San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
LONE WOLF IS
HELD AND MANY
THEFTSCLEARED.
Detectives Take Alleged
Daylight Prowler and
Recover Goods.
SAY HE CONFESSED
Arrested on Description Fur
nished by Those He
Had Robbed.

Detective Chief Street and his men
| Thursday afternoon captured Lone
Wolf" reputed one of the most eff
cient thieves who ever operated in San
Antonio. With the arrest, officers re-
covered over $1,000 worth OF loot
The apprehension of the alleged
clever orowler is the third highly i'm
pOrtant capture made by the officials
in their intensive fight TO rid San
! Antonio of professional crooks. The
| first arrests that marked the break
ing of the backbone of robbery in the
city was a quartet of alleged stick-up
men and the second the arrest of a
trio of youths, accounting for numer-
Gus recent burglaries.
Lone Wolf, white man, IS, accord
ing TO plain clothes men, has been in
the city less than three weeks, during
which time, detectives believe he has
been responsible for "A cases of thiev-
cry, all of which were of the prOwl-
ing type, many being staged in broad
daylight.
Return Goods TO Five.
During the first few hours after his
capture by Captain Street and Detec-
tives J. b. Boatwright, Jack Lyons
and McMurray, five of the alleged vic
Tins of the prisoner had received goods
stolen from them since the first of the
month. Fifty dollars worth of cloth
ing was returned to Ii. j. Marion, POI
Arciniega street, stolen January ,;
Mrs. Nellie f. Doyle, 314 Avenue d,
whose home was looted on January IL,
was presented with three dresses valued
at $40 by detectives; jewelry valued
at SO was returned TO Mrs. c. X. Cum
bingham, 1T2 North street: clothing
valued at $40 stolen from Philip Lor-
Der, 220 East Houston street, was re-
covered and returned to the owner. The
burglary of L. l.. Tschirhart was also
cleared and a portion of the loot, con-
sistihg OF clothing, was also recov.
cred.
A dozen or more leather grips and
suit cases, containing clothing, jewelry
and a miscellaneous assortment of
goods are on display in the office of
Chief Street, awaiting claimants and
which is expected to clear up many adj
ditiOnal recent burglaries.
The prisoner, according TO detec-
tives, has confessed to many proving
thefts. Detective records, it is also said,
show that the prisoner has record as
a professional crook and statistics, it is
added, show that he has operated in
different parts of Texas and also in
Oklahoma. He has also served two
penitentiary terms, the sentences being,
it is claimed, on convictions for buI-
glary.
Always Worked Alone.
While the prisoner is reported to
have Travelled under different aliases
the most appropriate, detectives say, is
Lone Wolf" This appelIation, more so
than any other, describes the alleged
InaLner in which he is said to Oper-
ate. His game has always been a lone
hand. Because OF his cunning and
ability to make "drag" and a get
away, detectives refer to him as the
wolf. q"
For two weeks detectives have re-
ceiycd reports of thGfts by n daylight
prowler. both in the downtown district
where offices were visited and in dwell
ings in the outlying sections. In sew
eral instances near-victims have dis
covered the prowler in their homes.
causing him to flee, empty-handed.
Though descriptions were given of him
detectives, until three days ago, were
unable to establish his identity. This
link in the chain which ultimately
brought about the arrest was obtained
learned that lone Wolf had been
seen on the streets of San Antonio. A
dragnet was instantly spread with the
result that his capture was brought
about when plain clothes men met him
in the eastern part of the city late
Thursday.