Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-23

After more than two months of
ceaseless patroling of the residence
sections of the city, the twilight
burglar has been arrested and loot
from five robberiess has been recovered
Chief Of Police Percy Bowden made
the announcement yesterday. Night
Patrolmau George Spear made the ar
rest. He, with the entire patrol, had
been stationed in the alleys of the
residence district under cover, for
weeks, every night.
On Tuesday night the patrolman
was told py- a resident that man had
been seen further up the street acting
in a suspicious manner. Speer trailed
the fellow and finally accosted him.
The officer relates that tN~ man failed
to answer questions satisfactorily and
he arrested him The man gave the
name of Ramon Carrillo and has adj
mitted the burglary of five places,
Chief Bowden said last night.
Carrillo only recently was released
from the state penitentiary where s4e
did time for a former offense. With
his arrest the breaking up Of the twi
light burglaries. that have frightened
householders and worried police for
the past months, came rapidly Chief
Bowden, with the assistance of the
rest of the department and Constable
Gordon Newman as we'll as the deputy
sheriffs, had worked steadily in at
tempts, planned in various ways, to
entrap the burglar
Yesterday attention was turned to
se+o ,oI, aff
and wholahearted cooperation of the
Aqua Prieta police, Modesto Huerro
Favela, was jailed in that city as an
accomplice sof Carrillo and a. good
start was made in the recovery of tho
stolen goods.
Portions of the loot from the RoarR
store, and the Roark, McCunniff, Mag
Rae and Frazier homes has been re-
covered according to Chief BoWden OF
the Douglas police and it is expected
that more loot will be secured as the
Aqua Prieta officers bend every el.t
fort in their work to uncover the hid
ing places of the stolen goods.
Chief BoWden said yesterday that
there might be third arrest in the
case as theIe is evidence to indicate
that there may have been three men
in the burglar ring. The method en-
ployed by Carrillo and his accomplice
was that of waiting in dark place
until a residence was vacated by o
family bound for church or show,
whereupon the robbers entered by
breaking window glass or a door
latch. The name twilight burglar"
came into general use during the
months when the robbers worked reg
ularly three nights week and always
very early in the evening.
Chief BoWden, after taking finger
prints from every possible source, tried
the method Of arresting everyone in
the city vi o could not explain his az
fairs and trying prints on
him. None Of them fit The officer
then tried patrolling The residence dis
trict in cars The entire police force
including the day patrols and office
men and the night force, backed by ci.e
sheriff's nTn kept ct this method for
this method for some time without
success.
For the past two weeks the resi-
dence section, in the 2re4 near the
eastern city limits, where the burglars
worked, has been filled nightly with
prowling men concealing their stars
their guns and their flashlights and
working uietly in alleys and side
streets. Every pedestrian, appearing
at all suspicious, has been followed
until some act indicated respectability