Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25
ROBBERY IN
BROWNSVILLE
Is CONFESSED

Following the Staying OF his
brother. Chester, In a Houston
apartment, Jack Jones confessed TO
3 series Of safe-blowings over the
STATE, including the Garcia Gomez
JOB" In Brownsville.
tthe tim this statement opened,
- and Chester were in Corpus
Christi. The confession, forwarded
70 1t. Of Police j. L. Armstrong, of
Brownsville, follows:
-. HI. called from Brownsville and
wanted us TO come right down.
! checked out OF the Princess Louise
hotel at about $3.50 p. m. and drove
on to Harlingt1. Chester caught
up with me just before we came
into Harlingen and passed me when
I got to Harrington. Ches'er vas in
front Of q hotel there where john
son was registered. Johnson and
Chester we're sitting In the Cadil-
lac car. ! drove up and parked
about two-car lengths behind
Chester's car.
Start for Brownsville
Il got out and went and got in
Chester's car. We sat there a few
minutes talking about a store in
brownsville which Johnson had
lined up. 1t was about 1880 p. IN.
We all three got out Of Chester's
a and went to a restaurant and
ate supper.
Then johnson and I went and
got into the Ford sedan, and Chester
went and got into the Cadillac.
JohnYon and I started for Browns
villf and Chester followed In the
e lilac. When we got to Browns
VIVA Chester parked by the side Of
the II Jardin hotel and came Ove
and got into the Ford with John
o ard myself. johnson took
Chester and myself out to look at
the store We were going to rob that
night.
after we had looked the store
over we drove around town until
about IL o'clock, then we went back
to the FL Jardin hotel and Chester
got out.
He got his Cadillac and drove
around and found ar apartment
house and left his Cadillac parked
by the side of the apartment and
came over and got into the Ford
sedan with johnson and myself. We
drove back past the store we were
going to rob, then came back and
parked on a vacant lot about 200
feet from the store. We got out
of the car taking our tools with
us and Chester found a door at the
rear OF the store which had a pad
lock on 1t. Chester broke the pad
lock while johnson and i watched.
After Chester got the door open
we went inside and found the safe
with the door standing open. The
inside thin door was locked. He
came back to tie door and told me
that he did not think there was
any money in the safe and then
he told me to come on in then we
would open it anyhow. We knock
ed the lock on the inside door and
found lots Of silver and greenbacks
piled up on the inside. We had
Just started getting the money
pdnen we heard johnson knocking on
TIM end of the building which We
were in and hollering for Chester
to come on out. He told us TO
hurry up. When we got outside we
did not see Johnson anywhere.
we started towards the car and
saw some officers searching it. We
then turned and ran back and
johnson joined us at the end Of
the building. We went out cro
the vacant lot on the opp lite end
from where the officers were and
went on over to the Cadillac car.
We got in and drove out towards
Harrington. Just before We got to
Harlingen we pulled off ON the side
road and divided the money. /
think we had about three hundred
dollars all told.
while we were on this trip in
the Valley on these Jobs, Barney
McGangel was in Marquet, Texas,
looking over the bank. A day or
so after we got back Barney came
back from Marquet and told us
that we could make that bank at
night by digging through the vault.
A few nights later Chester. John
son. Barney and myself went I'D TO
Marquet and looked ii over but
decided that we could not make il.
We then came on back TO Houston