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Germany: Temporary migrants account for 8.8% of suspects

Of the criminal suspects known to Germany's federal investigative police force in 2024, 8.8% were temporary migrants like asylum seekers, 35

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"Man Leaps From Glen Ridge Bridge to Avoid Arrest," St. Catharines Standard. June 27, 1941. Page 1 & 3. --- Melodramatic Chase in St. Catharines This Morning ---- POLICEMAN IS BEATEN ---- Two Men Found in Vacant Glen Ridge House ---- Police today investigated a melodramatic case in which a special police constable was attacked and beaten up by two house-breakers, one of whom later apparently ended his life by leaping from the Glen Ridge bridge into the old Welland Canal in an attempt to escape police.

Constable Beaten Special Constable Thomas Robertson, 37 Academy street, is confined to the General Hospital with a broken nose and extensive facial injuries.

The man who leaped from the bridge, and his companion who es caped and is still at large, have not been identified. It is thought that they were transients and police have certain information, it was revealed, which may lead to their identification.

Although police are not positive that the man drowned in the old canal dragging of the canal channel was commenced at nine o'clock today and a special check is being made of weirs and canal banks, to locate the body. City firemen, who joined earlier today with police in searching the canal banks in the vicinity of the bridge, are conducting dragging operations.

The opening chapter in the strange case was recorded at about 1:30 o'clock this morning when Constable Robertson, who was wearing civilian clothes, visited a Glen Ridge avenue home which is not occupied at present. It is the special constable's duty to inspect vacant houses to make sure that they are secure,

Constable Attacked When he arrived at the rear of the Glen Ridge avenue house, he found a window lifted and he entered the premises to investigate. He noticed a man and as he went to take charge of him a second man stepped out of another room and the two men piled on Robertson. In the scuffle they removed his "billy" and wallet.

The two men fled from the house leaving the officer practically exhausted. Some minutes later when Robertson was standing on the side-walk nearby the house where the scuffle had occurred, he saw the same two men approach on bicycles. He ran into the street and knocked one man from his wheel.

The brawl was renewed and this time, one of the men, presumably the one who leaped from the bridge, struck Robertson several times with the "billy", injuring his left eye and cheek. The fight caused such a disturbance that Al Corney, Glen Ridge avenue, telephoned police headquarters.

Constables Nat Armstrong and William Francis were dispatcher to the scene by Sergt. Thomas Howden. As the officers reached the Glen Ridge end of the bridge, they saw two men hiding bicycles being pursued by Constable Robertson. One man turned on to Ontario street south and he was followed by Robertson. The second man started across the bridge, and Constable

Armstrong swung the patrol car around and gave chase.

Officers Heard Splash As the police car overtook the escaping house breaker he suddenly applied the brake, fell from the bicycle on to the sidewalk, climbed over the railing and jumped. Constable Francis jumped from the police auto and was joined seconds later by Armstrong. Both men heard a splash and what sounded like groans and then silence prevailed.

The spot when the man jumped is on the "city" side of the canal and about 65 feet above the water. The fact that the man pulled off his coat indicated that he knew that there was water below the bridge and he may have planned to swim ashore to escape. However, the officers remained on the bridge for a short time but heard no sounds to indicate that the man was swimming. The water is eight feet in depth at the point where he presumably landed.

The officers telephoned the police headquarters and accompanied by other officers, Deputy Fire Chief John Cropper and firemen combed the canal banks but could find no trace of the man.

Meanwhile, the second house-breaker had outdistanced Constable Robertson and the latter was ordered removed to the hospital.

Inspector D. B. Brown and Detective James Anderson commenced an immediate investigation which is continuing today with Detective William Irwin assisting.

A shabby coat which had caught on the spiked rail of the bridge contained the officer's "billy."

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"POLICE THINK PRISONERS ARE ROBBER GANG," Winnipeg Tribune. May 8, 1934. Page 1. --- Six Men Held Believed Connected With Recent Warehouse Raids ---- With the swift round-up of six suspects, Monday night and early today, city police believe they have the men responsible for an amazing series of warehouse raids and shopbreakings which have been staged in Winnipeg during the last six months.

The men under arrest are: Nick Gregarchuk, alias Council; Nick Shewchuk, Mike Kushma, Pete Belanosky, alias Bailey; Jack Harris and Fred Belanosky, alias Bailey. The first four will face burglary charges. Harris is charged with receiving stolen goods, and the last man is held for investigation. All six were remanded until tomorrow in city police court today. Harris is out on bail of $1,000. The others are in custody.

Although the quartette who will face the burglary charge have only been linked by police with one warehouse raid, they are believed to have staged a number of others.

Looking For Cache Meanwhile detectives are looking for a huge cache of stolen goods which they believe exists somewhere in the city.

Some idea of the extent of the gang's operations, in the opinion of the police, was gained when a warning was issued today to any store- keepers in Winnipeg or points farther west who have bought the following goods through other than regular channels: Overalls, tobacco, cigarettes, watches, jewelry, drug supplies (particularly asprin tablets), fountain pens, musical instruments, cigars and toilet goods.

"Storekeepers who have pûrchased any of these goods through other than regular channels should notify the police immediately. Otherwise they may find themselves facing a charge of retaining stolen goods." said Chief of Detectives George Smith today.

Some Goods Recovered Council, Shewchuk, Kushma and Pete Bailey are believed to have been the men who broke into Ty- son's storage warehouse, 128 James st., on the night of April 22 and stole $1,800 worth of aspirin tab- lets. A quantity of the stolen tablets has been recovered, but the majority of them are still unaccounted for and are believed to have been disposed of among unsuspecting shopkeepers who have bought them at bargain prices. Harris is charged with receiving some of the stolen tablets.

Entrance to Tyson's warehouse was gained by climbing the fire es- cape and forcing entrance to the top of the elevator shaft. It is because a number of other warehouses were entered by similar means that police believe the same gang were responsible for those raids as well.

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"BACK FROM SEATTLE." Montreal Gazette. February 4, 1913. Page 2. ---- Samuel Jones and Orlando Moses to Answer Charges of Theft. ---- Sergeant of Detectives Mackie and Detective William Archabold arrived in Toronto last night with Samuel Jones and Orlando Moses, who were arrested in Seattle two weeks ago.

Jones and Moses are alleged to have cashed many money orders on the Dominion Express Company throughout the west and in the United States.

By means of the orders city detectives traced the two men to Seattle and caused their arrest.

Moses at one time worked for the Dominion Express Company, and is said to have stolen the pad of orders.

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"Arrested for Forgery." Montreal Gazette. January 23, 1913. Page 2. --- Toronto, January 22. - Detectives Archibald and Cronin left tonight for Beattie, Wash., to bring back Orlando Muses and W. Jones, wanted here on charges of forgery. The two men are accused of forging money orders of the Dominion Express Company, the orders being for sums amounting to about $1,000 in all.

Moses was an employee of the company and it is claimed he stole the' orders from the company and that two men went east and passed them. The theft took place last November and since then the company have been receiving the forged orders.

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"TORONTO MEN ARRESTED ON THE PACIFIC COAST," Toronto Star. January 22, 1913. Page 17. ---- Orlando Moses and William Jones were arrested at Seattle last night, at the request of the Toronto police, and will now be brought back by Detectives Cronin and Archibald to face charges of theft and forgery.

Moses worked last year for the Dominion Express Company, and when he left on Nov. 24., a package containing 81 blank express orders disappeared. It is claimed that the men have filled these blanks out for sums running between four and five hundred dollars. The police say they can trace the passing of the orders on the men's way across the continent.

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"Detectives Returning." Toronto Star. January 31, 1913. Page 4. ---- Canadian Press Despatch. Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 31. - Detectives Mackie and Archibald of Toronto, left Vancouver yesterday on their long trip across the continent with William Jones and Orland Moses, two men suspected of thefts of books of express orders from the Dominion Express Company. The two suspects were arrested in Seattle.

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"Two Alleged Members of Daring Gang of Western Bank Robbers are Captured in Toronto Hotel," Toronto Star. August 12, 1912. Page 2 & 1. --- POLICE OF NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., ARE COMING TO TAKE THE PRISONERS BACK - HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN TORONTO JAIL - HOW THE CAPTURE WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY TORONTO SLEUTHS --- Walter Davis Falls Into Trap While Passing Bank of Montreal Bills --- Police Capture Man Loaded With Loot of New Westminster Bank Robbery. ---- ARRESTED IN HOTEL AFTER LONG SEARCH ---- Goes by Name of Davis Woman Companion Is Taken With Him. ---- HELD WITHOUT BAIL ---- Believed to Be One Who Participated in $350,000 Burglary. ---- In the arrest on Saturday night of Walter and Alice Davis, alias Welsh, the police authorities believe they have caught the people who, for the past month, have been circulating some of the stolen Bank of Montreal notes, which were taken from the New Westminster branch on September 15, 1911. The robbery of this bank was one of the biggest known on the western coast, as on the night the building was entered, the safe was blown, and $345,000 in bank bills was stolen, of which amount $145,000 was in new notes, which had never been placed in circulation. Since that time the police of both Canada and the States has been looking for the burglars, the Pinkerton agency being detailed by the bank.

General Trap Set. The case was a hard one for the police to handle owing to the notes turning up occasionally in quite remote parts of the States, and it was equally difficult for the burglars to pass the notes, owing to the fact that the authorities had been furnished with a complete list of the numbers and series.

A month ago the local detective department were warned that the note passers were working in this city. They at once adopted a very successful system, that of supplying all hotel's, theatres, cigar stores, drug stores and other places where money is being changed dally with a list of the stolen notes. The first answer came the last week in July, when it was known that a man of the McKinney Hotel, on Front street, handed one of these notes over the bar, took change, but didn't wait for his drink. That seemed suspicious, but all the police could secure was a description of the man.

The Capture. Again on August 7, a woman entered the Wm. Goldstein cigar store at 82 Yonge street, made a small purchase, and left another of the stolen notes for change. Again all the authorities got was a description. The third note came to the attention of the police on Saturday morning when a man went into the same cigar store, bought cane, had one of the notes changed, but not being satisfied with this, offered still another. This time the man stayed so long that a very careful description could be given the detectives.

At ten at night Detectives Mitchell and Cronin saw a man answering the description standing by the desk at the Palmer House. the took him to where he was identified as the man who passed the bill, but denied any offence, saying that the bills had been passed on him. In his room at the hotel the detectives for Alice Davis, together with $2,020 notes, bearing the numbers of the stolen series, and $7,180 in notes of smaller denominations. Some was in gold, but all was seized by the police.

Held Without Bail. When searched at the detective headquarters, Davis was well supplied with funds. He was carrying $893 in bills, and $41 in silver, none of these being Bank of Montreal bills.

It is recalled of the robbery that the Chinese watchman at the bank was bound and gagged, and that the burglars left a large quantity of gold coin, which was well worn. All the $345,000 was in money which could be immediately placed in circulation. This makes the fourth arrest in the case. John McNamara, of San Francisco, was arrested in New York in January, and Frank Holloway in Chicago in the same month.

The charge against the couple in court was bringing stolen money into Toronto. They are being held without bail, as a telegram has already been received from New Westminster say- ing the police are coming to take them back. Both were neatly dressed, in quiet colors, so as to attract as little attention as possible. Other firms on whom stolen bills have been passed are Hickey's of Yonge street, and the St. Leger Shoe Co. Caption: DETECTIVE MITCHELL, a shrewd officer, who assisted in the arrest of the alleged bank robbers. Top right: SCENE OF ARREST OF ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS The Palmer House, Toronto, where David Walters and Alice Davis were taken into custody Saturday night. They are believed to be members of the gang of safe blowers who stole $350,000 from the Bank of Montreal at New Westminster, B.C.

DETECTIVE CRONIN, whose splendid work in the bank robbery case stamps him as an officer of the highest order.

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"DO NOT THINK DAVIS HAD HAND IN ROBBERY OF BANK," Toronto Star. August 12, 1912. Page 1. --- Vancouver Police Think Man Arrested in Toronto Is Friend of Those Who Cracked the Safe There. ---- Special to The Star. Vancouver, Aug. 12. - That Walter Davis, arrested in Toronto, was a friend of Dean and McNamara, who are believed to have actually cracked the safe of the Bank of Montreal at Westminster, is the belief of Pinkerton Superintendent P. K. Ahearn, of Vancouver. Davis and Powell, who are now fighting extradition in Detroit, are believed to be the men to whom a portion of the funds were turned over, but it is not thought they had a hand in the actual robbery of the bank. There is no such evidence against them at present, though it is possible they were companions of McNamara and Dean at the time.

Dean was called in the Westminster court this morning and remanded. There are a dozen witnesses on hand ready to testify that he was in Westminster at the time of the robbery. It is generally believed here that he will turn King's evidence.

ALICE WALSH, arrested on a charge helping Davis to bring stolen money here.

WALTER DAVIS, accused of passing of stolen bills,