El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31

Suddenly these saloon holdups ceased.
The detectives were beginning to believe
that their constant presence on the .est
side had acted as a deterrent, and as
carefully as they had sought to disguise
! themselves these DISCUSSES had been pene-
trated. Police Headquarters was some
what appeased AMI the orders to "clean
up the toughs became less insisteht in
tone.
But after hiatus of a few days al
new brand of crime appeared. Highway
men were at work in the very heart of
the city robbing any and every body who
looked like ready money! and then
making their getaway IN a waiting taxi
cab. Straightaway they were branded
as taxi bandits. and new and frenzisd
orders were issued to Inspector FaurOt,
head of the Detective Bureau, to press
into service every available detective
and round up these bandits. The streets
were. secured from end to end and every
suspicious person was picked up and
taken to Police Headquarters for exam
ination, But as numerous as these arr
rests were there was no Ietup in these
highway robberies.
Inspector Faurot spent restless nights
following every possible lead, never fail
ing to run down each clew that his men
brought in to him. Detective John J. I
O'Connell. one of the Inspectors most
valuable allies, was doing yeoman ser
vice, and inaugurated the system of tax
ing Geographically the questions put
and the replies vouchsafed in the course
Of these sweating sessions at Head
quarters. These reports he would then
piece together, and when something con-
crete appeared O'COnnell would sally
forth and run down his clews.
O'ConneH learned that the McVettys
had been implicated in the saloon hold
ups. He knew where both had lived with
their respective wives-little girls-but
after tracing them from abode to abode
the trail was finally lost, and search as
he might he could not pick it up again.
One or two OF the hold-uDs by the taxi
cab band savored Of the tactics employed
by the saloon bandits, and O'Conneu felt
confident that if he could locate either
Of the McYettys he would have either
principal or accessory to many of the,
,rimes so long unsolved.
Getting a minute description of the
brothers, he made out a report which was
eft at Headquarters, and this report
such a vivid pen picture of his
quarry that many of the detectives who
scanned it declared they believed that
through this agency they would sooner or
alter pick up the men wanted.
But despite these assurances new hold
Fps were occurring each day. All smacked
f the same procedure messenger or
Iepositor emerging from bank struck
own and fired upon by two or more men
nd left weltering in the street as his
ssailants leaped into 4 taxicab or big
motor car and fled with their loot. Some
ines the sums thus obtained were
rifling. At other times large amounts
-ere procured, and always a sum suf-
icient to keep the bandits in funds for a
ew days anyhow. By laying low awhile
nd then sallying forth to operate in
action of the city remote from the scene
f the previous hold-up they ran less risk
f capture.
After all, chance played an important
art in the final roundup Of the band,
nd George AIcVetty, one of its ring
saders, was the man who, through a fit
f sullen and brutal temper, made this
ossible. While sauntering through Thir-
7-first street, near Ninth avenue, Nc
city was stopped by John McGinnis.
lirteen years old, who asked for
latch. Without a word McVetty landed
crushing blow on the boys mouth,
hooking him insensible to the street.
everal men standing near saw the at y
lck. and frenzied by the unwarranted Ii