The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-06-18

% Ter Insulting the lady, next helped
themselves TO q lot of candy and cigars.
and then walked out OF the place with
out deignlng to pay for anything. Mrs,
Stevens complained of them TO the
Mayor, and early Saturday evening they
were arrested and lodged In the city
prison by officers Galley and Loutzen'
heiser. Yesterday morning when ar
raigned before the Mayor, Kssner
pleaded guilty and was hned $5 and
costs, but Bour pleaded not guilty, and
will be given O hearing this afternoon.
A MORE SERIOUS CHARGE.
But In the meantime q charge of q
more serious nature has come 10 the
surface against these two bad men.
Last Wednesday evening Mrs. W. B.
Douds. living at 1877 South Market street
Informed Officer Heayener that some one
had entered her house the night before
and carried of q miscellaneous assort.
ment Of articles, consisting of O large
butcher Knife, q silver butter knife, o
silver tablespoon, with the initials ]. X.
d. on II, o granite tea pot, tin coffee pot,
ten silver teaspoons, q lot OF flour, ham,
coffee, and numerous other small arti-
cles. 0flcer Heavener went 10 work on
the case, assisted by 0fficer Galley, and
was not long ia learning that Bour and
RssDer were connected with the robbery.
Procuring search warrant after the
arrest OF Bour and Essner for their CO.
capade at Mrs. Stevens, officers Heavener
and Galley proceeded TO the residence Of
Bour nefr the Fair Grounds about four
O'Clock Sunday morning and were ad-
mltted by Mrs. Bour, after informing
her OF their mission. On institutlng q
search Of the house, the officers found
stored away In q cupboard almost all the
articles stolen from Mrs. Doud's house,
with the exception OF the butcher and
butter knivee; these were afterwards
found. the butcher knife at saloon
corner Of Eighth and Cherry streets,
and the butter knife at a saloon near
the Connotton round house, where they
had been traded of for n glass Of beer
each by BOur, az he confessed to officer
Heavener.
At Bour's house was also found gas
oline lamp and q butcher knife, which
are at police headquarters awaiting an
owner. A gasoline stove was also found
at Bour's house, which proved, on inqui.
ries made by officer Heayener, to have
been stolen from the residence OF Mrs.
Mary Buckius, No. rs South Dewalt
street.
On being questioned about this stove,
Essner denied having taken II from the
house, and said he and Bour found II In
an alley; but Mrs. Buckius asserts that
Il was stolen from the porch Of her res
ldence, and neighbors say they saw the
two men running through Dewalt street
with II, whom they describe as o short
and tall man. A number of towels be-
longing 10 Mrs. Buckius, and twelve
bars OF soap, supposed 10 have been sto-
len from McKinnie's bakery at Ninth
aud Dewalt streets, were also found at
the Bour house by the officers, and 0
large number OF other articles were
found stored there, which II 10 sus-
pected were purloined from somewhere.
Mira. Bour, on being questioned % 10
how the stolen articles found at her
house came 70 be there, said they were
brought TO the house by her husband
and Essner.
Bour denies having had anything to
do with the robberies, but Kssner con.
fessed TO 0alcer Heayener 10 having
stolen the spoons aud butcher knife
from Mrs. Douds' residence, and said
that Bour accompanied him. The two
men will be given hearing this after
noon.
There have been q number Of small
burglaries committed In various parts
Of the Seventh ward within the past two
or three weeks, and II 10 thought by the
police that Bour and Essner have had o
hand In most, II not oil, OF them. Mrs.
Douds' residence has lately been under
going q repairing. and EsNner was en-
ployed there doing some plastering on
Monday, aud by this means gained n
knowledge Of the condition Of things In
the h0ule. When thia circumstance was
mentioned 10 01lcer Heayener hiS sus-
picions fell at once on Easner ae the
robber, which. from what Ia related
above, turned out 10 be correctly placed,