The Forrest City times., 1888-08-04
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CHICAGO, ILL, July 2e.-The police have Succeeded in capturing a l6-year- old robber with achievements in horse stealing unparalleled in this part of the country. Hi, name is given as Edward Brown, and he claims to have come he,s from Kendall county, Texas, about the 9th of June. Brown came in with a carload of Texas ponies, and when his friend had sold their stock and returned home he formed the ac- quaintance of Chas. Crane, aged ls, and also hailing from Texas. Brown soon proposed that they go into the horse stealing business CT large scale, being convinced that it would be very profitable. A business partnership was formed between the two Texans and a barn rented in the west side of this city that would hold about twenty horses. Nightly forages were begun, and were successful. The boys hired five men as grooms, bought hay ey the ton and oats by the carload. In less than twenty-four hours after they started in business they had stolen i've horses and sold three of them for liberal price.
 The boldness of their plans was re- | markable. They would hitch two stolen horses to stolen carriage and drive along Michigan avenue until they saw a team which suited them. To see a good horse meant ownership for them, for they would follow II home, and in all probability secure IL that night. Every few days the two Texans would go out into the suburbs to look for good horses. They stole them from Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, South Chicago, Englewood and other | suburbs west and south. Their stable became full of valuable horses, and citizens began to frequent the stables | for tho purpose of buying stock. The business prospeIed and the whom COW boys blossomed out in radiant iseiment. | All this time complaints were comlrg into the police thick and fast, but they | could not and the thieves.
 July F, however, was fatal day for the adventurers. They stole a horse and buggy from North side citizen and drove to a blacksmith shop near | by to have some slight repairs made. | While waiting one of them stole the blacksmith's watch and was soon ac- | cused of the theft Both drew reyol- vers and compelled the blacksmith to apologize for the charge. As soon as the boys had left the smith complained at the Lake View police station, giving good description of the bandits. A | detective was detailed on the case. He was about to give up the secrch in the early part of last week, when suddenly he saw the boys driving west on Wash ington boulevard. He secured horse, followed them to their barn and shad- owed the place for three or four days, as he could not believe that they alone could have been guilty of such a gi- gantic scheme of horse-stealing as was before his eyes. Crane became suspi- cious of the espionage and fled, but Brown was arrested. On his person was found s400 in cash. Twenty-Five
 horses and eighteen stolen vehicles have already been turned up, and more
 are coming in every day. The horses are uniformly fine and the vehicles range from dog-cart to four-in-ha
 Brown confessed everything to Capt.
 Villiers. The stolen property is being restored to the proper owners as fast as it can be secured and identified.