Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-15
Riley SmITH,s HORSE

Found i'm HOboken-The Thief Cap
tured-How n Lebanon Team Was
Also Recovered.
Chief Bollman early last evening received
two kilograms from Hoboken. N. J. One of
them was from Riley T. Smith, who lost a
valuable horse by horse thieves some weeks
ago. It read: ''I have found my horse all
right" The other telegram was from Chief
of Police Charles A. Donovan, of Hoboken,
and read: eve have got thief who stole Ri
ley T.>Smiths horse. We know thief well. j"
Chief Bollman dispatched Detective Brewer
to Hoboken on the noon train yesterday to
see about bringing the thief to this State.
Mr.. Smith, the owner of the stolen horse, is
expected to arrive here by o-morrow or the
next day with his horse, which is valued at
81 900. Just how the horse was recovered
who the thieves were could not be def
nitely ascertained last night. Mr.. Smith, it
will be remem bered, left his team hitched on
Temple street while doing few errands and
when he returned horse and carriage were
missing. A reward of 5000 was offered for
the recovery of the team, but the local police
did not seem able to "catch on"
The horse was traced to Bridgeport, so the
story goes, and it was claimed to have been
driven there by resident of this city, who
has police record. His companion was said
to be man who took an active part in the
fall races at Hamilton Park, which concluded
lees than forty eight hours before Smiths
horse was railroaded out of town.
Chief Bollman said last night that he did not
know who the thief was. but judged by the
old offender in New Jersey. The chief re-
lated a little story of an adven-
ture in which he took promi-
nent part. ''Some two weeks ago a
postal was received by the chief from Le-
banon, Ct, describing horse and sulky
ho1 haa,n ok1 @1o 1a-, ,<1eT
l.. Grinnell on the night of October 80. The
chief paid no particular attention to the pos
tai except to inform the police to be on the
lookout for such turnout. The other day
the chief received message from Constable
McEvoy of Hartford, an ex-member of the
Hartford police force, stating that he knew
where there was team which he knew had
been stolen from some town in the State.
A description of the team was given in the
message, and then Chief Bollman's excellent
memory came into play and he at once con
nected the Lebanon stolen team with the
one discovered by Constable MeAvoy. The
description answered exactly. The chief
forwarded this fact to Constable McAvoy,
who in return wrote back informing the
chief that he was correct in thinking the
team had been stolen from Lebanon. The
thief was captured, and the reward of three
hundred dollars, one hundred dollars by the
State and two hundred by the town will go
scent by Chief Bollman.
Riley T. Smith returned from New Jersey
early last evening. He feels greatly elated
over the recovery of his property. MrSmith
was feeling unwell and went directly to his
home at Oyster Point. His brother was sent
to the police Office to relate the facts of the
arrest to Chief Bollman. Mr.. Smith was
seen by COURIER reporter at the police Of
fce He said: ''We have not found our car
rage nor harness. The former was new
Brockett & Tuttle carriage valued at $3.50
and which had been used but a few times
before it was taken. The man arrested for the
theft is well known to the police of Hoboken
as a bigamist and forger. His name is Car
penter, alias Frank Champion. He had a
hearing this Sunday morning before JUS
tice and he was bound over under bonds of
81, 900 to await trial, which may take place
in New Jersey. Champion, or Carpenter,
claims that he bought the horse in New York |
for $125; he afterwards sold it to an alder !
man in Hoboken for a considerably larger |
sum-" It is not thought the story told by |
Champion is true. Mr.. Smith will have his |
horse brought on here sometime during the
coming week. Detective Brewer telegraphed
Chief Bollman late last night that he would
be in this city this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.