, 1881-04-28
Discovery IN Racine, Wis, Of
a Welf.Stocked PloW.
Mine.
It Was tile Result Of rilfer-
ingA OF q Dishonest Ein.
ployc.
He Intended to Go West, but
Officers Nipped His
Game,
Capture, Aftor Il Pierce Resistance, OF
afl Arkansas Sheriff. Kittnr.
Men In West Virginia Visit an Old Mans
Houso and Beat and Rob Him.

STOLEN STEEL.
Ep<etdt Dtspatsh to Tie GAteaeo Tsts4n&.
rAcisE. Wis. April .7.--Abotis June, 1870.
Albert A. 1eppert beysn work at tho j. i. Casu
pi1w factory. ife ind a cuttlvnter that the
Compnny VIA making for h!rn.but which turned
out to b0 OF no account, Laxt summer II. g.
etaver received Information that Gcpport hai
stolen sotna tools from tho shops. Ito waa ut
once spoken to Ia regard to It. but said that he
did take q fcw ch!ld's toolB that would 10 OF no
account. Tie was rcpritnandcd at the time and
allowed TO rorua'n In tic employ OF the Company.
Last night, as tho Aouao wins searched for tho
son that escaped from the NAukcsha
Reform School. lot 1T heasy boxes wero dfs-
covered fn tho woojshcd, Nothing was saEt1 to
him at tho tin,e, hut plow-factory officers
we're notinea fhle morning Of apycEAl articles
unlocked which looked az II thoy might hava
como from there About 10 O'Clock Officers Dom
ald Mills, Anderson. Chrstanson, and tho Con.
stab!e from Waukcsha wctt to tho house. armc.i
With a searth-wHrraut, and went through It.
Tho wife sstd that ha was down-t town. and tho
officers wont at once after him. II. G. Sthrcr
and John 1.augllln, Of tho plow.factory, than
cntno and took a look at tho contents OF tho
shed. Tic 1rRs articles that wcro brought
to light wero fow sufky-nlow wheels.
Then number OF 'aoxea weeo opened and re-
% o,e Pows II hSa ores ea1 s.sSss q
completion were tho principal articles. AZ eneh
nt# NuA WIS DpCsIG0 str. GtHfef AM0 alF4
lanRhllH would express their surprise. Taklng
tho whulc lot Into consideration. thhrn must ba
ut least 1900 worth Of xnUds. Tho following
il list of tho goods Al near NJ c0uld bH III.
faincu: Fifteen lroii beam piows complete, two
etltky ploWE. thrca sulkY cultivatoFs, twenty
Doxcs Ut stecl aharos. saycn kegs Of nails,
ono box VI whttlctrecs, numerous boxes
OF bnE-sseel. harrow tecth, cultfrMt1r
trcth. screws. Lo1ts, scrap steel, tnis.
cgtlancn1is iron custiilus. cur springs. ete, III
aft n1nkfng noarty ten buxes carefully packed
and aud ready for shlnmcnt. The goods snust have
were, snmo OF tho boxcs were 10 hcnvy sliat ono
man cn,rfd not hRndie them. Gcppert was intcntl-
Ing to fuoyu Wcst, as theso articles were packed
In Etod shape for shipment. II he had suc-
seeded ~ Cutting tho K0t4ls our ot town and to
SONIC Western town. he would bare hcon we'll
nxc1 for II Koott business. At the present writ
Ing the man hts mt been cuuyht, but hc likely
will nc nefurc. this goes to prcss. Chief Mills
went to MlWnukeD OH The moon train III search
nf tho culprit. 0cppert wns Inst seen n fow
fr.nk wrixhts l!ycry;stublc. where, hi
that time b, he bus hss kent bin.
that It 0oppcrt will deliver himself. rott,rrl thn
stDlcn EDotts. ETC., they will nuke no prosec-
uon. lIo Is undoubtedly In tho city Itowt md
bis bcttet cottrsp will hn to surrender at unce.
AZ m important Witness should UcpperI csinlo
u trial, 4 brother OF Mrs. G.'a hna lcpn plAcGd
Ia tho otlicers' charkg.