The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-01
10 Manhattan.
A HORSE THIEF.

HORSE IRIEF.
. "LEFT HERE.-A young man Who has
been stopping here for some days, left this
place ThurDd1y night, il. the. dark. A
saddls aud bride, Belonging 70 soldier,
left att the Same time. Singular eoinei.
dsnes.
This "coineidencs," az mentioned in
hstweek's Union, wss the first intimation
the people had here tha. horse thief was
among them, and no. until the Sunday fol-
lowing was it ascertained that horse was'
stolen from this vicinity, at which tipeit
was found that Judge Brumbaugh. s this
place. was the sufferer. Know1Bg that
the valley of the Big Blue hsd been the
ground of pas. operations q fhe suspect.
ed thief, immediate prepas on was made
for pursuit, and hitchipg Span of horses
to his buggy, the Ial invited Us to &C
company him 20 Manhattan. The sxi.
gency demsnded speed and We (net sdito-
rally and singular-ly "we'' alone, but the
" We" constituting the Judge and ourself)
set sail on our Sunday mission immediate
~ oa-sn asI /.
THE BLUE VALLEY. r.l lsa
The first night WAS passed at John
Wells, on tho Vermillion, where we found
comfortable fare and accommodations, and
early Monday morning found US on our
way down the Big Blue Valley, for,y-fve
miles of which still lay between US and
Manhattan. The day was delightful
The AROMA from the red cedars and wild
flowers was waited to our senses BY a gen.
tie breeze. The defIes of !" dumpling"-
shaped bills, rearing themselves like stur-
dy seutinels each side of the Blue, ribbed
and crowned at their tops by splendid spec.
linens of limestone, as neatly arranged and
divided into blocks az if done by the
stone.cutter's hand; the ravines, and ab-,
rupt cannons penetrating the bluffs, skirt
ed by shrubbery and scattering forest
trees; the tall cottonwood and majestic
oak watching the shining waters; the bot
Tom lands waving with luxurisnt grass,
improved and iaterspersed here and there
by an opened farm--the wheat field nice
ly shaven and the corn /,assels waving in
the wind ;-ths whole spread out before US
like q panorama scene, enlarging As We
decendsd the stream to its mouth. The
few farms which We passed were prsnis-
ing most abundant crop. The Indian
lands or" floats" :;are great hindrance to
this one of the finest valleys in the west.
Every acre il capable of cultivation, and
on trip through one frequently finds him
self revolving the idea of what vast
population the valley IL capable Of sustain
ing when it shall have been improved and
the =" hum of busy industry" is heard its
entire length. - - - .,''',3 ~
THE THIEF HABBED--TRIAL, ETC.
e.
AT the house Of Mr.. Pierce, about twelve
miles north of Manhattan, and where We
obtained our dinner, We were informed of
the arrest of notorious horse thief and
that bis examination and trial was pro-
crossing at the latter place. We hurried
on and found the person arraigned in cit.
liens court and before . jury Of twelve,
The thief sought for. His eye dropped as
we entered :he court room, and after being
.worn and giving our testimony in the case
the fellow hardly raised his head again.
The case was clear one and was soon de-.
cided by the jury bringing in verdict Of
Guilty on all ofthe charges. BE was then
remanded to Jail to await further action,
after which, at his request, committee was
appointed to hear his confession, which
in not only acknowledging the
Iheft in the present case but of all his op.
erations extending through moro than two
years time and embracing various degrees
IF crime and theft. He also implicated
,ther parties. After the confession the
meeting was called together according
o previous adjournment. = committee ap-
pointed 10 fx the sentence and when and