Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-07
a Interest ing liter From
. epnt sheriff sand
Buchanan inn Sept 8 /,


the Little us Sun 60 ming the
/ capture and escape Of the. horse thief:
T wish to object to the state ents
made in the issue Of that pa pc Of
Aug. 80, viz: First, the Sun say that
Sheriff Rasicot went TO Fargo and in
strncte d the chief of police there to be,
on the lookout FOR the. thieves, llich
lis untrue and d. lie. Sheriff Rasicot
never went to Fargo as he stated tome
personally; saving that he went to to Far
go and posted bills advertising the
stolen horses, and made arrangeme nts
with the chief Of police. was the
only one that gave the matter into
the hands ofthe police, and it was not
Sheriff Rasicot. After a few dsys L re-
ceived a telegram from the Fargo chief
Of police, stating that he had found
track ofthe thieves. !. So I started for
Fargo that night, arriving there Aug.
%. immediately found the chief Of
police and asked him If Sheriff RRasicot
had been there and had talk with
him about the case. *He#said no, and
stated he had never. seen Sheriff Rasi-
cot, neither had he seen any bills adj
vertising for the horses or thieves
think it is very nicg FOR a high sheT-
if to tell that he went to ceTtain place
and posted notices of azstolen team
when he never was seen within 100
miles of that place. It Is very easy to
talk at Little Falls saloon with glass
Of beer in ones hand, for talk is very
cheap now but it takes money to buy
whisky. If Henry Rasicot had been
at Fargo before I was, why did the
chief Of police send a telegram to me
at Rice's? If Rasicot had been at Far
20 and made arrange ments with the
chief Of police before l got there, why
| in he'll didn't he get the police to tele-
| graph to him instead of to me? That
shows plainly that either the editor OF
the Sun or Henry Rasicot is liar.
! Furthermore, to the people Of Nor
rison county I would say that all the
statements I have made are facts, and
I can prove all this. On the 22nd day
of August, 1883, I took the train at
Rice's for Fargo, and from there went
to Grand Forks, arriving there at
1915 p. m. I took dinner, then met
the sheriff Of that place and he stated
to me that he had one of the thieves
IN the lookup since 10 a. IN. lie
! showed me one of the mares which
was stolen from my brother, and
claimed it for him.
At 12:45 p. IN, the sheriff at Grand
Forks and myself went to Larimore
| where it WAS claimed the other horse
was. We found the herse there and
! returned with it to Grand Forks, anc
en- the 25th [ started on my return &c
Little Falls, arriving at NIoorh cad thai
evening. I stopped there overnight
with my prisoner, leaving him in the
Jail. Sunday morning I started fol
home with the prisoner, and upon ar
irving at Motley the prisoner asked
leave to go into the water closet
which I allowed him, with shackles or
] his feet. About three minutes after he
went into the closet I looked and it
! was empty. The train was stopped
| and I went back to Motley and
searched for him during the afternoon
but could not find him.
The Sun also speaks Of Henry Rasi-
cots ''clutches'' in handling any crimi-
nal AS far as that is concerned there
are plenty of as good "clutches" in the
county as those of Fl. r. The state
ment that Henry Rasibot never lost q
prisoner yet is true; he nevershad one
to loose. This will be all for this time,
next time more, for am busy stacking
grain. JOHN P: SAND,
= Deputy Sheriff: