The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
place within few miles 81 Upton
where be is lying close.
CHAPTER II.

CHAPlE Eli IL.
THE GOODS ForSD-THE BURGLAR
oyERHAULED--t RUNNING FIGHT
TWO MEN SHOT - COUNTRY
TrRSFD orT-,,IEAT EXCITEMENT
Upton will, we certainly hope. gain
the reputation Of being poor place
to commi, burelaries and get away
successfully Last >prlng the Nigi-
lance and pcr,inacity Of our officers
and citizens followed aud brought
back Crawford frn4 another State;
and already the III cts of the vigor-
GUS measures de allied above have de-
veloped in the rec very Of nearly. II
not quite all the goods, and the prob
able capture Of the bnrglar-for il
seems to be settled now that the man
suspected Saturday was ne one, and
that he was playing lone hand SO
far as the robbery itself is concerned.
The first light on the subject came
Tuesday, few minutes after noon,
in the shape OF a telegram from city
Marshal Hale, of Cedar Rapids, stat
ing that they had box Of silks, etc,
in the express Office there, and had
chased the man nearly 10 Beitram
without capture. w. II. Cobb and
Mr.. Young at once to k The noon
train for the purpose of identify ing
the goods. Very shortly dispatch
came regarding the supposed suspic-
ious charau. ers at Louden, whose ar
| rest and release is elsewhere mcntion-
ed. Messrs Cobb and Young return
| ed this "Wednesday morning from
Cedar Rapids, having found nearly
all the lost dry goods in the box re-
ported by the Marshal, but none OF
the hardware; and we will tell the
story of the affair, SO far as they
| learned it. as coanectedly and brief
ly as possible.
1t seems that the burglar brough,
lis box into the cxpressotiice.
at the Rapids. Tuesday fore
noon, and desired to ship it to Chica-
90. The agent had seen one Of the
circulars from here and recognized the
description in moment. tie took
the directions and prepared the box
for shipment, however, and the mo-
ment the man went on into the wait
ing room, he informed . policeman.
This man did not attempt the arrest
alone, but went in search Of the city
Marshal, Capt. Hiel Hale. The Mar
| shall took two or three men and went
back, but the fellow had slipped out.
The squad then separated and went
to hunting through the city, ing
in his speedy discovery in saloon
The policeman who found him at
tempted to arrest him, but found q
cooked revolver showed under his
nose. which let the fellow out doors
The Marshal aud other police soo,
rallied. the fellow made for the woods
and they had a running fight, some
thirty or forty shots being fired right
in the city. As indicated by the dis,
patch already alluded to, the rasca
got away, and the Rapid police lost
track Of him III The woods near Der
tram.
All this has occupied hours, anc
now come Young and Cobb, at abou
three O'Clock p. M, on their way u
the Rapids to identify the goods
The freight train stopped at Ber'ran
to wood and water, when who shoule
] walk in and take seat but the yer,
chap to whom Cobb had sold tn,
socks, and who was undoubtedly th'
burglar. The recognition was ins,an
and mutual. Mr.. Burglar rose an.
walked out of the car asquietly as he
came in,and they followed. The burg
5 lar wen. into The little half residence
half g ocery. which, with blacksmit
ship, constitutes Bertram ;and Youn,
5 and Cobb, learning that the smitl
: was constable, secured his services
, andfollowed in. The resat the burgla
} on the counter chewing at nickel
worth Of candy he had just bough
e with perfect apparent sang .froid.-
e Cobb walked right up TO him, seize
c his tight arm-both his hands wer
Y now thrust into his overcoat poke,
+ and called TO the constable, Here
$ your man, take him." But III
t worthy Dutch official wasn't used
g doing things in a hurry, and while