Show A GANG OF THIEVES Officer Shannon Thinks He Has Discovered One I I AN ATTEMPTED HOLDUP THIS TIME I WAS NOT A SUCCESS SUC-CESS Chancy Clayuool n Youthful Offender Of-fender makes IIIn Escape Cliarsc of Assault AguiaiU William Cow thor and His Three Son Young petty larceny thieves are be comlncr quite numerous and are causing caus-ing the polfce no little amount of within the trouble I comes chiefly province of Mounted Officer Dick Shannon Shan-non to trace this class of offenders a the greater number of them are of poor parents and reside in the outskirts of the city in many instances the young plferen are protected by their parents II par-ents but once in a while some i corrigible cor-rigible finds his way behind the bars through information furnished by his honest parents Yesterday while the officer wa making mak-ing his rounds in the southwestern pait of the city he got a tip that aided him in trailing down a well org or-g nized gang of youthful petty thieves The officer walked right up to a house where he was informed the parents o f one of the yuspected boys resided and without giving the < father any opportunity oppor-tunity for thought demanded to see I some of Vhe articles brought home by their young hopeful last Friday night At first the parent denied the presence of any suspicious wares but finally acknowledged ac-knowledged their son had brought home several pairs of ladies shoes which he had told them he had found Then followed the disclosure that the lad had been in the habit of bringing home various articles from Ume to I time When sent to school he would invariably seek bad company and g out on plundering expeditions and so cleverly has the gang manipulated the thefts that they have escaped arrest thefs officer after ascertaining the names of the boys associates laid in watch for the return of the youth until but he quite a late hour last night Quie did not show up The officer wU go down to the house early this morning and make the arrest The plunder recovered by the officer I consists chiefly of footwear There are several pairs of very fine ladles shoes such as retail for 5 and upwards besides be-sides rubbers and several pairs of overshoes over-shoes The officer refused to give any name or disclose from which place the goods have been taken as he believes the boys have a confederate who is employed em-ployed in a wellknown shoe store Attempted Holdup Another attempted holdup was reported re-ported at the police station about 9 oclock last night A man whose name could not be obtained was walking east on Third South street When at the corner of fourth East a man stepped out of the shadow of some trees and asked to be informed as to the hour The man accosted pulled out his watch uo furnish the wanted information when the ruffian graubed for it but his reach was short Instead In-stead of debating the question with the wouldbe robber the man wheeled around and ran as far as Main street where he met a friend to whom he told the story The footpad pursued him for half a block he said No shots were fired This friend who informed the police did not know the name of the man who had the experience It was evident he was in an excited frame of mind for as soon as he had told his experience he started oft at a brisk pac westward west-ward on Third South and the police who waited for him to put in an appearance ap-pearance at headquarters and give a description his assailant looked for him in vain Made His Escape Charley Claypool a 16yearold incorrigible in-corrigible who is charged with petit larceny made a break for liberty yesterday yes-terday morning while being escorted from the police court to the city jail Turnkey Kimball had three prisoners in charge and while unlocking the door to the jail Claypool gave him the slip At last accounts the boy had not been recaptured The Croivtliers in Trouble William Crowther sr William Crow ther jr Charles Crowther and David Crowther a father and three sons were in the police court yesterday on the charge of assault and battery They entered pleas of not guilty and will be tried at 10 a m today The hearing hear-ing promises to be quite interesting John Robinson the complaining witness wit-ness states that a short time ago he went to the residence of the defendants defend-ants at the corner of North Temple and Eighth West streets to recover a wagon tongue belonging to him and which was in the possession of the Crowthers He alleges that instead of returning his property to him the defendants de-fendants rushed at him with shovels and threatened to assault him Robinson also claims that David Crowther obtained from him a saddle by fraudulent representations |