The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-30
BURGLARS BAGGED.
Capture of the Brace of Villains Who
Recently Ravaged Cheyenne.

"A lew nCCho eSo a Aai6c dLAD Va
burglaries were perpetrated in this city,
and much valuable property was stolen.
Melander's hat and fur store was en-
tered and a considerable amount of
costly goods taken. Smith, Guiterman
&c Harrington's clothing store was
robbed of about one hundred dollars
worth of silk handkerchiefs and other
goods. Pease & Taylor's grocery and
several private houses suffered from
similar depredations, and as there
seemed to be a great similarity in the
manner of each robbery, the officers
became convinced that professionals
were at work.
The police exhausted their ingenuity
in efforts to discover the burglars, and
without success. At the time Sheriff
Carr vas so deeply immersed in bust
ness that he was unable to give the
thieves the attention they deserved. and
for a time it appeared that they would
elude justice. The Sheriff placed his
best men Oh the trail and gave them
al lAlC BOlillo, bub lOlillDb was bCNCA-
oped of any Importance.
Shortly after the robbery of Smith,
Guiterman & Harrington's store two
men, one of whom had been employed
in a leading hotel, the other having
been a sort of hanger-on about town,
with no fixed occupation, departed sud-
denly, taking with them a large trunk.
1t would appear that they had one or
two confederates who still remained in
the city, as on the day after their de-
parture the news reached the Sheriff.
They had gone east over the Union
Pacific, and Carr at once telegraphed
the authorities at Omaha, ordering the
arrest of the two men. When the ex-
pres reached Omaha it was boarded by
officers, but their search for the men
was fruitless. 1t was afterward ascer-
tanned that the burglars left the Union
Pacific at Kearney Junction, taking
one of the southern routes from that
place.
The confederates here had conveyed
to the sheriff the information that the
burglars formerly lived in Chicago, and
had probably gone to that city. Accord
ingly the police of Chicago were ncti-
fed, and at once instituted Il search for
the men, which, after several weeks,
resulted in the capture of one of them
and the recovery of a large portion of
the stolen goods, including most of
Melander's furs. On Friday last Sher-
if Carr received this news, together
with the statement that Burglar No. 2,
had been spotted and could be taken
easily. Carr telegraphed at once, or
dering the arrest of the second man,
and to-day the Sheriff will leave here
for Chicago to secure the villains and
bring them here for trial. They will
probably be here by Friday or Satur-
day. The conduct of the affair reflects
great credit upon our vigilant Sheriff.
HOW BOYS WERE RAGGED.
The Chicago Inter-O Ocean of the 9th
giveo the details Of the capture of the
thieves, as follows:
son the 21st detectives saw a man
with a bundle entering a pawnbroker's
shop on Clark street. They followed
HIM in and noticing that the bundle
contained u valuable seal-skin sack,
muff and boa, asked him where he got
them. He showed q note from a myth
ical female, saying she vas hard-up.
and asking him to pawn her furs. The
man seemed scared, gave an alias, was
arrested and searched, the detectives
finding a card bearing his real name.
The man was held and the property ad-
vertised, but no claimant appeared for
it.
'.In a day or two the chief of police
received a list of stolen furs, ETC., from
Sheriff Carr, of Cheyenne, who asked
that the thief be taken, as it was GER
tain that he had come to Chicago. The
chief secured a full description of the
thief, and found he had the right man,
with about $500 worth of stolen goods.
He so informed Sheriff Carr, and an
ofncer is daily expected to take charge
of the burglar. The latter, however,
has not been asleep since his arrest.
He secured counsel, applied for a writ
of habeas corpus, had a hearing before
Justice Summerfield, and the writ was
denied. 1t is evident that he has a
female accomplish, as the note he
showed the detectives was in a woman's