Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-20
Man, y, and Two Boys, If
and Is, Clear Up Car
nival of Crime.
ARRESTED YESTERDAY
Claim Is Made That Man
Told Lads He Could Dis
pose of Goods.

Jack Moore aged 21 planned the
long list Of burlaries yesterday con-
fessed to by his brother Lawrence,
aged 10, and Harry Applegate, aged
4, according to a statement by Chief
Of Police Burns last night
The three youths were arrested 10y
the police early yesterday morning
and are now i'm the city Jail They
Will bc turned over to the county
authorities this morning.
Robberies all over the city We're
committed by the trio before they
were arrested and the police believe
thy have broken up the gang that
has been responsible for ninety per
cent Of the burglaries here recently.
Jack Moore, who was arrested at
i09 South Maybeil avenue early yes
terday morning by Detectives Joyce,
Bewley and Maupin, after an all-night
vigil by the officers, has been ar
rested here several times on charges
Of drunkenness, petit larceny, forg
cry and carrying brass knucks, ac-
Cording to Harry Siege, supeTintend-
ent OF Identification of the police de-
partment, who looked up the youths
police record last night
Detectives overly and Joyce ar
rested Applegate and Lawrence
Moore.
Robbed Mrs. Yus'S Home.
one of the homes robbed 10y the
trio was the residence of Mrs, j, II.
Yust, 1920 South Cheyenne, which
was burglarized about a month ago
while MIS-. Yust was speeding to San
Antonio, where her husband, promi-
nent oil man, later died
A partial list Of the crimes con-
fessed TO by the younger Moore
brother and Applegate follows:
Yust residence, about a month
ago; got poCketboOk, cigars stick
pins Elgin watch and neckties
Collins home opposite Fix
mer's grocery store on TWELFTH
near Elgn got stick pins beads,
box of cartridges, manicure set,
revolver.
Home of County Engineer r.
K Hughes in Kendall on Thurs
day July 15 got one lady's
watch, fishing reel, shotgun, re-
NOlVer Mexican money and razor.
Home at Thirteenth and Car
son; got Ingersoll watch and stick
pin.
House at Denver and Elwood;
house was dark and Applegate
entered by the back door, but got
scared off and went out rear door,
House at Ninth and Detroit;
got $1.24.
House on Fostoria street; got
nickle plated match box.
House at Fifteenth and Carson
got twenty pounds Of lead pipe
and sold II TO junk man.
House at Fourteenth and
Cheyenne; got new auto tire
weighing % pounds and sold it
to junk man for cents a pound.
House one half block of glass
factory; got some brass and two
auto tires Sold the brass for
S1.3O So junk man and got $50
for tires.
Store Of j. c. Trumper North
Main and Cameron; got one
auto radiator and sold to junk
man for $2.10
Denver grocery; got 100 gunny
sacks and sold to feed store for
SO.
The shot gun, revolver and fish
ing reel stolen from the Hughes
residence were recovered by the
police and returned to the owner.
The name of another youth was
mentioned by the juvenile thieves
as one of their confederates and he
| probably will be arrested. They also
said that most of the articles they
stole were sold to one junk dealer
here, whose name they told, and he
also will be investigated.
Applegate said that Jack Moore
! told them 10 rob the houses and he
would help dispose of the goods and
| the police believe that Moore, being
SO much older than the others, in
| fluenced them to committing the
crime. Particularly is this believed
in regard to the Applegate boy.