Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-25
Clever Piece Of Detective
Work Lands One of
Gang in Jail.
DRIVER CONFEssEs
One of Members is College
Man; Got "Hobo Habit"
at School.

G. c. Jones, confessed leader Of the
gang which Monday night attempted
TO hold up the Hartford gambling
house, prcciptating gun fight In
which five persons were injured. was
yesterday afternoon lodged in the
| city jail from early morning, when he
was captured by Detectives overly
and Bewley and Sergeant Hawkins.
A clever and timely piece Of work
on the part Of overly resulted in
! Jones apprehension and capture. The
officers had gone to the Mlstletoe
rooms where II had been learned the
hold-up men stopped when tele-
phone call came for H. A. MallOy,
i with whom Jones had roomed. over
| by grabbed the receiver and pre-
tended to be Malloy
Jones told overly, whom he sup
posed TO be Malloy, TO find Pete Gal
hraith, the chauffeur who had
whisked the bandits away after the
| fight, and tell him TO come TO a GER
| tain house Of prostitution on the east
side. He added that both he and
Irish another member Of the gang,
were injured and needed attention.
Chauffeur Confcsscs,
Calhraith was arrested soon after
the attempted hold-up occurred. At
first he insisted that he had been
forced at the point of gun to con-
Vey the robbers to the Frisco cross
ing near the fairgrounds Later.
however, ne confessed that he had
agreed to take the gang to that place
for the stipulated sum of S26. He
was released on bond yesterday after
moon.
Malloy was arrested, but showed
that he had nothing to do with the
hold-up, although he had roomed
with Jones. lie was released with
out charges having been filed against
him.
An interesting sidelight to the at
tempted hold-up is the fact that all
the guns We're charged with cart
ridges bearing soft nosed dumdum
bullets
4, G. Park the man who started
the rumpus by striking Jones over
the head with a chair Is q butcher I'm
n local market. 10 was he who
walked away from the place Monday
night after he had been shot in the
leg. A man whose name could not
be learned jumped out Of a second
story window at the back, lighting on
his feet uninjured at the time the fir
ing commenced.
Hahn Not in Gang.
J. p. Hahn, the man injured in the
gun fight supposed to be a member
Of the gang, Is neld without bail by
county authorities. Jones maintains
that Hahn Is not a member Of the
original gang which was composed OF
only three men. He thinks II pos
sible that he may have been ready
TO participate I'm the loot. Jones
talked freely at the police station
while his head wound was being
dressed early Yesterday morning.
His speech was free and fluent and
his language dramatically flawless !
occasionally weaving into his conver-
sation, technical terms which show
that he is as familiar with legal tech |
nicalty us well as the ways Of the
world" referring TO places and topics
OF current interest glibly and never
failing to thank people for their
favors and kind treatment to him as
la prisoner and a wounded patient
Furthermore his remarks are free
from profanity and vulgar insnua-
tions which characterize the conver-
SatiOn Of the thug"
A College Man.
II got the mania for the road TAX !
ing hobo trips with my college !
friends when | was in school," he |
said, land the old professor told mo
that | would certainly reap the fruits
of my waywardness. ! am one OF |
those things Jack London speaks OF !
as a picture Of man which could !
have been one If he would. l could |
have made money pursuing the call |
ing | selected end studied to be ef- |
fiCient In, but | suppose II the strain /
is In q man to go wild, there is no /
power Of mortal will to restrain MIN" |
TWO u. S. OFFICERS
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