Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
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her before them for several miles be-
fore allowing her 10 60.
At the time of their arrest yester-
day police recovered several hundred
dollars worth OF automobile tires from
them, an accessory scale and several
pair Of shoes. In Orde. to give some
idea OF the criminal record II the
boys Of which many an old thief could
feel proud transcript OF the written
confession of the Rober-s boy made in
the presence OF police and railway Of
ficers fellows
Roberts Makes Concession.
OF my own free will | make the
following statements
My name is Wiley Roberts, IL
years old. / live with my father, II.
VI Roberts 5l3 South S1rtis, Tulsa.
my first unlawful act was TO Kv
with Marshall Battenfield, who lives
at 1902 Fast Fourth. TO the Katy
tracks at Rockford street, where ~e
broke open a box car loaded with
automobiles and took one auto casing
off OF the back OF the car and ons orr
or the front wheel But we did not
Ike them ont OF the car on account
Of being scared when n train backed
up. Had we got away with these
tires we intended 10 take them to --
who runs a garage for ne had told us
that he would buy tires from us.
About ten days ago, myself and
Earl Winery, who lives near the
| Midland valley tracks on East Seventh
| from a barn and sold them 10 -
who runs = junk yard.
Day before yesterday another boy
and me tried to break into Katy car
at Rockford street which was loaded
/ with merchandise. with the intention
/ OF robbing it. when We had gotten
I the door open two negroes jumped out
/ OF another car and started toward us
, and we ran away. | went home and
was later arrested by the Katy waJcn.
man who took an owl head six
shooter off me and brought me to the
police station.
They Steal Car.
about two weeks ago me and three
others OF the gang stole "A Ford car
and took IL near Drumright and
stored IT, We intended to go back and
sell IT later,
About a month ago, a buncn OF
boys numbering about seven or eight,
but do not know the names OF All,
went down to the Katy tracks near
the oil mill and took six wheels, tires
and all complete. off OF automobiles
that were loaded on a fiat car.
Lewis Rattenfield. Doc Barker,
Delmar Hull. alias "DaGo Hull" ana
myself are the ringleaders Of what
! is known as the East Side gang.
About three weeks ago MarshaH
Battenfiold, who is 3 years old, broke
into n took box Of an auto that was
on East Sixth street near the park
and stole all the tools. About two OF
three weeks ago Jim Sexton who is
II years old. grabbed a woman's
pocketbook in the Kresss store, he
told me so.
Travelled Far.
About ten days ago I ran away
| from home and went to Kansas City,
which WAS the fourth time | have run
away from home. The other three
trips that | made away from home
/ I went to St Louis and near Chicago.
While In Kansas City on my last
| trlp | met a boy whose name | DO not
know, and we went out TO n mans
barn and stole a Ford touring car and
/ drove II to Chelsea, Okla, where we
left il. In driving IL to Chelsea We
nearly ruined it account running 1t
without luhricating oil.
About three or four nights ago |
was down in the Frisco yards and
met three OF the other boys. We four
| broke open a car and got into it and
opened case OF pancake flour and
ease Z extracts. We scattered the
/ flour over the car and threw the eN-
tracts into tho corner on some pipe.
[ Tho only thing We got out Of this car
vas about pound Of candy which
we took out Of a bucket we broken
open.
Some four or five days ago I, SIN
/ gleh1nded. hrciSe into a car on the
/ Frisco tracks that was loaded with
! buckets and boxes Of candy. I opened
I two or three buckets and ate all the
candy l wanted and then left
Entered Car AlonS
81 have slngledhanded, broken open
several cars on the Frisco and t<aty
tracks with the intentions OF stealing
merchandise from them, but did not
on account OF finding nothing
wanted on one occasion Doc and
Fred Barker and myself broke open a
car on the Katy track ana took four
quart bottles and one five gallon keg
OF wine out OF IL. on another occa-
sion I and Fred broke the seals off
OF IS cars that were setting on the
Katy tracks near Troost. but we did
not get into them. We merely did II
TO he mischtevous.
About ten days ago, Earl Winery
tells me. ne went into -- store
before closing hours and hid, allow
ing them to lock him In the store.
After the store was closed he stole
seven pairs o. shoes. one Of which
was pair of ladies shoes. He told
me he gave the pair OF shoes TO girl
by the name of -.
Most all the boys who belong 20
the East Side Gang carry guns occa-
sionally. especially saturday and Sun
dav. when they go out TO commit rob-
bories.
(Signed) WILEY ROBERTS"
burglary.