San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10
THREE MEN ACCUSED
Arrests Follow Holdup Of
Gasoline Station We'd a
80 nesday Night. vW|
TWO J. MEN CONFESS
Police Believe Gang Of
Holdups Broken by !;
~ Arrests. W

with the arrest of three men We'd.
nesday night for the robbery of T. p
Engle. employee of the Magnolia com
pany filling station. South. Flores and
Arsenal streets, police believe thew
have broken up gang which has re-
Gently robbed several gas stations and
committed daring burglaries and hold
ups.
Il. E. Martin. IS. oil field worker.
formerly of Houston, Tex, is one Of
the prisoners. f. s. Gordon. % res
taursnt man. formerly of Palestine.
IeS,, is another. They are brothers
in-law.
A nightwatchman. said to be en-
ployed in Laurel Heights, who WIS
held for questioning in connection
with the robberies, was later released
as there was nothing to connect him
with the crimes.
+. s. Gordon, late Thursday, made
statement admitting five holdups
and one burglary.
Boy Makes Congestion.
Eugene Gordon, 16-year-old youth.
in confession. reduced to writing
and signed by him, at IL 40 o'clock
Thursday said his brother. Frank Cor
don and E. 4. Martin. brother-in-law.
staged the holdup of the Main-Myrtle
Pharmacy. Tuesday night and robbed
the druggist and the latter's SON OF
S154. He also confessed the same
two burglarized E.. w. Crosby's gro
Gerry. West Commerce street, the same
night.
The youth in his written statement
says he drove the car from the phar-
macy robbery and was with them at
the grocery burglary.
I'VE were all broke and did noe
have anything in the house to eat,S
the youth says in his confession.
Tuesday night my brother and Mar
tin asked me to 20 with them. Martin
drove the car TO the drug store on
Main avenue. Martin and my brother
got out Of the car and / slipped oven
into the drivers seat. They told ms
before they left to be ready to 60 when
they came out. i kept the motor runs
ming.
'They were in the drug store but
a short time and when they came out
l whipped the car around the cornec
and then Martin took the seat and
drove down through San Pedro park
and back home.
I'VE stayed at the house until about
II o'clock that night and then the
three Of us got into the car again
and drove to the grocery on. West
Commerce street.
I'VE went there TO try and get
something for the family TO eat. They
got out of the car. They told me to
stay with the car and watch and thar'
if anyone came along TO let them
know. They soon brought out couple
of boxes of things and put them IN
the car. They also had a couple OK
brooms. When we got home i saw it
was a lot of groceries they had car
ried out of the store"
Identified by Three Victims.
Martin and Gordon have been iden-
titled by Engle as the bandits who held
him IN at the point of pistols. at s 40
Wednesday night and robbed the MAG
nolia's cash register at the South
Flores street station of sic. The two.
shortly after the apprehension. were
also identified by Adam :. Mcclellan.
druggist. and also by Adam Mcclellan
Jr.. as the gunner who held up the
Main-Myrtle Pharmacy Tuesday night.
srobbing them of S15i.
Detectives point out that the num-
Der carried ON a touring car. regis
tered to the two men. was partially
furnished by Curtis Lindeman man
ager of the Gulf Refining Company
gas filling station at Broadway AMI
Grayson street, VIII owas held UP on
the night of april l. last, by two
summer and robbed of $50. MARTIN
and Gordon were identified by Linde-
man Thursday.
Engle Got Car Number.
Officials say that the inyssussuon
will be pushed during Thursday ana
that in all likelihood eases may be
cleared. Detectives. az any rate. are
confident the gas station robheries are
at any end for the time being.
The arrests. according TO police ana
detectives. is due 10 the presence OF
mind displayed hy L. T. Engle. last /.
holdup victim. during the robbery sr
the Magnolia filling station. south
Flores and Arsenal streets Wedues.
night. Engle made mental note OF
the humber ~1JO-56i~ said to hsvs
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