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Show WHEELING LANDS . SMOOTH CROOK Arrests Wood's Residence Burglar, and Who Is Alleged Al-leged Robber of Offices in Main Street Buildings. Detective Frank Wheeling effected a cleer rapt lire yesterday afternoon when he placed under arrest Charles Riss on the charge of having robbed the residence of .1. 1. Wood on East South Temple street. The Wood residence wa robbed on Tuesday night. Among the articles taken was n valuable sable coat. Wheeling noticed a man entering the Nfeh.'sv fur store late yesterday. He fcdlowod the man. who offered to el the C"at that had been .stolen from the Wo, . residence Hiss 'has practicilh admitted that he wa- guilf- of the robberies in the Tnh une. Herald. I F Walker and the Walker bank building a week ago. When questioned in connection with these robberies Riss said: "'You've (jot me dead to rights on this charge. Wha 's the use ot trving to rub it in bv trving to connect me with other job ? ' ' It i the opinion of the policp that Ris is no other than Charles Merritt, who escaped from custody a short time :igo while on the wav from Chicago to the Illinois State prison at Joliet to ser e a five-year sentence frr burglarv . Merritt. Together with a man named Willriirs. were being taken to the pris on then they made a break for bbertv I ittupii.g throug'i a ear witid.-w. Williams was r-. pt u r ! but Mcrn't mad jo ..1 -,.,;. T'c . i.-.ti pt ion .if Ri.-s ';i!ii. ixi-'U with li.at ot Mirritt ,i -err mit the i .iicag.i ortii ers. Sli iiid Tii man t- e tw be tile i-ame hit.', HV Wheeling w come in for 'hi rr .trd offered for t he en p' u re ot Mi rr' 1 1 |