The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-08-06
MAN LOCKED UP
IS SUSPECTED OF
ROBBINC HAARIC
Morris Huffman Learns He
Is Suspected, Surrenders
To Chief.
DENIES HE HELPED
TO ROB 3 STORES
Chief HutsOn and Aids Are Look
ing for COnfederates-
Money Overlooked.

One man whom the police were
looking for in connection with the rob-
berry OF three Haarig stores early yes
terday morning, last night went to the
police station, where he gave himself
up ard now is being held pending fur
Their investigation. More than $50 in
cash was taken, 1892 cash overlooked
and considerable property damaged by
the burglars.
The police are looking for second
man, who IS believed to have been in
vOlved in the robbery, and late last
night they were unable to find him, al
though they are confident that he had
not been abb. to make his getaway
from Cape Glrardeau.
The man who is being held after
having given himself up is Morris
Huffman, well known to merchants
and the police in Haarig.
II understand you've been lookin'
for me-" Huffman remarked as he
walked into Chief Hutson's office in
the evening. 81 want to give myself
up and find out what you want ME
for"
The chief explained to him that he
would be held as a suspect in connec-
tOin with tire robbery of Mueller's
Meat Market, the Deever Bros. Feed
Store and F. F. Braun Bros. Grocery
between 2 and 5 a. m. yesterday.
When the police began their inves-
tigation of the robbery yesterday, it
was learned that Huffman, in COM
pany with a negro whose name and
description has been furnished to
them, were seen on Good Hope street
about 2 o'clock in the morning. They
were seen about o'clock in the vicin-
ity of the stores by another man who
reported to the police.
eyes, | know | was over near the
stores in the morning" Huffman told
the chief, 'but l didn't have anything
to do with the robbery"
He hestitated as he told the story
of his nights actions to the police and
on one or two occasions, the chief de-
clared he made disconcerting slips.
81 was asleep part of the night in a
shed in the rear of bakery nearby"
Huffman said. 81 slept there till about
5 o'clock when l got up and caught
train to Commerce. | went down to
Commerce ami came black later in the
morning.
81 didn't have anything to do with
the negro that l was said to have been
with"
The burglars who forced an en-
trance into the three stores first tore
the screen from the transom window
over the front door of the Mueller
branch meat market. The window was
opened inwarGly and the men made
their way around back of the counter
to the cash register.
All three drawers of the cash regis
ter had been opened and cash amount
ing to Bis was taken. In another
compartment covered with a sack, lay
$32 which had been untouched by the
burglars.
The men departed through a small
door leading from the rear part of the
meat market into the Deever Bros.
Feed stor. Three cents in money and
Z cents in stamps was all the loot that
was obtained there.
The cash drawer in the feed store
had been forced open. One of the men
picked up 24-pound sack of flour on
the way out door in the rear part of
the building and spilled its contents on
the outside Of the building.
1t is believed the men thereupon
ran down the alley till they reached
the rear part of the F. F. Braun Bros.
grocery. There they climbed over a
lattice fence about feet high and aft
err forcing window at the side of the
grocery store, bent a half inch iron
bar in order to allow room for a mans !
body to pass between two of the bars
and gain an entrance to the store.
Mr.. Braun's office is inside the Win
dow and when he arrived at the store |
morning, he found muddy |
footprints over his desk, leading to the !
cash register. About 500 in cash was
taken out of the cash drawer and the
footprints appeared to show the bur-
glars escape through the window |
again.
A safe which was standing nearby |
in the office was untouched and none
of the stock in the store had been mo-
Tested.
The series Of burglaries first was
discovered by Louis Bierschwal, who
opened up at the meat market at 5 |