Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-10-18
FIFTH EDITl0
Three stolen Horses Recovered and p,
Thieves In DURANGO lno-IIc,, !
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The police OF the city broke lp,o,
oil horse thieves yesterday nn1 900
three horses and five thieves, INT eh.u
they all belong 10 the tamp p,,a ICY y,
known. OF the gang arrested n" Sns.
one OF them, q colored man ram, sI''
Alexander, has been cleatlr c,t,li,%
wbllo the other four await A iur,ts.ail
ing before the Municipal Court ta%
row morning. ''A
Alexander came into tho cIiyyest.,i
forenoon with Il horse, wl.c, is ,t,n
ut the livery stable OF Mlclmll ] li,y
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here he offered To sell the hrrsr IN, ta
dealer, named Durham, iofs W
ham had his suspicious that uo IN,
had been stolen and quietly ao,ie
Officers Heal and Chsirs, Of The na,'
force, OF his suspicious, auI thea oM.'
promptly responded aud arrested Az
ander.
About noon, Tobia, Nicholson
ored man at fennsbury, chester eop,,
Pa, came TO the city IN search nj
horsc. Calling at the police oli-g Cb1
Swiggett took Nicholson out ,o Cl.ts,
stable, and when shown the hgrss
there, he immediately Identified 4 nm
own.
Alexander was taken before Naol,,,,
Bertolette, where he had hs,J,
Alexander volunteered no exp apa,on
10 how he came by the horse. lie
held to await q reputation from
Pennsylvania authorities, uplcs, he n
UNFAIRLY goes hack with the officers vi,
out n reputation, Nicholson took
horsc back home with him.
Soon after noon Chief Swicre,t VI
notified that John =. Newlln of Cochin
Vile, Chester county, Pa, had am,
stolen that was blind in the near eve
Friday night last, together with Id,
harness, and soon aiterward came yo1
that three men were at the Bellsyd
Hotel, Ninth ward, with horse nd
wagon something like a WAmiprtJI
transfer wagon.
Officers Evans and Walker lmnedAsl
went over to the Ninth ward to iayesl
gate the case. They found one Of n
men suspected asleep in the wagon lid
brought with them and two Others 10
market wagon in the hotel yard. Beiou
they awoke Officer Evans had tho had
cuts GU the two men In the mako
wagon, and Officer Walker secured M
other man, and all three vi them wen
locked up. Tho men gave their name
as Charles Seeforth, Andrew Adam. and
Charles Morris. These men were AL
arraigned before the Municipal Cour,thi(
morning, but Mr.. Newliu. from wh0ul
the horse was stolen, had not arrived, and
they were all held under 500 bal racll
for further hearing to morrow morning
Mr.. Newlin suosequ,Blly arrived, bud
could not identify the horse that waS
brought down In front Of the city hail.
| 1t seemed, however, that wh'n ths|
thieves took his horse thy lett AnOtnet
In place Of It, aud they may have uaief
again before they reached Wilmington.
beafOrth, who seemed 10 he tile leader Of
the gang, volunteered to say that u
lived in Baltimore, where he gotta hOfs'
and he traded with colorei man ~ iAi
road here.
Judge Ball asked lin the name Of d,
colorcd mau he traded with, but Seated
said lie did not know his name. nd
is the way" said Judge Ball, "wiaa
horse thieves; they don't knoE who ~
trade with"
But this was not the end. There v
still another Il eft OF q horse and WagO
| Word was received ut the police st,t
from Constable Young, Of DilworthtoW
Chester County, Pa, that horse a
road wagon had been stolen from nj
at that place by man named Hem
Zane, alias "Ffench." In the uRziaI
as Officers Walker and Todd wer gOuI
over Eleventh street bridge they nS
number Of women mud boys busy brei
ing up an old wagon alIeAdy broken
pieces, which they said strange mi
told item they could have. Hel!evl
they had struck the track OF
Dilworthtown thief, they ms
close inquiries and found I
horse 10 coloIed mans stable naaI
Hammond, at Fifteenth and ClayuO
streets, and man near by who profess
to be the owner. They arrested lte ma
who answered 10 the name Of Ilstl
French and locked him up. TIL, mon
ing be was also arraigned before d
Municipal Court, but the UlWurlhlOE
parties not having arrived he was Be
under $500 bail for hearing to-mlns
morning.
French Ia the only man known TOD
police as ever having lived Ia WiinA
ton, and II has been several years sH
he lived here. SO many thelts at o.
time would indicate that there was ~
OF horse thieves operating from WI
mington.