The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-31
SCORES INSPECT
STOLEN PROPERTY
FOUND BY RAIDERS

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name, and was found without DIFF
ficulty.
The gang did not entirely confne
It's operations to hiiacking. From
the large amount OF wearing apparel
recovered from the house on Keno
sba, and the great number OF persons
who identified articles that have
been stolen from their homes during
the past several weeks II is apparent
house breaking has been one of the
gangs principal occupations.
The home of l.. IL. plummer. 1905
East Twelfth street. was robbed be-
tween and 4 o'clock last Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Plummer inspected
the articles IN the county attorneys g
her rings, n Kodak, and part Of the
clothing taken in the robbery.
Bert Martin. 40S East Ninth with
his wife and her sisters. Mrs. Il. w.
Russell and Mrs. George pitcher. re-
covered two watches. a large guam
tity of clothing. and some rings that
were stolen from the Martin home
last Wednesday night.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Shelters Of Muskogee
has been visiting at the home Of Or
ana Mrs. G. G.. Layman, S02 East
Seventh. While the Layman family
and Mrs. Shelters were down town
Tuesday night. only few hours be-
fore the gang was captured, two
suitcases filled with clothing and
personal effects were stolen from
the house. one case was identified
by Mrs. Shelters Wednesday after
noon: the other case and numerous
pieces of clothing were missing.
Think Woman Leader.
Bays is positive Mrs. Jacobs, al
legged wife of Jacobs. is active head
OF this gang and probably of others
operating in and around Tulsa. She
lived In Detroit before coming to
Tulsa, BAYS said, and probably i'm
ported several members OF her gang
from that city and st. Louis.
Implicated also with the gang cap
tured Tuesday night are ]. j. Morri-
son and j, c. Morrison, jr, 1903
East Twenty-first street. according ia
Bays. These men were arrested IN
n raid on their homo when 50-gal-
lon still and other whisky making
apparatus was seized, together with
the motor meter and a set OF tools
belonging 10 the Cadillac car taken
from J. II. Elgin Sunday night.
Jacobs until recently operated a
grocery store on Madison avenue be-
tween Fifth and Sixth. This store
burned to the ground.
Defiance Of the law by the gang
was shown in n letter found in the
Jacobs womans trunk. II was ad-
dressed TO a local newspaper and
was signed Tom O'Connor and Fred
Israel. The identity OF O'Connor has
not yet been established. Israel was
an alias OF Fred Ethcrldge
The letter reads as follows:
international brotherhood Of
tramps, crooks. slickers and hijack
ers writing We are also an or
ganized bunch of thugs, former con-
vlcts and we are loaded down with
high powered rifles, riot guns, pis-
tolls and nitro -Rlycerln, so watch our
smoke. Also tell that city slicker,
as he claims TO be, that II he ever
jumps us up we will scalp him
Tell Henry Carmichael and his
tramp bunch OF city cops 10 watch
out as we will burn up their dirty
souls. Ed Erwin watch out, Tell
Bays that he had better keep his
gray head hid as we will burn It
off with buckshot or a little burn
ing powder.
I'VE are just country boys, just
learning how to get by.
From an organized band OF hi
Jackers.
"Tom o'Connor and Fred Israel,
the leader. that's me. Amen"
Israel showed no visible emotion
when visited at the police station
Wednesday by his mother.
MY boy, why did you do it?" she
sobhed. III you had only minded
your mother you wouldn't be here"
She was lead away from the bars
almost in a hysterical condition.
All members Of the captured
gang were placed In the city Jail
Immediately after their capture and
allowed to remain there until late
In the morning, when all the male
members were removed to the
courthouse for inspection by their
victims.
Sitting or lounging lazily in ono
room OF the county attorneys suite
they presented a revolving picture