Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-25
HORSE THIEF SHOT.

An Exciting Chase After a Stolen Animal
On the night of the 2lst or the morning OF
the 22d fine black mare belonging to Thorn.
as Crosby, who has breeding farm about
half way between st. Paul and Fort Smelling,
on the brink of the river, was stolen. He i'm
| mediately, on discovering the fact, started on
! trail, in which he was assisted by Thomas
Gould and Albert Tripp. The first trace was
obtained from the guard at the Fort Smelling
bridge, who informed the pursuers that such
a mare had passed there between 2 and 8
O'Clock a. m. Following the trail the animal
was traced to Shakopee, where they learned
| that it had passed into the hands of Hank
Kief for a nominal consideration of ten dol
lars, Hank claiming that he had chattel
mortgage on the mare for the balance. Kief
succeeded Bob Diamond as proprietor of the
Half Way house between st. Paul and Mime
sR4sa N aasefaa AeA as bed wss mBa5g
under warrant TO answer the charge Of as
sanlt and battery.
1t seems that after the stolen animal came
into possession of Klef, he in company with
man named Albert Hollenback, q blacksmith
| In this city, started toward RoSemOunt, In
Dakota county. When Messrs. Gould and
| Tripp arrived at ShakOpee they found they
were on the right trail and securing the SER
vices of Chief of Police Lyons, of Shak-
| opee, and Sheriff Welland, they took different
routes 10 overtake the fugitiVes. Chief
Lyons and Mr.. Tripp started towards Rose
mount, and Kief learning they were on his
1 trail doubled back ON his track, and between
!! 9 and 10 O'Clock on Saturday Pight passed
through Shakopee, and in crossing the bridge
was recognized by young lad, Who gave in
formation to Sheriff Wellsad and Mr.. Gould,
who at once started after them Within Q
mile and half of Chaeka they overlook Kief
| and Hollenback, when they were negotiating
| a trade with mover who haa camped there
| for the night. Mr.. Gould at once recognized
the stolen mare, when the sheriff jumped into
the wagon and placed both men under arrest,
at the same time putting the handouts on
| jumped from the wagon and started of in the
darkness. Sheriff Welland called upon
him. to halt, when Kief turned
and fired at him. The sheriff returned the fire
with two shots, all he had in his revolver,
and then called upon Mr.. Gould for assistance.
4 Mr.. Gould responded with shot gun, with
which he was armed, sending charge at Kief,
aiming by the fash of the revolvers. The re-
port Of the gun started the horse attached to
the buggy from which Gould fired, and it was
some tiTe before he could control the fri ght-
eney animal Iufhe meantime kief had dis
appeared in the darkness. Gould and the
sheriff returned to Shakopee, where they de-
posted Holleuback in the county jail, and
, armiDg themselves anew, returned towards
! Chaska, where they arrived to find that Kief
|. had reached that city in wounded condition,
aud raised a commotion. by stating that be
had been waylaid and shot. The excitement
was intense, and the drug store where kiei
had sought relief was surrounded by an ex-
cited crowd DIR. Lewis was attending to
: Kiefs wounds, which consisted of some
eighty shot in the abdominal region and a re.
yoiyer shot in the lower part OF the thigh
None OF the wounds were Of q serious nature
and Mr.. Kief will undoubtedly live to answer
, the charge to be brought against him. Messrs
! Gould and Trlpp returned home yesterday
, from their exciting chase. bringing with
! them the stolen mare, and Kief and Hollen
7 back will probably be brought down to,da!