to Pittsburg con
tanned all kinds Of junk and tn"
wire. 1t was billed by Morris Solo
mon while the St Louis ear was
shipped by Joseph Solomon.
In ono OF the cars was found tat
low ana feathers billed as Iunl
which constitutes a violation of the
Federal laws nasmuch as these
cannot be shipped as junk, but conc
under a different and higher classi.
tication in freight rates.
The two special agen S have beer
working on the case for some time
reports having been made concern.
ing the theft of 5000 feet of cop
per wire from the poles of the NJ
4 .. between Davis Junction anl
Beech Ridge, these wires being for
the purpose Of operating the inter
locking switches but on account o
the new levee construction were not
in use. The Iron Mountain alsc
lost 1850 feet of copper wire ad
iacent to the NJ 4 o.
As these wires were not in use l.
was assumed that some one who
knew all about it is concerned in
the theft as the cutting of similar
wires used would immediately br
detected. 1t is thought that the
wire was stolen some time in No
vember or early in December
The total value OF the wire take
amounts to approximately $1,000.
The three junk men, in violation
of the city ordinances, nave kept
records or accounts of their pur
chases which lays them liable
prosecution in this case
Morris Solomon sets up as a de
fense that he bought 2.20O pound
OF copper wire from S. Goodman. Th,
latter admits the truth of the state
ment but claims that he came int
possession of the wire through pur.
chase from the Cairo Electric and
Traction company. The Traction
company says that it only sold Mr.
Goodman $50 pounds of wire, th'
sale taking place on December 81
it being a long time ago since l.
sold him any other material. al
though in the cars was found othe
material which the company neve,
sells. The company has never sold
any other dealer than Mr.. Goodman
any wire or other material.
Neither one of the three junk
dealers have paid their city licenses
and consequently are doing bushes