Telegram-herald., 1888-06-07

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ing esn<rsi ss<2aisg basinsss Waters is
. tough AID - kassn - b . bsd egx By
the poslce. bus noas pat him dewa ~ .
burglar. Watsrs bss mads clean hrsxsl
of tbs whole affair snd avs tie blsme al
0n bls pzrfpey. Jas. scsssk. Tbs Naskssoa
Csrezsiets lsst pixst hss ths believing - say
sss1t sksok. wLo hss bssn arrested:
This noxninz 5hoox sss srougkl before
Police Justtce MiiLsr and clos<iy Questioned
by Prosecuting Attorney NeLsaEhiia sad
shocks story. although he tod Il IN dis-
connected m.nnsr. contained the foliosing
prineipsl points- On the afternoon before
shs Burglary he oonxht sfosll saw -
sfefe ca Tbird-sf. and secured "a sugor
freTn Jefferson Wzssrs house on A0rsest-.
Al WHICH place he wss seQuslntsd aad where
his wiis bad been stopping. he did net
Tell say body What be wanted these things
Tor. A iistse after IL o'clock on the morn
inx ef May zo be vent 20 Isnnis q biere-
aAa's store and b. boring hols nssf tie
ksy hole Of the rear door be gained en-
tfsnes. he weut 90 the sale and Was
'fnssiDg With the combination when ne
discovered that il was open. He then ss-
cured an axe and BY striking the inside
door several solid blows that too opened. he
then found . ehissl and with IL opened the
money drawer. ca.ryiDg drawer aud con-
tents With him. He had brought with him
. bag and into this be dumped . lot of
miscellaneous goods. such As cigars, socks.
hsndksrchiefs. etc. TIE bag was soon filled
and then he selected such other things as
he wantsd asd tied them up in q table
cloth He then made two trips 10 Jefferson
Waters house and the next day gave
Waters portion OF the property IN pay
msnt of his wifs's board. who was then
stopping at Water house. but kept the
money himself. Waters did not ssk him
whore ne got tue goods, and be did not tell
him anything about IT, The other goods
he placed In his own trunk. He went TO
Grand Rapids ON the following Monday
morning. going over the NJ, q. X. & |. X.
X. At Grand Rapids he stopped with his
mother and spent about two days fishing
near the dam and selling the sturgeon which
he caught Then came back TO Muskegon,
returpsd agaiuto Grand Rapids and came
back from there last Monday and
found his wife stopping at Geo. B. Esslers
house on Wster-sL, the Waters people hsv
ing gone to Grand Rapids. His trunk and
contents Was at Esslers. He then gave an
| account of himself and his whereabouts for
several weeks past He had been in Chi
| cago two days where his wife was filing
engagement with Florence Coles Opera
| Company, and upon bis return here
worked . day ana half in NJ. Wilson's s
mill and a few DAYS in simmons planning
| mill; was here two or three weeks and
part of the time in Grand Rapids was
arrested in Grand Rapids about year ago
on suspicion of having committed a burg
larry ut Smiths Opera House but after being
| in Jail for twenty-five days was discharged;
| was arrested under the name of Shook
there. He denied stoutly that he bad had
any hand in the other burglaries which
have recently taken place"
After Waters was locked up Detective
| Gates went TO East-st. and arrested Mrs
| Waters for being connected with the bur-
glaries. In her trunk was found lot of
| the stolen goods from Muskegon. which
| Waters admits as correct. The Chroaicie
| further says:
''The officers at Grand Rapids have evil
dence showing that Shook and another
| fellow took DIR. Cooks horse and drove il
| to Grand Rapids, but that the party giving
| the information refuses point blank TO go
| upon the witness stand and testify against
Shook, although he volunteers this infor-
| matiop.
This afternoon Shook made q confession
| and admitted that he was the person who
had broken into Tannis 4 Bierema's store,
Bakers shoe store on Princest.. A. ID.
Boelkin's store on Third-st., and also took
Mr.. McGraft's horse and hat and DR..
Cooks rig. More important developments
are expected"
| Shook and Waters are the men who
drove the borse firm the Fountain Street
Baptist church q fews weeks ago. that was
| Afterwards found In Muskegon. Whenever
they wanted to come to this city. they Dor.
/ rowed q horse from some Muskegonite-
| without asking. Sheriff Nelson came over
last evening and will take Waters home
this morning.
| A young man named Denton Was ar
rested with Waters. but he was released.
| Mr.. aud Mrs. Waters were divorced some.
time ago. but they seem to be working to-
| gether lust the same