The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-08-03
LOCATE ROBBERS
DEN IN OLD Mine.
LARGE AMOUNT Of
GOODS RECOVERED

Sheriff Neweomb and his assist
ants have unearthed big cache
Of stolen goods Of various kinds,
amounting In value to many hum
dreds Of dollars. at the old Bas-
sick coal mine. about three miles
north Of Roekvale, and q paroied
vonvict BY the name Of Jack HaiIi-
day, who 10 under prison sentence
for highway robbery nj Denver,
was locked up in the county Jail
Monday AZ one of the thieves
Gang Of Professional Thieves.
Halliday is believed TO be one OF a |
haifdozen or more professional
thieves. all OF them paroled prisoners
or ex-convicts. who have organized a
conspiracy for robbery on an exten- |
siye scale They are suspected OF
having established sort of robbers
exchange or clearing house for |
thieves and to have handled a great
deal of valuable booty during the last
fve or six months. They have appar-
entity been dealing In everything from
e paper OF pins 10 steam engines.
Find Auto in Shaft
The discoery OF the robbers den |
was brought about by the finding OF
the automobile OF J. w. Frisby OF SOS |
North Sixth street. which was stolen
from me owners garage during the
night OF July 18th. secreted at the
bottom of the mine shaft thirty-fiyei 1
feet below the surface of the ground !,
Monday morning.
Since then great quantity OF gro /,
eeries. dynamite. black powder. cloth !
Ing and pieces OF machinery have been
uncovered in the vicinity. the greater /,
part OF which has been stolen from
Canon City and Florence merchants
during the last four or ave weeks.
Much Other Loot
Mr.. Frisby's automobile had been
taken apart and the bed lowered into ;
the mine shaft by ropes. Pine and
plnion trees had been cut by the
robbers and thrown into the shaft to
obscure the machine at the bottom.
The engine. wheels and other parts
OF the car were buried in the dump
At the top of the shaft. as was also
a large amount OF other stun. includ-
ing five cases OF dynamite. several
hfty-pound cans OF gunpowder. groce-
ries, clothing. gasoline. wrenehes. 1
nuts. bolts and other loot
Mr.. Frisby identified his automo-
bile and on Tuesday helped pull II
out OF the mine. which was by no
means an easy proposition. After as
sembling the parts and putting them
together he drove the machine home.
Mr.. Frisby's car Is not the only ma
chine OF the kind that Halliday and I,
his confederates are suspected of
stealing; in fact, he was driving one
at the time he was taken into custody /
that IS now in possession OF the sher- +
in awaiting n claimant Halliday was
arrested at Florence about noon on
Monday and both he and the Ford
machine in which he was riding at
the time were Communicated by the
authorities.
Discovered by Range Rider.
The discovery Of the robbers cache :
was made by S--'u Bailey of Lincoln
Park, who is employed as range
rider by w. II. Smith. the well known
South Canon cattleman. Mr.. Bailey
noticed that lot of tree tops and
brush had been thrown into the old
mine and made an investigation OF the
matter. which resulted in finding the
auto bed Mt the bottom of the shaft.
He reported his discovery to Sheriff
Newcomb and on Monday number of
officials. accompanied by Mr.. Frisby.
visited the locality ana confirmed Mr..
Bailcy's find as well as bringing to
light a lot OF other stun. Under Sher
IN c. T. Chapman was let down into ,
the mine by a rope and found the :
part OF the. machine hidden there TO be :
in good condition. An effort was
made 10 haul It TO the surface. but the .
men IN the party were unable on Rc-
count Of the weight to accomplish the J,
task and the undertaking was defer
red until Tuesday. when temporary !,
derrick was erected for the purpose.
Haillday Had Another Car.
The Tenders Of the machine were =,
little bent. but Otherwise Il was unin-I
jared. The object q TIE thieves ini