The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-05-10
ARREsr OF HORSE THIEVES.

ARREST OF HORSE THIEVES.
Weare now permitted to make public
the particulars of the arrest OF Dutch
George. " the notorious horse-thief, and
one Of his accomplices. We have been
in possession Of many facts, which we
here propose to detail, for some days, but
through fear of frustrating the plans OF
the officers, we felt under Obligations to
keep silent. Indeed, it has been known
to the officers for the last year that a reg
ularly organized band Of horse and. cattle
thieves were operating between here and
Phoebe. 1t was also known that George
Lambert, alias dutch George, was the
leader of the band. lie was arrested ON
one or two occasions, but always man
aged to escape through the insuiliciency
OF evidence to convict. Lately he disap-
peared from Phoebe, and about the same
time quite a number of valuable horses
came up missing. Joseph I. Parker, a
man of extraordinary energy and persist
ency, who was loser by one OF the raids
of Dutch George and his confederates,
made up his mind to follow them. Ac-
cordingiy he took their trail and followed
it through all the meanderings of the
thieves, across mountains and valleys,
until he came within a few miles OF HAM
ilton. Here he lost it, and although he
searched diligently for several days, he
was unable to discover any clue of the
whereabouts of the thieves. He finally
gave up the chase, and going to Hamil-
ton for that purpose, he took the stage
last Sunday tor Phoebe. 1t happened he
was on the stage which was robbed, and
after proceeding TO Ellison's ranch he
returned to Han ilton with the murdered
driver in a wagon. Between the time
that Parker started for Phoebe on Sunday
afternoon and his return to Hamilton,
Monday morning, Sheriff Sullivan had
got word of Dutch George and his party,
and telegraphed the facts to Sheriff
Patterson. This brought Parker to Eu-
reka on Monday evening, and Tuesday
morning about sunrise, George was ar
rested III Newark valley. Constable Bell
and Deputy Sheritfs TRAY. johnson and
Mike Walsh went out and assisted in
making the arrest. George was Just in
the act Of saddling his horse to depart
for the mountains when the officers came
OD lllul. lit lllItlt III SLlON Vi TtslStitlltt,
though when Sheriff Sullivan be IAN to
search him ON his arrival 1.-THE jail he
tore in shreds a Wells. Fargo 4 Co. check
for seyenty-two dollars. We presume it
was stolen property. George was Sc
curely ironed, and left to mediate in a
gloomy cell. Another party was then
organized to go out after the balance of
the thieves. Mr.. Parker, Tray. john
son, and Edward Charbona constituted
the force. They made for the SNOWFALL
range OF mountains about forty miles
south of Eureka. In a beautiful valley
high up in the mountains and almost
inaccessible from every direction they
found Oscar Batter, "A boy but seventeen
years of age, in charge of eleven head of
stolen horses. He mad been there for
several days, waiting for Dutch George,
and was entirely out of provisions. He
was arrested, and yesterday the officers
returned with him to Eureka, bringing
the horses along. The boy made a clean
breast of everything connected with their
thieving transactions, and now it is an
assured fact that Dutch George will have
to spend Il term of years in the State
piloDu. n uliu uilltu RUSS WAS also
connected with the band as sort of a herd
er, but he was not discovered, and the
officers are Of the opinion that it would
be difficult to convict him. The boy
~tBdtier) is a son of old man Butler, who
resides neal Belmont, in Nye county.
He left home several years ago, and has
been running with horse thieves pretty
much eve since. He will probably
be allowed to turn States evidence.
Dutch George will be remembered as the
man who killed Buffalo Bill in this town
in the early days. Parker leaves with
his prisoners for Phoebe on this MORN
ing's stage. He has travelled on horse
back over four hundred miles since leav-
ing home less than two weeks ago. He
certainly hangs on with remarkable
persisteney, and we are truly glad that
his efforts have ayailed to break up one
OF the worst bands of horse thieves that
have ever invested Eastern Nevada. =
Eureka Sentinel, Nay 4h.