Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-29
SOME GANG
May Have Been the Same Crowd That
Robbed the Rose Brothers
Store at Marshfield.

| During the past week, Chief of
Police Michael Griffin received a let
ter from the chief of police of the
Wausau department stating that prob
ably the man or gang of men who
robbed the Rose Bros department
store of considerable amount of silk
and other goods some time ago, are
apprehended.
Nothing of definite nature is given
to lead to the conclusion that the
stolen goods found by the police are
those belonging to the Rose Bros
store, but the chief and Mr.. Rose are
working on the supposition that some
of the goods might belong to him.
| Mr.. Malone of Wausau, chief of po-
| lice for that city, writes that they
arrested a man there a few days ago
and held him on suspicion for two
weeks and finally found that he was
wanted at Des Moines, Iowa, for mur-
der and breaking into stores. The
| sheriff of that county was at WauSau
and got the man and took him back
| to DeS Moines. He stated to Mr..
Malone that they had a considerable
amount of silk dresses and wooden
goods that are unidentified at Water
loo, and small place called Newton,
| located in Iowa. 1t it claimed that
| this gang operated and travelled with
automobiles and Mr.. Malone thought
possibly that this might be the same
gang that broke into Rose Bros store.
| The gang that the police have round
ed up are tough bunch Charles
Davis, one of the gang, being wanted.
| The latter is 45 years old and weight
| $50 pounds. The following descrip-
tion is furnished MIR. Griffin by the
| Wausau chief: Charles Davis is an
auto thief on large scale, also robbed
store at Mitchell. Ia. He'has three pals
Hetravels over the country with Bessie
| Johnson, who poses as his wife and
lives at Des Moines, Iowa. The sheriff
OF Waterloo, Iowa, has lot of goods
consisting of clothing and plunder. He
used bloodhounds on William Cross,
located goods, but the hounds lost
scent. William Kelly, true name at
Wausau. William Cross, alias Dutch
Texas st. Clair, at Joliet. He did a
| similar job at Peoria last September.
Brother, Frank Cross, alias Frank ST.
Clair, Joliet, now in the county Jail at
Newton, Iowa, for grand larceny. He
was born at Oswald, Ia, coal camp
| three miles out of Colfax Wanted for
safe job, also did a sneak job of $500
at Peoria in the last three months.
Also had an auto with which he stole
$17OO worth of silk dresses and wool
goods with three other pals in Iowa.
They also have in Jail about $1,000
worth of silk dresses and some wooden
gloves. His pals are now in the peni-
| tentiary. Also recovered four automo-
| biles stolen by Dutch Cross in Chicago.
1t is claimed that Joe Barnes, one of
the gang, and Dutch Cross, sat one
night on a bed and divided $4,000 in
cash, claimed to have been won in
gambling houses.
The above description of the gang
gives a person an idea of how ex-
tensive campaign these men carried
out throughout the United States.
| Some of the goods may or may not be
some belonging to the Rose Bros de-
part1uent store, but an investigation
which is being made might disclose
otherwise. Mr.. Griffin, while at Wau-
sau last week, saw the man who Mr..
Malone arrested on suspicion and he
claims that he is a smooth customer
and has been in the game for such a
period of time that he is an artist in his
| line-Marshfield Times.