The Grange advance., 1875-06-15

furnlsn1ng Uoods, and are prepared
to suit the tastes Of the most fastidious.
LANGsETH & RE1NERrsEN.
CAPTURE OF Horse THIEVES. =
RUNAwAY.-On Saturday, at three p.
NJ, Mr.. James Day, who runs the Fer
ry received the following telegram dat
ed at IL M, Hammond:
"Look out for gray and bay horses
stolen from here last night Weight
about !, 100 each. Tall and short man
with horses. Bay horse fat footed, no
shoes. GARR1rr ANDERSON,
Sheriff.
This was not a very definite descrip-
tion, but it was enough to work on; and
to put Mr.. Day, who is Deputy Sheriff
of Pierce County, Wis.,, as we'll as fer
ryman, on sharp lookout and he did
not look in vain. At ten o'clock in the
night, two horsemen, answering nearly
enough to the description to justify
their detention put in their appearance
and Mr.. Day at once arrested them.
Being alone, and being worn out from
being up to attend the ferry, lights,
he thought it the safest to bring them
to this city for safe keeping, where
they and their horses after inspection
b9 the CITY Marshall, found lodging at
the Lyons House, under watch or guard
but not imprisoned, the gentlemen
asserting their innocence so strongly
that this was thought the better course.
Mr.. Day, it being impossible to send
telegram until Sunday morning, re-
turned to his home across the river,
where he found, that Sheriff Anderson,
who by the way, is not only good Of
fcer, but perfect gentleman, and the
owner of the horses had just arrived in
hot pursuit of the thieves. They Lat
once, came over to the city, and the
Sheriff took the men in charge, and tell
ing them that he wanted to get an ear
ly start in the morning, got them to ac-
company him on the island, where he had
Jurisdiction and where he watched with
them till Sunday NOR ming.
The young men who were so sudden
ly overtaken in their crime are both
residents of Pierce County, ones name
being Palmer and the other Peck, and
this is supposed to be their first offense
of 80 heineous nature. The owner of
the horses, Mr.. Hammond, when he
saw the boys, for they were scarely
more than boys, and recognized one of
them as the son of one of his nearest
neighbors, with an exclamation, said, I
that he would rather have lost his
horses than to have found him as he
did. On Sunday morning, Mr.. Ham,
mond started, driving the Sheriff
team, and leading his horses, on the fer
~, when the Sheriff's horses became
frightened, and wheeled completely
nd,jumping to the shore ,upseting the
carriage, throwing the man out, and
rushed up Broad Street to Main, and
then up Main Street, finally turning and
standing entirely still, when a bold man
run out from saloon and caught them
by the bits, and when Mr.. H. who was
but little injured, came up, this daring
devotee of Bacchus demanded five dol
lars for his trouble, which was paid
without a grumble. The fragments of
the buggy were gathered together, and
the day passed in making repairs, when
toward evening the Sheriff and Mr..
Hammond started for home with their
prisoners. The man who got the five
dollars for catching the Sherif's horses
and who is lasting honor to our city,
is said to have used it up in having
glorious drunk with boon companion,
which ended in Mi ght's free lodging in
Hotel DE Kay, and on Monday morn
ing the two contributed SIG or So each
to the City Treasury, which proves that
money easily earned, is not always the
cheapest.