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Show BOX CAR THIEVES MPS OF POLICE J. KtkanT tkiMl M Richards ara In tba city jail and ar ballarcd to ba msrabars of a darto gang of bos ear thiairas, who havs broken Into a vumbtr of box cars In th local railroad yards, and to hava stolen manv thousands of dollars worth of merrhandlM In transit. . Tha men wra arrested 1ft tha Panvar Rio Grande yams l&at night by Spaclal Pollreman J'hn Ooldwlra. emplovad by tha Denver Wo Ormnda railroad. Ona other member of the alleged gang escaped es-caped from tha apaclal policeman. When he a rr sated tha men tha apaclal policeman found a cacha containing alolen silverware whtch the men had taken from a car which ihey opened. Tha silverware was Identified today s.a tha property of the Z C. M. I., shipped to that conoern from New York. -Tha silverware, which la valued at about $2000. was still In tha original parknges. Gold wire its tha three man acting m a BiiaptJou manner at 1 o'clock thla morning, and hiding In tha ahadowa of tha box cars, watched them closely. Thy entered a box car after breaking the seal and unloaded tha sllvsrware, placed It In a sack and then dropped It Into a concrete con-crete mixer. Kllkaney la 40 years old and Richards la 2t. Complaints charging charg-ing hurglarv will bs filed against the mn tMa a"emoow- |