Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-03

Rout Gang
Out of Lair
Police Believe They Have
Men Responsible for Whole
sale Looting From
Box Cars.
Find Stolen Merchandise

Police, federal and Chicago and
North Western railroad detectives
swooped down upon II men and one
woman in a house at $50 South
| Twenty-seventh street early last
night and arrested what they believe
to be the gang of box car thieves.
who have been stealing from inter
state shipments in the vicinity OF
Omaha for the last two months.
The IL men and one woman who
were arrested by the detectives
and charged with the box car thefts,
are: Mike and Burt Tierney, $50
w street, sons OF Mrs. Mike Tierney
who shot Roy Dunlap last week;
George Lonegan, 53l5 South Twen-
ty-seventh street; Morris Lonegan.
l7l0 Missouri avenue; Jack Hughes,
53l6 South Twenty street;
Hugh Kelly, 5409 South Thirty
third street; Edward Egges, 1908 w
street; Jake Kane, 45l4 South
Twenty-seventh street; M. r. Harr,
25l3 p street; Anton J. Newman,
4l7S South Twenty-seventh street:
Charles Thomas, Gretna, Neb., and
Mrs. Hazel Lonegan, l7l0 Missouri
avenue. All were booked for inves-
tigation and lodged in the city Jail
Discover Gang.
City and railroad detectives, who
have been watching the work of the
gang for more than two days, last
night discovered the entire party in
the Hughes house drinking, it is
said.
In charge of Captain Briggs of the
South Side station, Detectives Coop
er, Anderson, Graham, Franks, Han
sen, Knutson and Farrand and Fed
eral Officer Knox, together with
Railroad Detectives II. II. Morgan,
II. B. Rasmussen and ]. c. Ready,
the officers stationed themselves
around the Hughes residence and
waited until all the gang had entered
the house.
Two of the detectives crawled up-
on the roof of the house, while the
other officers blocked all avenues of
escape.
When Captain Briggs sounded
the signal, five detectives broke
into the front and rear door and
commanded the alleged thieves to
throw up their hands.
As the signal was sounded the
Tierney brothers jumped through
the windows, which were open in
order that air might circulate in the
smoke filled room, and attempted
TO escape. Detective Franks
stepped out from behind tree Just
as the brothers were making their
getaway and ordered them 10 stop
or be shot. They surrendered.
Carried Loaded Guns.
The Tierneys carried loaded re-
volvers. Detectives Unidentified the re-
volver found in the possession of
Burt Tierney as the one stolen last
Wednesday night from John G.
Cirra, Chicago and North Western
railroad special agent, when he was
held TIP under the Locust street
viaduct.
Officers seized one pair of shoes
which were identified as stolen from
shipment last week consigned to
the DreXel Shoe company of Omaha.
Seven gallons of wine, 172 bottles
OF home brew and FIVE gallons of
whisky were found in the house.
According to detectives, the gang
Of boxcar thieves was one of the
mos. systematized ever discovered
in this section of the country. 1t was
the plan of the thieves to spot"
boz car containing merchandise
leaving South Omaha and follow the
train to the 1rvington cut, south of
town, where two members of the
gang would break open the seal on
the car door as the train was run
ming slowly up grade and throw the
articles of clothing on the ground.
detectives said.
Picked Up Goods in Auto.
An automobile followed close be-
hind the train carrying three of the
gang who would pick up the stolen
merchandise. The thieve. worked
during the early part of the evening.
J. Z. Tierney, Lewis Ludwig, Roy
Dunlap, the latter being the man
who was killed by Mrs. Mike Tier
ney last week, were arrested two
months ago charged with stealing
from interstate shipments. All three
men waived preliminary hearing and
were released on heavy bonds.
More tthan $1,000 worth of mer-
chandise was discovered by detec-
tives when they searched the homes
OF the three men at that time.