Tombstone epitaph., 1922-05-07
RING OF BOX CAR THIEVES UNCOVERED.

recovery of hundreds of dollars loot in merchandise. mostly clothing. ring of box car thieves. who have been successfully operating in Co cbise county for the past two years is believed to have been broken up by county and city officers last night and today.
 On information furnished by City Marshal Hal Smith. of Tombstone, to whom belongs the credit of having run down the clues which led to the first arrests last night. the recovery of the loot and arrest of the mem bers of the ring was effected when a raid was made early this morning iii the Mexican section Of the city, near what is known as Tank Hill and the arrests made and loot consisting of hundreds of pairs of new shoes. hundreds of yards of suiting and dress material and blankets. shirts and other wearing apparel, recovered.
 The twelve men arrested last nigh; and today Gare their names at the sheriff's office today as Jose Martinez. Pablo Perez. Alcar;o Rodriguez. Ale jandro Martinez. Juan Gutierrez. Francisco Armenia. Ygnacio Galvez, Arnulfo Armenia. Santiago Oberman, Marcelino Nilducea. Roman Marietta and Santiago Bulla. Sevc.al more are expected 10 De added to the list before nightfall by Sheriff J. F. Hood who with City Marshal Smith. and Deputies Ed Leahy. W. P. Thorpe and Harry Rafferty. and Constable Porter Mcdonald, constituted the raiding party of officers.
 Several more search warrants were sworn out this afternoon and addi- tional search is being made late this afternoon. the officers being confi- dent that more loot will be uncover ed. Goods today, par, of the stol- en articles. was found in the central part of the city, where the last pris- oner, Santiago Bulla. was arrested His partner. Francisco Chavez, is alos being sought.
 That practically all of the men ar rested are implicated in the robber- ies. for which railroad detectives and county and state officers have been seeking 10 ferret ont Tor the past two years. is the belief of Sheriff Hood. who said today that the ring leader of the gang is also among the men arrested.
 On the merchandise lcot uncovered by the officers, which was contained mostly in sacks and boxes. were ad- dresses showing that the shipments were mostly from New York factories enroute via the Southern Pacific to San Francisco merchants Among the effects taken by the officers, which shows conrlusively, the sheriff says. that the gang vas as organized one. operating in box car fhefts, was a large amount of box car seals, bear ing the stamp of the Southern Pacific company.
 This shows that when a seal was broken on a car from which the goods were taken, the officers say, the car would be sealed again in the regular manner, which accounts for fact that baffled the railroad detectives for many months.
 When box cars would reach their destination they would be found min us hundreds of dollars of merchan- disc billed out. But always the car would be sealed. Several times mer. chandise had been found along the right of way of the Southern Pacif c tracks between Dragoon and Benson, but always the bandits escaped or never returned to gather in the loot, when they saw that they had been detected. The robberies would then cease for a short while, when again and with consistency would come re. ports of shipments in westbound freight showing shortages.
 Searches were made of many pre- mises in Benson and surrounding towns. but nothing of value that would prove the robberies were ever uncovered until the wholesale raid and recovery of loot that win un- doubtedly send at least . dozen or