The Columbus journal., 1891-04-15
THE PLATTE CENTER BURGLARY.
Doubtless the Right Persons are in the
Clutch Of the Law.

Doubtless the Right Persons arr in the
Clatch Of the Law.
Elton Wolfe, son Of John Wolfe Of
Burrows township. and his cousin
Charles Of Illinois, were arrested Thurs.
day afternoon by Sheriff Caldwell,
charged with the burglaries and thefts
committed at Platte Center Saturday
night week.
Two suspicious looking characters
who had been in the town the day pre-.
viOus and who were not to he found the
morning after the robberies were fol.
lowed by the officials, and caught nj
David City, brought to Columbus, but
discharged, when none Of the goods
stolen were identified as belonging to
BlOedOrn or Carrig.
Parties interested had suspected a
couple OF young men who had acquired
a bad reputation in the neighbOrhOOl,
and who were in town Saturday and
known to have stayed late in the night.
We clip the particulars Of arrest as
given by the Argus:
Therefore, armed with a search war.
rant. Sheriff Caldwell. William BlOedOrn,
g. G. Carrig and Robert Gentleman
drove mp to John NJ. WOlfe's Of Burrows
township, the father Of ElstOn Wolfe.
They informed Mr.. Wolfe Of their bust
ness and he said, Search the premises.
And they did. The sheriff took Elston
Wolfe and went up stairs and found
cartridges in his trunk which Mr.. Bloc
dorm identified and a pocket handker.
chief which Mr.. Carrig identified. He
wal then placed under arrest. On his
person Il knife was found which Mr..
BlOedOrn identified. Further search
was made in the haymOw and there Car.
rigs tobacco and shoes we're found.
Then having deputized MI. Gentle,
man, ElstOn Wolfe was left in his and
Mr.. BlOedOrn's charge and Sheriff Cald-
we'll, Mr.. &. &. Carrig and John Wolfe
started out near COrnlea where Charles
Wolfe, Of Illinois, had gone after a load
Of straw. They met the team with q
load Of straw this side Of COrnlea. The
sheriff invited Charles Wolfe to get of,
but instead Of doing 50 he laid down fiat
on the load and began to squirm around,
but Caldwell was prepared for any
break because John Wolfe had told
Caldwell that Charles Was a dangerous
man. But he finally slid of. He was
put under arrest, put in the carriage
and brought back to John WOlfe's.
Fred Wolfe, who was with Charles,d drove
the load OF straw to its destination.
However, before he did SO Caldwell
climbed up on the load and rooted out
the 4S-calibre bull dog revolver which
Charles had squirmed down into the
straw. BlOedOrn afterwards identified
it as one Of his.
When the party reached John WOlfe's
a more thorough investigation was made
OF the haymOw, and about four feet I'M
der the hay, nicely packed in a box, was
found a lot of merchandise which Mr..
Carrig identified, also razOrs, pocket
knives, cartridges, revOlvers, ETC., all of
which Mr.. BlOedOrn recognized as his
property. ElstOn Wolfe showed the
searchers where two r~evOlvers were hid
away under the jOists and told them that
another revolver was Mt Fred WOlfe's
put away in a bureau drawer. This
about completed the search, as the two
suspects were dyked ont in a pair Of
shoes which Mr.. Carrig thinks are his.
Both ElstOn and Charles were loaded,
together with the goods, in the double
seated rig and brought into the Center,
lodged in the city bastile until the 7:3O
freight came along and then the sheriff
and his prisoners departed for the
county Jail.
The articles taken from BloedOrn
were: About eighty fine pocket knives,
eight of his hest raz0rs, five r%evOlvers-
all he had-and 1000 cartridges.
From Carrig's the burglars fancy
called for Fifteen cOlOred shirts, twelve
silk handkerchiefs, four pair good pants,
ten or twelve pair jeans pants, two pieces
of fine velvet, thirty pair ladies' hose,
seven pair shoes, q dozen neckties,
one-half dozen gentlemenis kid gloves,
gloves, two silk mufflers, thirty pounds
plug tobacco.
Entrance to both places was made
through the cellar. At Carrig's all they
had to do was to raise the outside cellar
door, walk down and mp through the in
side door, then an easy job. But warn
ing is now given to all others that things
are not now like they 'use to was
BlOedOrnis outside cellar door was fast
ened with q 11.xl. inch iron bar. This
they bent sufficiently for it to drop ont
of its holdings and the way was then
clear right up on the elevator into the
store.
John Wolfe, the father OF Elston
Wolfe, vows that he will not bail his son
out Of Jail, nor squander any money try
ing to help him out OF this scrape. Mr..
Wolfe says he has warned his son against
bad company, has tried to raise him to
be a gentleman, worthy Of the respect
Of men, and now he is past his twenty
first birthday and If he will get into such
jobs, why he al suffer the consequences
Neither Of the young Q appear to
regret their situation. On the contrary,
they rather act a if they were young
heroes"
A hearing before Judge Hensley Fri.
day, resulted in the WOlfe's being held
appear at the next term OF the district
court; in default Of $500 bail, they wen,
to prison. where they now are.