Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-07-12
SUPPOSED THIEVES ARRESTED


day night last the store Of Mr.. Starr Wal
broken open. and goods to the amount o.
some tive hundred dollars were extracted
Starr soon set about finding the thieves IL
the yard in the rear Of his store, be found
scioth clasp use for buttoning coat, and
this be placed ii the keeping Of Mr.. Sibley
who thought he could find the coat 1t came
from. sibley kept his eyes open, but die
not succeed in 'spotting" the individual un
hl Sunday. when he found him at Bill
Jones Saloon, on Second street, between
Brady and Perry. There were two suspect
Cd individuals there. When Sibley entered
one of them left, but seeing the righ,
coat on the one that remained, he let th.
other go, and scraped the acquaintance d
Mr.. This<-prstsnding to be one of thu
light6ngered tribe himself After few
yarns and a few drinks Mr.. Thief becama
quite communicative. Feeling assured thai
Sibley was "all right" the villain acknowi
edged that he was thief, and that he
would steal when he could get chance
He inquired of Sibley if there was mud,
chance for stealing about here. Siblsy tod
him that there Was no good place to secree
stolen goods, therefore the business did Mt
flourish as we'll as could be wished. Tie
thief then told him how that difficulty coud
be surmounted. Said he when yon stsl
any goods here take them down to Muse
tine and let Brooks have them. He vii
keep them till the trouble blows over, TIM
you can get them" He then gave Sibsy
the requisite information concerning sid
Brooks at Muscatine-how he could be
found, how approached DC. About Ills
time Sibley passed out the cloth strap, nd
asked the thief if he had ever seen it, ie
replied "by g., it is mine where i'd
you getit? ? l throwed it into the Missip-
pi - Sibley did not seem to take the later
part of the story down; so he Informed
Mr.. Thief that he might with proprity
place himself under his care. He was Ia.
ken to the Jail to await further orders. His
supposed accomplice was also taken antput
in the same place.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Starr startd for
Muscatine to cultivate the acquaintare of
the man Brooks, if he could be found. We
trust the whole nest may be found and
dealt with severely.
LATER.-Mr. Starr returned rom
Muscatine last evening. and reports tht he
did not succeed in finding the keeer OF
stolen goods BY some means Broos had
heard that trouble was brewing, o he
made good his escape to the Illinoi side
before Mr. Starr arrived.
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~ Hartley Coleridge used tosay,
81 hate little men. they are conceied.~
That Hartley was right. little Add Sauer,
is living proof Add is smaller than oher
men, physically-every one sees it-and
nature in her love of symmetry, adapte his
mind to the lillipution proportions Of his
body. Add is little, very little man
He is in fact small of his age, bit then he
must not presume upon it. For the last
two or three days he has been boasting
the lashings and beatings and brreings h.
has given us. and our neighbor, the Necs
We were not aware of any personal injur,
to ourselves before. and we presume tn.
News is also in state of blissful ignoranc,
as to how terribly the little Hoosnr hsi
been in the habit of using it up. Add
achievements remind us of the flyin tn.
fable: fly lit upon the horn of an OK, ane
after moments repose, addressed The o.
in this wise: If my weight is oppessiv,
to you, will get away" No." answered
the OK. II didn't know you were here;
if you remain, shant feel your weight, AMI
if you get away, I shant know tht yol
are gone.' Adds blows are aboutas H.
convenient to his neighbors, IS the ~ wss
to the OK. There is another point of re-
semblance between Add and the fly they
both are apt to leave trifie of dirt ,ehind
them. If We should not take any ntice of
Add for little time to come, he my at
tribute it to the fact that I've havesworn
off hurting dumb animals"
ELECTIoNEERING IN THE WRONG
CouNrY.-The youth Cressler, who's ener-
gies are at the present time being evoted
to securing the nomination for Sherff, was
recently travelling through the coumy, ad.
vocating in his brilliant and peruasive
style, his claims upon the Republica, party,