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Show ROBBERS ROOST FOUND IN LOGAN Organized Gang of Youngsters With Paswords and Signs Discover;- As n result of a detailed Investlga-' Investlga-' tlon of the peculiar maneuverlngs of I certain young men, whoso parents live In Logan Fifth ward and vicinity, nt least flvo members of an organized organiz-ed gang wero taken Into custody last Monday evening by City Marshal Don . C Denson nnd Juvenile Officer Andrew An-drew King, Whether or not all members of the gang are known to tho police depart-, depart-, ment Is not yet certain but suffice It to say that the malicious work hereto- , foro carried on by these young men Is nt any rnto checked for a time. Friday at 4 p. m., tho boys, all of uhom nro between tho ages of flf teen nnd eighteen years, will appear before Judge H. A, Pedorsen on char-, char-, ' ges of hou8o breaking and stealing, and It Is expected that In court slips of tho tonguo will reveal many additional addi-tional plana, schemes and becrets thai tho boys for months pnst have kept to themselves. Kven before the arrest of any of the boys tho secrot meeting place was discovered and thoroughly Inspected. Their camp consists of two distinct dis-tinct divisions, rooms ns they mny bo 1 termed, In a carefully elected spot in tho Junglo between tho twin ditches couth and west of Greenville. Their cump is well equipped with cooking nJ "lensIlH nnd nil manuor of vegetables, '"eats and groceries, which have for ho most part boon stolen from residences resi-dences nnd slaughter houses. A cunning cun-ning feature In tho scheme has been Oielr method of going to and from the tamp. No trace could nny where bo found nnd one boy was made to con-,ws con-,ws tn!t tho camp had always been leached by boat only. As nenrly as can bo learned tho Joungsters had a completely organized organiz-ed gang with nil Its secrets, passwords nd oven assumed names, "a Robbers Hoost" In embryo If you plense, for such characteilstlc names as Mike, racy, Fox, etc, Berved as aliases to members. |