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THE MORXIXC OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, MAY 20. 1919. CROWDS SEARCH FOR TREASURE OF BANDIT Cache of Gold Reported to Be Near Los Angeles. DEPUTY KILLED BY WOMAN Jtfore Xlian $30,000 Believed to Have Eccn Buried in Hills by Charles Forbes. LOS ANGELES. Cal. A new industry has sprung up in the foothills above Arcadia and Sierra Madre the hunt lor buried treasure. Not boys nor vl sionariese nor loafers nor adventurers, but hard-headed business and profes bional men, with real jobs to attend to in business hours, are devoting their leisure time to digging in hard and rocky soil for the $30,000 cache of stolen old which there is good reason to suppose was buried there by Dale Jones, alias Charles Forbes, head of a nationally-hunted gang of train robbers, bafe blowers and all-round desperadoes. Deputy Killed by Woman. Forbes and Marie Celano, his female consort, were sent to their account by a sawed-off shotgun in the hands of 3-eputy Sheriff William Anderson in a desperate battle at an Arcadia auto filling station on the afternoon of No vember 11 last. It was a four-cornered fight in which Tieputy Sheriff George Van Vliet was liilled by a bullet from the girl's gun, but the picturesque story of Jones will not be complete until his ill-gotten hoard is discovered. This money was his personal share of the loot from a dozen crimes in as many cities, ranging from holdups to murder and from Chi cago to Colorado Springs. That this money is hidden some where almost within sight of the cot tage occupied by the young bandits at Sierra Madre is the unshaken belief of the residents of that mountain town and of scores of other people. Quiet Life la Paused. For more than a month Jones and the girl lived in Sierra Madre quietly, making no friends, but arousing no suspicion of being anything else than young well-to-do middle western peo ple, who were awaiting for their par ents to arrive for a winter's visit to southern California. Then came the sudden and sensational climax. Jones was revealed to be a notorious bandit. with the killing of a half dozen of ficers laid at his door and dozens of robberies, which had in his eight busy years of daring banditry, brought him at least $100,000. When the clothing of Jones was searched out but 27 cents was found there was $3 in cash on the young woman. Their criminal history showed that two months before fleeing to hide in the west, where they knew the ground Jones had cleaned up at least $30,000 in robberies in Indianapolis, Colorado Springs and in Denver. Where is the cash? It has never been found. But never a Sunday passes but a party. sometimes several parties, search the neighborhood of the house the couple, rented and also the foot hill grove, where they and several friends had a picnic on the Sunday pre ceding the killing. The shoes of Jones and the girl were wet and muddy at the time the couple fought their last fight. One favorite thcorv was that the money was and is buried and they went to it whenever thrv needed cash. The lot on which the house that they rented stands has been searched as with a fine-tooth comb in vain. A few days ago Marshal Udell of Sierra Madre. making a search along the Santa Anita river bed, discovered a suit of clothes hidden among the top branches of a sycamore tree close tD the bank. These clothes have been identified as belonging to Jones. Empty whisky bottles with the labels scraped off were also found near this spot. Clew Found in Letter? Tj. Opie. former neighbor of Jones, while digging in the Jones garden, found a party burned letter containing supposedly valuable information. Mr. Opie, who was called suddenly cast, turned this letter over to the Kansas City authorities. Its contents have now spurred detectives in making a more systematic and thorough search. It was the bandit's habit to spend much time in a small grove at the east erly end of Santa Anita boulevard, a little over a mile from where he was killed. It is at this point most of the searchers are directing their energies. It is a secluded spot and of fthe main traveled road. The place contains a grove of Monte rey pine trees and is bordered by ratches of sagebrush, buckthorn, grease wood and scrub oak running into the adjoining foothills. Marks of many searchers may be seen by the trodden shrubbery and overturned boulders. John Boyd, who controls the moun tain trail burro industry, has been at the head of the sarching party. Boyd is thoroughly versed in woodcraft, the mountain trails and canons. Assisting him are James N. Hawks, realty oper ator; W. W. Felgate, noted horticul " turist and F. C. Roess. mining expert. They comprise the leaders of the prac tical search. Jones, in making purchases, usually displayed huge rolls of currency of . large denomination. He bought house hold articles on one occasion at a fur niture store in Monrovia. After making .his selection and learning the amount .of his purchase he left the place. Stat ing he would return shortly with the funds. After an hour's absence he reappeared and paid from a roll uf currency of large denomination. It was noted at the time that he headed for the Santa Anita boulevard. The distance from this place to his known rendezvous is barely three miles. Cache Foand Var Home. That he had a cache conveniently lo cated near his Sierra Madre residence is the corollary deduced by many. A nechnical question has arisen among some of the searchers as to whom the loot will belong to when found. Legal advice has been sought. E. P. Dennison and A. H. Van Cott of the district at torney's office hold that under an old state law treasure trove, where found goes half to the finder and half to the owner of the property where it is found that the same rule applies to govern ment land the state could claim its half, except where other claimants may enter. In the latter case positive identifica tion must be made and absolute proof shown as to ownership. Judge Boul din of Arizona claims such funds would revert'to the state and finally be placed in the school fund. Man Traced to Cabin. Another angle in the search has now loomed up through information regard ing Jones past life in the fothills. H has been traced as a former residen on the Churchill ranch, where he oc cupied a lone cabin back in the foot hills. He spent a year or more on thl place and did little work of any kind beyond familiarizing himself with th mountain trails, canons and out of way places. A thorough search is to be made Are Any of These Things the Matt er with Your Teeth? Are they discolored and stained? Are they thickly crusted with tartar, or coated? Are they decaying so fast that they . require new fillings each year? Whatever the matter, with your teeth, see your dentist twice yearly, and try Pebeco Tooth Paste. It counteracts "Acid-Mouth,' and is a very beneficial and refresh ing all-around dentifrice. Buy a tube today. i Sold by druggists everywhere I-or tion is ovn xxyl u u TOOTH PASTE Counteracts "Acid-Mouth" Boy W. S. S. BOGUS NOBLE IN CUSTODY BAYOXXE, X. J., MAN" CLAIMS TO BE EARL'S SOX. Detectives in This Country Kcgard Claimant to Title to Be Weak Minded Vouth. LONDON. Charles Mirelly, 22, of Bayonne, N. J., alias Earl Uffington. has been convicted of falsely claiming to be a son of the Earl of Craven. Sentence was suspended pending receipt of com plete identification of the accused man from the American police. The Karl of Craven is a wealthy land owner and married in 1893 Cornelia, a daughter of the late Bradley Martin, a capitalist of New York. The earl Is a captain in the British army and a king's messenger. The prosecution charged that Mirelly annoyed the earl by claiming to be his son and had written letters to the countess, addressing her as "Dear Mother." The earl and countess have only one son. Viscount Uffington, born in 18!)7. Last November, when Mirelly tried to have himself described.at a registry ffice as a son of the Karl of Craven s was prosecuted and, it is alleged, ithdrew his claim, declaring he had been led to make the statement by his fancied resemblance to a picture of Vis count Uffington. He was then bound ver and promised not to repeat the of fense. Mirelly, arraigned in Old Bai- ey court, denied he had retracted his claim and made the following statement: "I used to go by the name of Charles Mirelly u pto three year sago, but my foster parents, named Pannell, living at 122 West Twenty-third street, Bay onne, N. J., told me my correct name as Earl Uffington and that I was the twin brother of Viscount Uffington and the son of Earl Craven. Since then I have gone by the name of "Earl Uffington.' The Earl of Craven knows I am his son. He thinks I have disgraved him in America and therefore won't recog- ize me. When they found in America that I was the earl's son they never ook their eyes off me nor did they give me a chance to work myself up. but always held me down with my educa tion. My foster parents would not let me study and all the education I ever got was obtained in three years.. "If I ever do tell th Tvhole storv of jwhat I went through in America I think I it will grip the world. I have been in hell ever since I can remember and : am still in bell." Mirelly. who is verey small of stat ure. is described as a timekeeper and laDorer, or no ilxed abode. Charles Mirelly. or Mirella. has been known to the police of Bayonne for sev eral years. Although he claimed to be "Earl Uffington" in 1917, when he was arrested at Bayonne on a charge of grand larceny, his statements as to his alleged noble birth were not taken seriously. -. "We always thought him a sort of nut, the detective in charge at the Bayonne bureau said. The police of Bayonne received a let ter from Scotland Yard under date of February 26 last, asking for a report on Mirelly. In this letter the police were told that the youth had married a French woman of the name of Marie Pirori in the parish church at Padding ton, England, recently, and had caused to be inserted in the record the "false report" that he was the son of Lord Craven. The letter added that Mirelly also had annoyed Lord Craven by tele phoning him freqnently and by calling at his lordship s house. "Mirelly lived with James Pannell and his wife at 122 West Twenty-third street, the detective in charge at Bay onno said. "We were told there tha Mirelly had been taken out of an or phanage in Naples, Italy, by the Pan nells when he wan 2 weeks old. When he was 8 years old they brought him to this country. The Pannells had no information indicating that Mirelly was the son of Lord Craven. . "On Februery 15, 1917, the boy -was arrested on a charge of grand larceny. He was accused of having stolen a watch and chain from a man boarding with the Pannells, but the case was not pressed. The reason given for this was that Mirelly was weak minded. "Recently Mirelly had been seen about town in uniform and we were told that he had no right to wear it. That's the last we saw or heard of him until the inquiry came from Scotland Tard." 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