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iCi mat uiuu^iu. She was superb no vessel could f the ice on her » ripping of the s were made and was too great to ats would haveourg and thence s pleasant. The ly icebergs were of it. No bulle-were posted onV Wilt HI I uuutii pui VCU I/O I/ll» at 5 o’clock it *. At 7 o’clock nd 1 notified fny distinctly notify-He speaks Ger-nversed together. ecn to Paris and Titanic, was the liled in.Shock.1 vvas busy fix-at that hour one quested me to go t with a pair of nd then went to , where the stew-?ummoned to No. was a Mr. Gee, route to Mexico, go to the working ome firemen who eved cease their equested and re-I was talking ;er, another stew-we were talking le a noise as if L running over a ire was a slight entire ship, but e jolt that would rry. I was sud-the engines had Brewster said: that is?’ the passageway, ing past, carrying i his shoulders. As shouted, 'There isat night. Sampson worked alone and took nobody into his confidence. In all he secured about $1*25 in cash and Chief Myers declared that the articles of value found in the box and other loot which he had pawned would exceed in value $*200.Yesterday evening Chief Myers determined to capture Sampson. He took with him, Assistant Chief Ed Portley, Sergeant John Holmes and Patrolman Lou Drane and they sur- j rounded the Sampson residence at 31o East Thirteenth street. Harry was' found in the house and placed under arrest. A search was then made for | the valuables, but nothing was found for some time. Finally, Sergearil; Holmes asked Mrs. Sampson where j Harry had concealed that box. The woman declared that her son had no box in the house. Sergeant Holmes was not satisfied and continued the search. He noticed a large pile of old clothes in one corner and underneath he found the box of goods collected by the youthful burglar.A Clever Thief, Says Chief.Chief Myers is of the opinion that Sampson is one of the cleverest housebreakers that ever operated in this city. Although he robbed scores of houses in broad daylight the youth was never caught and so sly and careful did he work that attention was not directed to him except in a general-way. His capture is, therefore, one of the most important made in Joplin in recent years. Sampson refused to confess for a long while after being questioned by Chief Myers and Sergeant Holmes, but he Anally broke down and made a complete disclosure of all the robberies he had committed during the past five months.One of the most peculiar features of the whole affair was a diary kept by Sampson in which was carefully noted each robbery, the date, location and the amount of cash secured. He failed to set down the other valuables taken. The diary was found in his possession and had a great deal to do with his confession. Each case was taken up separately and Sampsonvicinity of Y The first i ing committ room of the conducted b; Smith of Mi lands of Ne' Ne;'‘We left • Thursday,” 70 revolutio 484 miles, I we went u] made, I thii day we mac 54( or 541) which. Our tions and w speed Mondi er was fine, that.”“Did you I proximity o was asked.“No. I h was the rep . “Did you icebergs on “I knew cinity some The witnlt; what time 1 was in his i got up and went on tb Captain Srr serious dan HCaptain lower the the bridge, the women Regarding 1 “One of I Officers cal1 were any r I was none ! the decks.1 lowered I f ! jolting. T\ I crew and a I was in.” Mr. Ismi ! self in rear i ness standranfoin
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sat, Apr 20, 1912
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