The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-05-11

evening Sheriff Shearer committed to
ill for safe keeping young man, who
waving a preliminary examination he.
fore Justice Gould, of Mechanicsville,
upon the charge Of house breaking and
larceny, was held to- await the sitting of
the Grand Jury. Thrice wounded in
his capture, and thus held to answer for
grave offence, is the result to this
young man of twenty.three of the fol-
lowing circumstances:
On Monday night Of last week him
self and II confederate, whom he calls
Jack" broke into Graham's hardware
store, at Meclanic>vilIe, where they Sc.
cured about $500 worth of knives, and
into Armentrnut's Lumber Office, from
which they took some clothing and a
revolver. He was caught at Louden,
taken back to Mechanicsville, tried a.
stated, and here he is.
According to his story, which gener.
ally agrees with all that is known about
the pair, the great rogue escaped; this
young man, who gives his name as
Charles Sears, having beer persuaded
and used by the older villain to look
around beforehand. and then to keep
watch while he did the work.
After the burglary was committed,
Sears says they (the burglars) walked
down the railroad track about two miles
and, hiding their plumber, took refuge
in an unoccupied house, where they
stayed all day Tuesday, neither of them
venturing out but once when Sears
went to n neikhboring house for some
thing to eat. During the day, man
came and plowed up the garden adjoin-
ing the house, and while at work anoth-
er man OH horseback rode up aud told
the one blowing about the burglary, de-
scribing one Of thu burglars very accu-
rately, which Sears says wasn't pleas
ant to listen to, especially since it was
lie who was described.
Tuesday night the pair again started
out and after recovering their hidden
goods and changing their clothes, made
directly down the railroad for Louden.
While passing through Clarence, Jack
remarked to his companion that he was
we'll known there and could not go
through in daylight as the Marshal had
one warrant for him now.
Arriving near Louden, a haystack
was occupied for the remainder Of that
night and the next day.
Just about dark Wednesday evening,
both venturei into town. Notice had
been received there Of the burglary, and
they were suspected and the authorities
put on the alert. After going back to
the stack and carefully packing there
knives, &c, into a valise procured in
town for the purpose, they came down
to the depot and crawled into freight
car which they supposed would be taken
during the night.
1t happened that Marshal McCabe
with assistants had been searching those
very cars and was not out of hearing
when they entered. He accordingly
came back and a lad with lantern was
lifted to the door. Here they !" he
wh-reupon the Marshal in
formed whoever was in that car
that they were his prisoners, and
would be shot If they attempted to get
away.
The burglars left their traps and came
out, but no sooner were OIL the ground
than they ran, in opposite directions.
went for Sears, aud some other
fellow after Jack" each enforcing his
to stop with revolver.
Sears was struck three tunes before he
went to grass and was taken; one ball
just cutting the right shoulder, another
entering his left arm, and the third en-
tering the back just under the left shout
der blade. Neither Of the balls has vet
been extracted, but DIR. Maynard thinks
his wounds not ut all dangerous, owing
alone to the small force of the pistol.
Jack" made good his escape, un.