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t THE MO It XIX G OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918. ' 4 BANK ROBBER VS CAPTURED BY WOMAN Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin Locates Youth in San Francisco. FUGITIVE LIVES MODESTLY Captor Says Boy Has Good Record Prior to Theft, and Will Accom pany Illra to Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. The po lice announced tonight they were In possession of $32,182 in cash and se curities recovered from Arthur C. Davis, 21-year-old clerk, who was taken Into custody by the authorities today on a charge of having embezzled ap proximately $35,000 from the East Side Bank, of Portland, Or., where he was a. former employe. Davis was arrested through the in strumentality of Mrs. L. J. Baldwin, a Portland policewoman, who is in San Krancisco on a leave of absence. She recognized Davis, and after talking with him, convinced him he should sur render. Davis, according to the police, spent approximately $2000 of the money for an automobile and living expenses. 3etectives said tonight they had found that Davis had opened checking ac counts in two banks. Liberty Bond Located. He also had on deposit in a safety Tault liberty bonds, war savings stamps and bonds of the city of Portland, Den ver & Rio Grande Railroad and certifi cates of deposit on the East Side Bank, of Portland, all approximating $20,000 In value. Davis has a wife and two children In Portland. Mrs. Baldwin has been a social welfare worker for 15 years, and her official position is supervisor of the Seventh District, Section 1, Women and Oirls' War Department Commission, covering five states, and her headquax ters are in this city. "I am not trying to shield Davis," Faid Mrs. Baldwin today. "I tele graphed Chief of Police N. F. Johnson, of Portland, immediately after 1 located Davis and the money, and I personally took him to the City Hall and turned him over to the authorities. Details of Capture Concealed. "I am not going to tell just how I captured him. Enough to say that I apprehended him. I went to his room-: he was living in a mod est, reputable place and I persuad ed him to turn over the money to me. "The boy Is not yet 20 years old. He has never committed a theft of any kind before. Prior to his being em ployed in the East Side Bank he was with the Davidson Baking Company there, and his. record was clean so clean, in fact, that President Newell, of the bank, teok him without bonds. I wish you would quote me as saying It is a crime to put any boy under 20 years in such a position without bonds and subject to such temptation." Mrs. Baldwin visited Mrs. Davis, girl wife of 18 years, and their baby of 16 months, when she was in Portland last month. "My heart is broken over the affair," continued Mrs. Baldwin. - Birth of Baby Surprises. The case came to -my attention In connection- with my social welfare work. He did not know until last night, when I told him, that a second baby lad been born to them. "He did not give me any reason for taking the money. The family had been living within, their means carefully and with an eye to the coming event. It eeemed simply a case of momentary submission to temptation, and then, after he had taken the money, he had to carry it through. He bought an automobile while he was here, and some books. Otherwise he did not squander the money recklessly." Mrs. Baldwin says she will go back to Portland with Davis and the author ities, where she will work in an ef fort to obtain probation for him. At the Hall of Justice today the boy looked more like a well-dressed col lege student Investigating the causes of crime than like a tiief who has confessed to the taking of thousands in bank funds. Whether it was a long ing for the luxuries of wealth or just the lure of money, Davis would not ex plain. It was only when mention of his wife or his children was made that the boy, who seems very immature, was at all depressed. No Woman In Case. "They'll get me in Portland. They're all sore at me," he said. "I am going to make a hard fight, but I can never tell the reason why I did it; but it wasn't another woman. The papers said It was, but they soon found out it wasn't true. The girl and I have always been happy. We went to school together. There never was any trouble at home, and I was not In debt and I neve drink. "So It was not because I wanted high life. I can't tell the reason, but I know it well. There is always a cause for every action. "I've been in San Francisco nearly all of the time since the first of No vember. I've gone to the theaters and I've driven everywhere in my roadster. I met the detectives again and again, but they never suspected me. Theft la Made Hurriedly. "On the morning of November 1, I went to the bank early. I took cur rency, liberty bonds, mortgages, notes and deeds. I did pot stop to sort them out. Then I left the bank in a ma chine. I. went to my home. It was Just about 7:30 o'clock and I knew that the clerks would reach tne oanK at 8 o'clock and that the theft would be detected at once. I did not have much time. "My wife was surprised to see me re turn. I gave her $1500 In cash. She became very excited for 6he knew that I did not have that much in ready money. I did not tell her what I had done, but I kissed her good-bye and lold her I was going away for a few days. "I knew she would need money and I intended to send her more just as noon as I could. I did not leave Port land for several days. It would not have been advisable. Then I came to San Francisco and later made a trip to Salt Lake in order to mail the bank mortgages and deeds which I could not use. "I wrote to my wife. I told herlfciany things. I never heard a word from her and now I know that she never got that letter. Then I came to San Fran Cisco and enjoyed myself, but I did not spend much money, in all I guess 1 did not use more than $o500. "I want to see the little one. I know , that she will be glad for me to see it. too." The boy is. serenely confident of a warm-hearted reception from his wife. chief of the women's protective divi sion of the Portland police department, who apprehended him In San Francisco and caused his arrest, after more than a month of fruitless search on the part of detective agencies. The looting of the East Side Bank took place Novem ber 1. In her message to Chief of Police Johnson Mrs. Baldwin indicates that Davis is conscience-stricken, longing to again see his wife and two baby children in Portland, and was about ready to give up.' The telegram reads: "I have located Arthur Davis and have in my possession large funds belonging to the bank. .He will re turn without extradition papers and make amends for his act. Send for him. "(Signed) MRS. LOLA G. BALDWIN." Mrs. Baldwin left Portland about a year ago on leave of absence in order that she might engage in war work for the department of training camp activities, and it was this work that brought her to San Francisco. At the time , of the bank robbery Mrs. Bald win was in Portland, and she paid several visits to the Davis family. It is expected that Mrs. Baldwin will receive as reward about $1000 or more if Davis has not spent much of the money with which he absconded. A re ward of $500 and 10 per cent of the money recovered was offered by the bank. According to the president of the bank, Davis stole $1500 in silver, $6000 in currency, $.1000 in gold and $10,000 in liberty bonds. Davis is a youth of 20 years and had been working for the East Side Bank as clerk for only a few weeks. Previ ous to accepting this position, he had been employed by the Davidson Baking Company, with which firm his record Is said to have been excellent.- Davis disappeared on the morning following the discovery that the vaults at the bank had been rifled. He left $2000 lii cash with his young wife, which she later returned to the bank. Three weeks after he disappeared from Portland, a suitcase containing all the non-negotiable papers which Davis had carried away with him was re ceived by the" bank from Salt Lake City. In spite of this clew to his whereabouts, however, he continued to evade the police authorities, and was not seen or heard of again until Mrs. Baldwin apprehended him Monday. Davis has been married for two years and is the father of two children, one of which was born after his disappear ance. When Mrs. Davis was told yes terday of the arrest of her husband she displayed joy at the thought that her husband would soon be near her again. She seemed to be bothered little by the circumstances of his returning. Arthur Davis is the son of Reverend and Mrs. C. Howard Davis, and at the time of his disappearance had a large number of friends In church circles of the city. 'SEA WOLF' STIRRING PLAY HOBART BOSWORTH HEADL1X. EB AT ORPHETTJI SHOW. Massive Stage Setting Requires Spe cial Car to Carry It Along Circuit. An act that has been praised by the dramatic critics of New York as the most daring and dramatic before the American public is "The Sea Wolf," as presented by Hobart Bosworth, head liner of the current Orpheum show which will be presented .here for the last time this afternoon. A portion of the picture, "The Sea Wolf." filmed from Jack London's famous story, leads - -,v -I If ;'7u Si- li v I - i It ' . C. 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While no definite details were arranged or announced, contemplated legislation was thorough ly discussed at an executive session. To meet Federal funds, under the Smith-Hughes act. some sort of an ap propriation will be required. How ex tensive this will be will be determined when the final details or the prospec tive legislation are outlined. Members of the Oregon board here were Su perintendent of Public Instruction Churchill: E. J. Stack, secretary of the State Federation of Labor, and David Dunne, of Portland; L. H. Carris. mem ber of the Federal board; Ben W. Johnson, regional agent for the Fed eral board, and Miss Stanley, regional agent In home economics for the Fed eral board, were also at the conference. 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