The Arvada enterprise., 1917-09-20
Auto Bandits Cap.
tured at BroomfieId

fred Smith, Ralph Conovcr and
Roy Wilcox. at the Grange hall.
Saturday evening in Bloomfield.
inquiry was made of Mrs. Harry
Shaw, wife OF Harry Shaw, the
garage man, il certain party
could obtain some oil and gaso.
fine for their automobile, where
upon two colorcd men present
Remarked that they also wanted
oil and gasoline for their Dodge
car.
In the meantime, Harry Shaw
and Ncls Jorgcnscn, deputy
sheriff, had stationed themselves
in the Broomfield Garage in the
dark, watching proceedings OF
whatwas TRANSPORTING on the out
side where the Dodge car was
stationed.
Harry said, "Jorgcnsen, you
wait on them, they don't look
good to me-" and Jorgcnsen took
a quart of oil to the car, asking
whcre they put the oil in the
rir. TAcy said they did not know
and Shaw caid, May be it's un-
der the radiator The colorcd
gents easily "fell' and Mr.. Shaw's
wide experience in the auto re-
pairing business, and with the
general public, told him that the
Dodge was a stolen car, it being
occupied by four colorcd men.
Inquiry was made as to who
was the owner, and on being in
formed that it belonged ito my
uncle Shaw promptly called the
Denver police on the phone, four
Of them responding.
"Thc so-callcd driver" Alex
ander kcclan, who had been en-
ploycd on the, l.. Pcndleton
ranch for sevexN weeks, together
lwith his pal, started to get the
machine under way. but were
stopped by Shaw, who grabbed a
club, saying "Stop, or will brain
you," whcrcupon kcclan and his
partner got out of the machine
and ran east on Lincoln High
way. jorgcnscn fired three shots
after them, and Shaw and Van
Murphy held the other two in
the garage. and after much mus
cular persuasion succeeded in OBJ
tanning a nice small Colts auto
matte from one of them, which
wax later turned over to the po-
lice department The two col
orcd gents were held with their
own gun pointed at them until
the police arriccd. Very plucky
work by Shaw and Murphy.
| In the meantime, Mrs. Shaw
had found out by tclcphoning,
that the negro suspect Kcclan, re-
sided ON the Pcndlcton ranch, and
when the police arrived and re-
paired to the ranch house. they
found one coIorcd man, and upon
further search found kcclan hid.
den in between a mattress; both
were handcuffcd and taken to
Denver. In the meantime, how
ever. Jorgcnscn had left for West
minister, thinking that the two
culprits had headed in that dircc-
ton. Shaw in his Buick, went
TO Westminster in company with
Van Murphy. where they got
Jorgcnscn and went 10 Denver
Returning Shaw's car went on
the blink" opposite the =. c. Mol
holm ranch, and the three men
proceeded to Broomficld on foot.
The stolen car was a Dodge,
license number 5000, and be-
longcd to w. German, residing
at llI2 East 10Th avenue, Den
YER II was thought the thieves
intended returning the machine
10 the owner before daylight, but
they were apprchcndcd before
such intention was put into cf-
feet
II was afterwards learned that
kcclan and his partner in going
through Crawford's honey yard,
stumbled over some tent stay
ropes aud had reused the Craw-
ford family from their slumbcrs.
Occupants Of the depot thought
some passing train had run over
three ,orpcdocs ON the railroad
tracks. During the excitement
many from the Grange had col
lcctcd in front Of the Bloomfield
Garage. and many run1ors were
afloat, such as Harry Shaw has
been shot. some one was trying
10 blow up the elevator" and
many others.