Tombstone epitaph., 1922-05-07
RAID HERE ONLY STARTER ON BOX CAR THEFTS.

That the raid conducted here by Sheriff j. E. Hood and Deputies. mad City Marshal Hal smith. is only a starter 10 what will now result was the belief of J. J. Kelly. special agent of the Southern Pacific. who is here checking up on the loot stolen 10 con meet up the robberies.
 According to Kelly. of Los Angeles, who is temporarily located on the Tucson division. the 13 men arrested here yesterday by the county and city officers, are only part of the organized gang that have been oper- stns on the division in wholesale box car thefts for the past year or more, and the arrests and recovery Of loot here will be bound 10 resul: in further arrests and recovery of stol- en property. In fact. number are under surveillance today as result. with arrests expected at any time.
 Recovery of another large loot of shoes was effected last night by City Marshal Smith. when he found a large sack cached away in a gully west of town. near the scene of the first raid yesterday
 Many houses. mostl. occupied by Mexicans. were searched yesterday and the officers. armed with warrants. gained clues 10 the location of some of the stolen goods, mostly shoes, blankets and shirts. In several of the houses stolen articles were locat- ed. but nothing more that would con meet occupants up with the thefts was uncovered. In fact. it was indicated that wholesale peddling of the stolen goods had been going on for some time past.
 This morning Mrs. Jas. Barrett. living on 1th street, found a new pair of ladies shoes in her front yard. Be lieving that they had been lost by parties who had probably attempted to do away with some of the stolen articles by throwing them down an abandoned mine shaft nearby, she re. ported il 10 the sherifrs office A search this afternoon. however. failed 70 disclose any more Of the loot. al. though investigation is still on. From all parts of the city the of ficers have received additional clues 1 that will lead 10 more arrests. while in other towns along the route of the S. P. recovery of loot is expected with arrests to follow.
 The net work connecting the or ganized gang is expected to extend further out along the s. p. lines in and out of the state, according 10 Special Agent Kelly. before the gang will be definitely broken up. Just who is the leader of the gang, and whether he has yet been apprehend- ed. is a question. however. the officers state.
 Methods used by the present gang are the same as have been used and will continue to be used, Mir. Kelly said today Whether the robbers gained knowledge of through mer- chandise trains, or whether they have merely chanced 10 break into cars containing goods they wanted is a clue the officers are still working on. Source Of the stolen box car seals is also being traced.
 Last night S. B. Moss. storekeeper of Benson. came up when he heard of the wholesale arrests with a view of inspecting the recovered goods in an effort to identify merchandise stolen from his store severa lweeks ago While nothing he could identify was found in the pile of goods in the sherifrs ofice. today it was discov. cred that one of the prisoners had on pair of the khaki trousers tallyine
 with Moss description. A further inspection of the premises occupied by the Mexican is being made. It Is possible also. the o6hcers believe. that members of the same gang are the ones who twice robbed the Fair. bank Commrcial Company ssers, nise miles from here. during the past ssv. eraI months. The robbery of the | AA AA>~->R~A~A =