The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-04

Tuesday evening for $50 cash and
note for 800 On learning that the
horse was stolen one, Snyder lmme'
dlately gave theanimal up 10 TIA owner.
Mower, who brought II 10 this city.
Az the same time another horse, bug
ny and harness, wbiah were \ 0len from
q man named Hunt living near Mans.
field. were also found Rt MassillOn, No
we'll as another buggy stolen by the
Thieves, which has not YET been identi.
ied. The horse belonging TO Hunt had
been traded of by Lands 10 Frank
BOerner for another horse and $85,
while the buggy and harness were sold
10 Pat Burke for $40, The other buggy
was stored away In u shed, having been
taken for board,
Hunt the owner Of tho other stolen
horse, buggy and harness, was notified
by telephone at Mansfield OF the TeoOv-
cry OF hia property, aud immedlatly loft
Tor Massillon, reaching there at Line
o'clock this morning.
ANTEcEDENTs or THE THIEVES,
II. b. lends, the directing spirit Of
this brace Of horse thieves, IL pretty
we'll known here having made this city
hia home of and on for the pas. two or
three years. During This time he fre-
quently secured loans OF money from
James j.. Valleley, to whom he m0rtgag'
cd the horses stolen from Mowers, az
mentioned above, thereby giving him.
self away, on articles Of value, which
MIR. Valleley says he Invariably In time
redeemed. He is a married man, and
with hls wife, who Ia remarkably fine
looking woman has been living at the
Farmers Hotel for about three months
past. He Ia a slick horse thief, and
made caution hia base OF operations In
plying his rascally profession, being
cunning and smart enough, however,
not TO run any risk by operating In this
city or county, combining oil hls stealing
to places outside OF Stark county.
Landls's wife, on being Informed OF
the detection Of her husbands thleying
operations appeared to b0 greatly sur
prlsed aud shocked, and professed her
entire Ignorance of II, saying that she
never knew or suspected that he was
engaged In such business. To a DEMO
Graf reporter she said yesterday that
Landis's parents reside In Dayton,
where he Ia from, and where they were
married. She stated that ahe felt sure
he was over In Massillon with man he
called Jake, OF whom he often spoke;
that she would wait for him until Mon.
day, and II he did not put In an appear
Ance by that time she would 20 10 hia
parents In Dayton. 9he Processes 10
feel very badly over the position her
husband has got himself and her into,
and spends great part OF the time
In weeping.
Landis's partner Of whom he spoke Ia
his wife as Jake, Ia q man named Jacob
Bartholomew, better known by the nick.
name OF "Grasshopper Jake" He Ia
Of Massillon, and 10 o canal boatman,
For some time past no has been engag.
/ cd In selling coal oil q canal boat In
Maseill0n, when not of on an expedl-
tion with Lands.
LATER DETAILS.
Word has just been received from
Massill0n that two men, supposed TO be
aocompllces Of Lands, have been ar
rested and locked up In that city, and
another horse stolen from near Lucas
has been recovered. Things are panning
out we'll at Massillon, and the Rlchland
county farmers, who have done such
great detective work In following ur
the robbers Of their horses, are securing
the country around there with rich 70
suits.
Up 10 the hour Of going TO press-a
o'clock-no trace has been found OF
lands. Before this thing IL through
with some astounding horse stealing
revelations will be made public.
There are no new developments In the
sensational horse stealing case, which
occupied 70 much space In yesterdays
DEMOCRAT. Lands and his partner
"Grasshopper jake" are still at large
and the names Of their supposed accom-
pllces under arrest at Massill0n are
Henry Rider and son Frank, william
Kerstetter and Mike Lung, the latter q
livery stable keeper, who 10 charged with
selling the horse stolen from the mar
Hunt, OF near Mansfield.