18- TTTE MOHXIXG -OREGOXIAX, MONDAY,' FEBRUARY 1922 c, SUSPECTS' CAPTURE IS LAID TO. LUCK Detectives Find Loot Search- . ing for Another Outlaw. SEVEN ROBBERIES TRACED City Is Combed la Effecting Arrest ' or lloj Williamson, Christ Par man and Charles McCarthy. Luck on the part of two detectives in discovering certain evidence while sp&rching a man accused of another xUne is credited for bringing about re arrests of Roy Williamson. Christ I'armaii and Charlea J. McCarthy, the three men accused by the police of ravins; broken open and robbed seven a-fes and burglarised a number of fic-JT.et since November 1. When the safe was robbed In the office of the Luckel. Kino; & Cake Soap company on the n:grht of Feb ruary 1. and the number of such un solved robberies was thereby in creased to seven, several detectives wre set to unravel the secret of the Crimea Last Thursday morning- Detectives Collins and Coleman were sent to the courthouse to arrest Guy Ruffe. 881 roct street, who was accused of Vying; to obtain 11 from the public welfare bureau by usinsr a fictitious came. While searching- Ruffe they found the evidence which took them to the front-street address where loot from the burglaries was found and has been identified. City t"M for Robber. - Ruffe was placed tinder arrest for Investigation, as were two brothers, Norman and Frank Ruffe, and Clyde Williamson. Sufficient Information and evidence was gleaned from the four men and the contents of their pockets that Captain Harms imme diately detailed every available de tective to the case, and Captain lloore. who was off duty, hurried to police headquarters to direct the combine; of the city for the threel men whom the evidence implicated. larman and McCarthy were ar rested the same night by Detectives Leonard and Gordon. They refused to talk and were held on vagrancy charges pending the apprehension of Williamson, believed to be the ring leader of the gang. To capture Will iamson every detective on the day and first night reliefs was put to work and remained out until 1 o'clock Friday morning, watching various places where he was expected to put in an appearance. Stales Geds Reeevered. Williamson is thought to have seen the detectives taking Norman Ruffe and Clyde Williamson into custody for questioning at SSI Front street, and for that reason did not return to the house, or to any other places wnere me otner men had informed the detectives he might go, and where detectives had been rosted. On Friday Detectives Coleman and Collins procured a search warrant for est iront street, and went there with ttfe sheriff from Vancouver, where one of the houses was robbed. They recovered a full truck load of house hold goods identified by Mrs. Daisy Burke as property stolen from her residence In Vancouver, and also found clothing, dishes, tableware, sil ver and two complete stills, dis mantled. Burled in the basement floor was found more than $1200 worth of Jewelry and silver, part of whicn has been identified as stolen from the residence Of II. E. Jenkins. SSS Kelly street. Leader Is Caprared. Detective Goltz was thn detailed to determine the ownership of tne rest of the property and to help the other detectives who were formed in a net over the city to capture Will iamson. Automobiles were stationed at various points and Captain Harms had given out orders that there was to be no let-up in the search until Williamson was captured. He was picked up at Broadway and Ankeny street Saturday afternoon by Detectives Schulpius and Moloney after the vigilance of the police had been aimed at him for more than 48 hours. Charges of burglary were placed against him. Although the three men of the Ruffe family have talked sufficiently to make the police positive William son. Farraan and McCarthy are the robbers who have been working in Portland for over three months, the three refuse to talk. Detectives are also withholding further information which was gained from Mrs. Roy Williamson, and which they say is positive evidence that Williamson was connected with the Luckel. King & Cake Soao company robbery. Mrs. Williamson was released when her husband was taken into custody She was held temporarily after being picked up Thursday in Vancouver. Crimes Family Affair. The history of the various persons Implicated, directly or indirectly. Is complicated. The police say the work has been carried on as a sort of a family- affair, Mrs. Williamson be loneine: to the Ruffe family. Mrs. Ruffe, tbe mother. Is said to be in I tail is Vancouver at the present time for a robbery in that city. The cleanup Is declared to be one of the best and most thorough ever staged by the detective department Everv unsolved safe robbery but one has been laid to three men. Detec tive Coleman said yesterday that the case proved that there had been no expert yggs working in Portland as many persons thought. In each of the seven cases the technique and the tools used have been tne same, and the methods used in opening the saf.es were not those commonly em ployed by professional yeggmen. BATTERY A IS REUNITED Veterans of Oregon's Oldest Milt tarj Organization Hold Banquet. Veterans of Battery A, Oregon's oldest military organization, met Sat urday night in the Imperial hotel at their annual banquet. More than 100 members of the old organization were present and memories of other days were recalled. E. T. Hall was toastmaster. Among the speakers were Colonel Creed Hammond, Major Hiram U. Welch, Captain Lee M. Clark, Mayor George Li. Baker and others. An impressive moment came when the veterans stood and silently paid tribute to the memories of the men of the oganization who died since the last annual banquet. The names of the dead members are as follows: Francis W. Rollins, Thomas N. Mar tin, William F. Fuestel. George E. Johnson and Harry L. Rice. From Cleveland, Tern., came a long letter from George w. Taylor, 75-year-old veteran of the old battery. This was read at the banquet. In addition to the addresses there L musical programme and number of - dances by professional talent. Train Wreck Catches Fire. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 6. A baggeman was dangerously injured and two other trainmen were hurt last night when passenger train Jio. 83 on the Oregon Short Line ran into an open switch near Burley, Idaho. No pas sengers were injured. The engine and the baggage car turned over. Fire sprang up in the wreckage but the Burley fire department Quickly extinguished the blaze. Tenino Officers Xamed. CENTRA LI A, Wash, Feb. 5. (Spe cial.) F. Finan was reappointed city clerk at the last meeting of the Tenino council. Tom Shannon was reappointed marshal and A. H. Lan- ingham police judge. At the last meeting- of '.ha Toledo council B. Con rad and D. S. Farrell were reappoint ed marshal and health officer respectively. 7-FDDT SAWS USED DH ICE ROPES TIED ABOCXD CHUNKS OX COLUMBIA HIGHWAY. Road From Mist Falls to Multno mah Falls Expected to Be Open by Saturday Night. Seven-foot cross-cut saws are used on the Columbia river highway to slice off the snow and ice. packed In some places as high as 30 feet. Huge chunks are thus worked loose,, heavy ropes are tied around them and teams pull them over the side. The county's crews, under super vision of H. B. Chapman, assistant roadmaster, are cutting their way through the blockade which was the result of one of the most unusual snow storms ever recorded. It oc curred last November. Orders were issued last week to open the highway at least eight feet wide to the county line. "We are making what I consider very good progress." said Mr. Chap man yesterday. "One who has never been over the highway since that storm can have no conception of the task we are up against. Imagine having to use seven-foot cross-cut saws to slice out huge chunks of ice and snow on our highway! It doesn't seem possible, for Oregon's usual climate is so moderate we can scarcely comprehend what haDoened. "vve are cutting out the ice ana snow where the drifts piled as high as 25 and 30 feet and then we tie ropes around the chunks and pull them over the side of the highway oy means of teams. It is a real job, but the men who have been sent out there, most of whom are ex-service men, have done good work and we are getting along very well, considering the handicaps under which we are operating. I hope to open the road from Mist Falls to Multnomah lails by next Saturday night and to com plete the entire Job by March 1. Mr. Chapman said that, so lar as he has been able to determine, the highway has not been" injured, beyond some of the curbing and railing. Up to Saturday, the highest number of men working on the Job was 65, but today, Mr. Chapman, said, he will have SO. I Additional Space i Leper Tag Day Proclaimed. MANILA, Feb. 6. Governor-Gen eral Wood yesterday proclaimed Feb ruary 7 tag day for the purpose of raising funds for the 5000 lepers on Culicon island. 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