Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-11
ORGANIZATION OF
THIEVES EXISTS
CAMERON COUNTY PEOPLFNFIl.M
OF OPINION THAT CAMERON
AND IIIDALGO COUNTIES ARE
VICTIMS OF ORGANIZED BODY.
A HEAD WITH BRAINS
PROPOSEDfTO FIGHT oHGANIZA-
TIcN WITH ORGANIZATION. AND
VALLEY PROTECTIVE HEAGTE
WILL Result.


That there j. au organization IT
thieves. with a leader who has The brains
with which 40 conduct ID. IN Cameron
aud lIidaIgo counties. H. tlr firm belief
If people In AMI around Brownsville
who have been constantly the Victims AZ
he m~arauders the past several months.
That i j. possible also than the organ
%ization may ~ iIusnt successfully IN
IN organization ~ citizens u also The
heller If these citizens.
The fact that all articles stolen dis
appear almost immediately from the
vicinitir> from which they are stolen CON
vinccs these people that the articles are
taken 10 other ne ishborhoml> where they
are exchanged Ter similar articles.
These The thief. III j. infcrrcf. brings
back Ia his neishborho0l. N:iriaus facts
gathered now and then b. the victims 0f
the alleged organization All lead "a the
belief that there l. such mn Organization.
and il has been conducted by such
thoughtful Scheming that all efforts "a
stop the thicving have been bafflcd.
Peace Officers Of Inc tMo counties have
made strenuous efforts 10 put a stop to
the practice that has now become 80
widespread. but bv the time reports of
The thcftS have reached them all cvi
dcncc> have almost invariably been re-.
moved and il has been impossible 10
trace the lost articles.
II has been charged that moss ~ these
stolen articles are taken across the river
but men who have watched the progress
Of the alleged organization give il a.
their belief that the major portion IF
the goods find their destinations on the
American side. They believe hat very
little gees across.
J. II. Ax>om. 4 resident u West
Brownsville. who formerly was - member
If The Mules" an anti-thief ~organiza-
tisn of five thousand mtmin.r> that
ilourisheS In Eastern Kentucky. ron
crived the idea 81 organizing such an rs
so~iatipn in the Lower Rio Granlc Val
lev. Mr.. -AN>om states that the organ
~ization was enabled "a almost rid that
section Of Kentucky 1T horse. stock AMI
implement thieves. and he believes that
4 similar organization would prove a.
~fcctivc in the Lower Valley country.
A meeting of people interested in such
an organization viii be- held M the home
of Mr.. AxSnm. two miles west ~ the city
next Saturday afternoon NJ I o'clock. Al
this meeting the 10y laws Of the organ
~ization viii, bc outlined and definite
steps locking 10 cffrcting the or.nni=a
tion viii be- taken. u J. proposed ~
have the parent and general orgaBiza-
tisn in Brownsville. and suhrOr.mi,a-
tionS ia every tow and community ia
the counties " Cameron ard TIldalgo.
The members If The organizations will
be- under obligations to report Immediate
~ all losses IN theft ~ their local
organizations. These in turn viii tcIc
phone or telegraph a description ~ the
lost aticles 10 the various organizations.
who also will give them to their indi
yidnal members. As n result ~ this Svs.
tcmaric publicity IL j. hoped hat the
lost articles will be quickly located.
These plans are made on the idea that
the alleged illegal organization conducts
an exchange. enabling Il Ia transfcr an.
tielcs from one n~cighborho0d o. another.
Letters are ~ lc sent ~ the Browns
willie men 10 III sections NJ the Valley.
and a decided effort will he made 10
make the organization an effective one.
Few men Get far enough M the laI,ier
of fame ia make Them IizzV