Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-02-24
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C0NsCXENYsoUsL LARCENY.

C0NsCEENYEoUs LARCENY.
The latter part OF last week a man by III,
name Of Geo Gillct who had been for 81,
years resident of this county, and borne
fair reputation, was caught in the act OF at
tempting to take money from the money
drawer of l.. ID. Cooks store. AS the lar
ccny relates to more than one act Of taking
we will give the facts Of the whole case 4,
nearly correct as we are able. #..
About two months since, about twelve
hundred dollars cut OF N package Of nearly
SIX thousand dollars, belonging to parties il
Chicago, winch had been deposited by Mr.
| |. B. klngianti, their agent, for safe keeping
most unaccountab.y came up one morning
anoug tho missing. No clue could be asccr
tanned as 10 where the money had disappear
cd, nor were there any circumstances Of suS
peon against any enc strong enough Il
make out case. Thus the matter rcma n cd
ior several days or weeks, though in the
mean time other less amounts would occa
>Ienaly come up among the missing, and nC
| clue could be obtained as to who was tn,
! thief. Finally Il detective from Chicago, 8
captain OF the police by the name of Mates
| waS sent here To ferret ant the matter. -
Yea,es arrived about two weeks since, TOOK
up bis lodgings Mt the Parker House, ant
oslunsi5ly engaged in the OIL business. II,
had prOspectea some on the river, among
the coal beds, whore the petroleum might by
accident bc found, and was waiting ior ma
! chlnery from Chicago to commence BORN,
| for oil. lie was known through town as tn,
! OIL man. ...T 4s ... ..... ...., ..
| 1t seems that detective Yeates had beer
watching the safe and store every night sine,
being in town, which secret WAS known tt
but few. ard On the night Of the discovery
he and Mr., hugland were setting in th'
store together Rear the money drawer
About half past ten the store door was un
locked, and s,rarge person walked III, anc
reached over the counter the first thing tt
see what could be got out. OF the none.
drawer. As he reached after the money
drawer his hand touched or nearly touched
the detective, who commanded him to halt
Seeing he was discovered he started FOR tn
door with the detective and Mr.. RlnganC
close at his heels. lie wcs several times du
ring the chase commanded to stop, but NJ ht
failed 10 obey, the detective fired five shot,
at him, taking care, however, to shoot owe
him each time At each iire, MIR. fleeing in
dividaal would cringe as though afraid tha
! bullets would have bad effect upon his cor
porasl system ...ar' ... .'E
The direction taken by him from Cook
store, was first south past the Parker ilous
and made turn east through the alley, be
tween Mr.. S-ypuour's book store and Mr
Orr's dry goods store, thence south aud Fl
nai'y came around up in front ~f the hoo!
store where he was overtaEcn. This was oI
Friday night. Saturday morning his tria
commenced before Esqnir. Spears, the pris
oner being charged with the crime of burg
larry, but only convicted Of larceny, and wa
bound ever in the sum Of one thousand dol
lars 10 appear at the next term of the Dis
trict Court. Thus ended the great burglary
! case. .'
False keys to fit the safe were found or
his person, also false key to fit the doc,
found near where he was arrested. lie con
fessrd to the taking Of ali the money tha
had been missed, also to ths taking Of abon
four hundred dollars from j. w Black Mr.
Black took 0f him some land in t4ace of hi,
money, while most Of that taken from Mr.
Cooks store he had conces'ed in bottle un
der his stable. lie lives about three mile,
! from town. s r- .a '... -a r.-sE-