The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-20
THREE GANGS OF
CROOKS ARRESTED
RINGLEADERS OF BANDITS OP.
ERATING In NORTHWEST
ARRESTED

Sioux Falls, Aug. 20.-Three OF
the gangs of criminals which have
been operating through this section
of the northwest, blowing postoffice
safes and looting banks, have been
broken up within the past month byI
the arrest of the ringleaders, it was
stated by Postoffice Inspector V. c.
Bate, who has been on the trail of
the bandits steadily for several weeks
and who has just returned from
Sioux City. Since early in the spring
these men have been getting in their
work, sporadically and at unexpected
places, vanishing from the scene of
the crime and leaving only secondary
clues, if any at all. upon which the
authorities might work.
1t has been the general belief of
officials that these gangs We're oper-
ating by automobile, usually stolen
ears, out of Sioux City or Sioux Falls
accomplishing their work In some
small town during the night and get
| ting a considerable distance away by
| udg can, pOSolDls aNlooS q otuSS hhS
1t has been known that many of these
crooks were making their headquar-
| ters at Sioux City, and the authorities
there have been redoubling their eff
forts recently in an endeavor to
clean house."
The latest achievement of the au-
thorities is the arrest of the trio
which is alleged to have robbed the
bank at Dempster, near Watertown.
on August 2, who made their getaway
in an automobile with total OF
$4,000. Two of them, man named
Boyles and one named Sylphi, Were
taken at Sioux City the latter part
| of last week, while the third man
} Frank Boyles, brother of the one
arrested at Sioux City, was seized in
Chicago on instructions sent from
: Sioux Falls. All these men have
: been identified, ii is said, as the ones
who did the Dempster job, and par
of the money has been recovered
; The cashier of the Dempster bank
: in company with the sheriff of Ham
lin county, was called to Sioux Cit.
: to identify the two who had beer
taken there.
[ Another gang was broken up will
the arrest at Sioux City last week o
Harry Bennett, alias Harry Hill, ant
George Brown, alias ]. W.. Miller
: alias j. W. Burke, both of whom arr
comparatively new in this section, bu
are said to have operated previousl.
in the Kansas City district. The!
4 have criminal records. They wer'
q seized in an auto, which they ha'
! stolen in Yankton on the day pre-
4 yious TO their arrest, and full XII
I of robbers supplies was in their pos
session, including skeleton keys, re
volvers, soap, and flashlights. Sew
: eral minor clues led to their identifl
s cation as the Meckling postoffic
robbers, and TO the Doom, Ia, ban
l. dts. Several other postoffice blow
II ings in this vicinity also are laid
= Ltheir door. Hypodermic outfits wer
e included in the loot taken from then
n and it was through an empty MOI
? phine box that the Meckling Grim
u was traced to them.
One Of the worst gangs operatin
in this section was broken up whe
"a Red Brizett was killed at Siou
e City on July %. His two compai
ly ions. Tex Maynard and Tom Davi
g are still in the hospital there In
n.. serious conditions as result of II
d shooting affray, and both face ior
lg terms If they recover.
N Efforts of the authorities will NJ
Is be relaxed. Mr.. Bate said, until tn
it section of the country has bee
r cleaned of these undesirables,
whom there are still some. Seizul
of the ringleaders, however. repr
lcantipo tbraa distinct Qanpg has In