San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-03
BECK GANG Of
THREE WORKING
IN FORD SEDAN
Hold Up Trio Charged With
Staging Bold
\ Robberies.
BAY THEY STOLE NITRO
Fear Safe Blowing After
/ !. Powder House
Entered.
;AY THEY STOLE NITRO

A countrywide search for three men.
Hriving Ford sedan who, the Bexar
feunty sheriff's department believes
Ire responsible for several hOld-ups
Ind burglaries committed during the
ast week, was begun by deputy sher.
ifs Wednesday morning. Officers
have a good description of the men
Ind their car and they are confident
hat arrests will be made Wednesday
afternoon or Thursday morning.
According to Chief Deputy Al
bhonse Newton Jr., the three men
were first heard from at La Grange,
Hex, at this place, according to
Tong distance telephone message. tie
brio entered place. cut the telephone
|wires and robbed the inmates OF sew.
.eral valuable diamonds. They escaped
Before their capture could ne effected
.find were reported coming toward San
tAntonio. This was nearly a week ago.
4 Since that time. the chief deputy
sheriff has had numerous reports OF
fhirglaries and hold-ups committed
|within a radius of some fifteen miles
Of San Antonio. In at least two in.
stances. he said. persons had described
1.-THE men MS two tall ones and one me-
{dium- height, which corresponds to the
description telephoned from La
Grange.
Break Into Home.
The latest burglary, the chief
deputy said, was reported "Wednesday
morning by J. Schwab, of ODD Alta
street, Alamo Heights. While the
family was away Monday night some
one entered his home between Z and
s. o'clock and ransacked the house, de-
parting with silk shirts. watches. cuff
links, necklaces and other jewelry to
the value of more than $500. Deputy
Sheriff Charles Peters Wednesday
was assigned to make an investigation
and Is working on the theory that this
burglary was committed by the three
men.
Another report reaching the sher-
lifts office Wednesday was that of the
burglarizing OF the home of A. j.
Wernette, twelve and one-half miles
north of San Antonio on the Austin
road. No estimate of the amount of
property taken from the Wernette
home had been received at the sheriff's
office up to noon. Chief Deputy New
ton believes that the Ford trio were
Wears a Green Hat.
Two other robberies were committed
last Sunday night, one on the Goliad
road and one on the Gonzales road,
Chief Deputy Newton said. In these
two instances reports made to the
sheriff's office was that the men stag
ing them had been seen riding in a
Ford sedan. They are described as
two tall men, one wearing a dark
grey suit and green hat, the other
wearing q dark suit and brown hat
and one medium height, with his "face
biackened." The latter, it is claimed
is stoop shouldered and walks with
short. quick steps.
Chief Deputy Newton Wednesday
declared that he believes the series
of burglaries and hold-ups reported
to him during the last week were COM
mitted by the trio in the Ford. With
a good description of their car and
the men themselves, he believes his
deputies will be able TO pick them up.
The chief deputy also believes these
men had something 10 do with the
saving off of Yale lock on the ware
house of the Atlas Powder Company
which was reported TO him Tuesday
morning.
Fear Safe Blowing.
According to this report the heavy
lock was filed off and later found
by the night Waterman. Someone is
believed to have entered the ware
house where large quantities of nitro
glycerine and decorating caps are
stored, although the owners up TO
Wednesday had not made check Of
their stock 10 ascertain If any were
missing. The theory of Chief Deputy
Newton is that the "Ford trio prob
ably made haul at the warehouse
preparatory to staging some big job,
probably blowing a safe. It is for this
reason that every effort was being
made by the deputy sheriffs Wednes-
dar Ia arrest the three mon