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Show LAST OF THE GANG OF THIEVES R. E. GLEASON WILL BE ARRAIGNED AR-RAIGNED ON THURSDAY. He Stole Clothing and Burned a Suit Case and a Dress Informed On By Murphy. With the arraignment of It. E. Glea-son Glea-son on the charge of burglary in the third degrco, the police will have com-lielely com-lielely broken up the gang of shoe thieves recently apprehended in this vicinity. Wilson. Collins and Thomas were the first of the gang to .receive their dues, being seutenced to three years oach in the penitentiary for the burglarizing of tho Plngreo Shoe store. Then camo Leonldut Murphy, who drew f.O days in Tuesday's court, hav- ' ing been .convicted of petit larceny. Glcason is the last and will bo arraigned ar-raigned Thursday. Gleason Is a Jew of considerable worldly education aud can speak in numerous languages, including in-cluding Japanese, Italian, Greek. Austrian Aus-trian and others. It has been ascertained ascer-tained that Glcason stole three new suit cases from in front of Kurtz Frothers store, but the same havo since been recovered from a Japanese store where Glcason disposed of them. As this crime would amount to only a larceny charge., the police were fortunate for-tunate to connect Gleason with the entering of Mrs. Evans' rooming house at Lincoln and Twenty-fifth, where he obtained a suit of clothes, according accord-ing to the confession of his partner, Murphy, and, a dress belonging to the little daughter of the lady mentioned. The coat and vest of the suit were found at Alvord's second hand store; but the pants and dress are missing. Mrs. Evans' little daughter was much grieved; Sunday to find her best dress gone from its accustomed place, it not having been missed before that time although the robbery occurred on the 13th. Murphy told the officers to ask Gleason Glea-son if he had not burned tho dress as well as a suit case full of clothing stolen stol-en from the Assembly saloon, but tho latter denied that he had, saying that he threw away the dress when running. run-ning. It is thought, hower, by the efficers, that the dress was either burned or was picked" up by unknown persons who appropriated It. It was valued at $10. The fourth grip stolen Is still missing. |