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Show RUN TO A HAYSTACK. "DIRTY FACE CON" DRAGGED FROM HIS NOVEL MOORINGS JLnd Stripped to the Boff tit Headquarter Where he Joins his Murderous Pals . Confessions of the Thugs Light on the Callahan Murder. Cernelious Mathews alia ''Dirty Pace Con," hack driver and thug wac arrested at noon today and thus the third, and the murderous mur-derous trinity, who made the assault on C. If. Clarke, foreman of the Congo mine yesterday yes-terday morning are secure behind the bars of the city jail, while their victim lies in a ward at the hospital. " ' The search for the perpetrators of the diabolical dia-bolical offense began from police head-., head-., quarters as soon as it was made known and officers branched out in all directions. It having, developed that Billy Cornell, a microscopic "thing," who, in the absence of anything else to keep him from the law of vagrancy, occasionally drives a hack, and Thomas Robeck, alias "Long Tom," had been seen haunting the bar at the AVbtte house about the time Clarke made his , appearauoe, the detectives hunting out their lodging house and kept it under rigid surveillance the remainder of the day. About 4 o'clock this David and Goliath of bum circles began to stir in their chamber, and Detective Detec-tive Bruce Johnson, made his way to the chamber. The parties were arre'sted and taku to headquarters, both presenting counterfeits coun-terfeits of profound ignorance. "Long Tom" was thrown behind the bars, while Captain Parker took the diminutive "thing" that had just been relieved of a formidable ix-shooter in hand, and led him to the court chamber w here, with closed doors, he began to "squeeze him." "What did you do with the man's watch?" demanded the captain, shaking his spare locks. r "Didn't-see no man," replied the kid in-lolently. in-lolently. - "But there were a half dozen men who saw you lure him away," persisted the captain. "But I didn't git the watch," caroled the lid. "Who did?". 'The driver." "What did Long Tom get?" "Much as I did; nothin'." The slimy little highwayman having confessed con-fessed was thrown in a separate cell and the earch continued for the missing haekman. He sktilked from his moorings at 5 o'clock but the fact that he was wauted was quickly tipped and shooting out the back door of the joint into which he had ambled for a drink he skimmed the fence and disappeared. Tbe police held to the trail however and shortly before noon soday Officers Shannon and heath took a position on the outskirts of a meadow at the foot of West Temple street. It was only a few minutes until the hay stack began to be-. be-. tray signs of animation and out crowded "Dirty Face Con" who scanned the ! surroundings for a momept and then started in the direction. of State road. His course was suddenly changed, however, as he saw himself followed, and the officers separating, the fugitive was run into a pocket pock-et near the base ball park where he surrendered. sur-rendered. Officer Shannon took him In custody cus-tody and relieved Officer Heath w ho returned to make an inventory of the hay stack where he expected to find the victim's watch. r Marching on to the city. Officer Shannon eignalled a street car, whereupon his dirty captive wheeled and made a dash for liberty. It was an excellent opportunity oppor-tunity for the officer to have performed a philanthropic act, but instead of dropping his bird he gave ehase and Matthews vu overtaken. Officer Shannon again headed for the station, with his prisoner aboard a street car, and undertook to ''squeeze" a confession from him but he only succeeded in getting the admission from "Dirty Face" that he had driven the hack. At the station sta-tion Matthews was stripped but no trare of the watch of which his bleeding ietim was wlieved eould be developed. The capture of the murderous highway-wen highway-wen entitles the force to generous praise, and may lead to the solution of the Callahan - murder mystery. In the interest of avenging aveng-ing instice the case should be rushed to the grand jury and the enterprising thugs landed In the penitentiary before sentiment and the thirst for vengeance has been chilled. |