The Worthington advance., 1881-08-25
THE HEBURGLARS CAUGHT.

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One-Eyed Murphy tu,ns up Again
The Adrian Burylars Probably
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Two burglars were arrested 1t Mimi.
eapolis on Tuesday night OF last week
who gave the names Of Murphy and
Lavelle. Lavelle had two pistol
wounds In one arm, the sh0ts undoubt.
edly having been fired BY officer Getch-
ell on Sunday night before when he
found two men trying to enter the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Kittson, on Jackson street
In st. Paul. The other man has but
one eye and is called One Eyed Murphy.
These facts suggest q whole line OF
other facts running back several years.
The two burglars caught are no doubt
part OF gang who have been robbing
safes In tins part Of the State. The
ADVANCE has made mention OF the
burglaries as they occurred at Adrian,
Lake Crystal, Clarsmont, Kasson and
GAINESVILLE. They. were all Of piece.
The accounts all agree in saying
there were TIVE men. that they stole tho
tools from ths local blacksmith shep.
and = bundle OF wrapping paper 10 al
ways found banked up in front OF the
safe to deaden the sound and break the
fall 81, the front plate Of the safe.
Murphy is an old acquaintance in this
part of the State. In the ADVANCE of
April Is, 1873, will be found an account
OF the arrest Of three men at Worthing-
ton suspected Of having entered the
house of Levi Shell at Sibley. Sheriff
Town was notified Of the burglary and
was on the lookout. The account in
the ADVANCE says: t. Il
On Tuesday morning the Sheriff.
spotted three men who had left town
following the railroad track east. In
company with Justice Bennett, the
Sheriff Overhauled them about three
miles out and arrested the party. AT.
ter arrest one of the men, who gave his
name as Dennis Murphy. started to
run. After being hailed two or three
times and refusing to stop, the sheriff
fired At him with a revolver, and the
man dropped. It was found that the
ball struck the man in the right eye, AS
he was looking over his shoulder while
running. The man was taken into the
buggy and brought back to town by
Justice Bennett, and left at the Nc
Manus House where he was attended
by DIR. Craft. The other two men were
brought in by the sheriff Oh a hand
car. -.
The other two men gave the names
OF John Pelton and John Strange.
They were taken to Sibley and AFTER
wards tried and sent to the peniten-
tiary for two years and q half. MUIR
ply, in consideration of the facts that
he was scarcely more than hoy and
had lost an eye already, was given only
two years.
Murphy's time expired last summer
and he came back to his home in Rock
county and was carrying himself
straight. It is supposed, however, that
as soon rs the other boys got out they
opened communication with him again
and he has been off on another raid a.
mong the safes and is in for another
term in the penitentiary. The man
who gives his name as I4avelle is doubt
less one of the two who gave the names
of Pelton and Strange when they were
arrested here in 1878. They seem to
have started out from Rock county.
where Murphey's parents live, taking
Geo. Carr's safe first and then passing
on to Lake Crystal, Claremont, and
other points and finally bringing up at
St. Paul and Minneapolis. OF course
it is not certain that they committed
all these burglaries, but there is q re-.
markable sameness about the half doz-
en- which followed the blowing open of
Geo. Carr's safe ut Adrian.
GOV: M1LLER'S SUCCESSOR.
BY the following circular it will be
seen that Hon. &. II. Smith, Receiver
at the Worthington Land Office. has
been appointed Field Agent of the Rail-
road Land Company. to fill the place
left vacant Ivy the death Of Governor
Miller. The Office, we learn, will be re.
moved tn the room in the rear Of the