St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20
AN ORGANIZED GANG.
The City at the Mercy Of a
Cand Of Professional
Horse Thieves.
A Dozen Bold Robber es Of
= Valuable Animals Within
a Week.
Ownt rs Of Rigs Seem Utterly
Devoid Of Either Aid or
Remedy.
The 7 aylight md Night Work
Both Proceed With I'M
punity.

lHe pdSl IOuC VI uNo W6cho ioloO
stealing has been going on in st. Paul
by the wholesale and the city detective
force has not arrested thief
Four weeks ago amember of the fam
lily of Peter Berkey was out driving
with fine horse and buggy belonging
to him. The party stopped at resi-
dence and hitched the horse. When he
was ready to go home he found the prop
erty gone. Nothing has been heard of it
since. The animal was small brown
mare ten years old, with black name,
small scar OH the front right ankle. The
buggy was sidebar top, newly painted,
and in it was tan plush robe. Tine
harness had nickel. plated hardware,
with seeing bride. The description,
though very marked. has proved of no
avail to the city detective torce.
Two or three weeks ago horse and
buggy belonging to the livery barn OF
DR.. POmrOy, corner Of,Sibley and Eighth
streets. was stolen. The animal weighed
about 1000 pounds, had two white hind
feet, and was trifle lame in the off hind
leg. The buggy was a sid ebar. piano
box. No. SO. The thief was about five.
feet nine inches tall, had light muStache
and complexion. weighed about 165
pounds, and wore black soft hat.
Last Sunday evening horse and
buggy belonging to Fred Schroeder, the
liveryman on West Fourth between Wa
basha and st. Peter were stolen and
nothing has been heard of them. 1t went
out with a driver, and while the driver
was stopping at a house, it was stolen
from the lamp post where he had hitch
ed the animal. 1t was brown mare z
years old, weighing 1000 pounds. The
left ear was split and the outside piece
was off about two inches of its length.
The buggy was sidebar, top vehicle.
John Humble. fireman on Dayton's
bluff. was out driving not long ago with
his horse and buggy. He stopped at
the house of an acquaintance .and
hitched the horse at the sidewalk. When
he was ready to return the property
was gone. Nothing has been heard
of it,
Two weeks ago Hildebrand d Dalli-
more, liverymen near Eighth and Wa
couta. let out horse and buggy to
strangers. The fellows never returned,
but the horse was found dead in the
road few miles north of st. Paul. 1t
is supposed that the animal was driven
to death. The buggy has not been
found.
A week OF. two ago the fine horse and
phaetOn of Fantle Bros, the large dry
goods concern on East Seventh street.
were stolen from the post where the
animal was hitched, and nothing has
been heard of them.
On the night of election two young
men procured tWo-horSe livery rig
from Fred Schroeder to go. as they
claimed, to North st. Paul for election
returns. The fellows. instead of taking
the road to North st. Paul went out
Wabasha street. and when quite way
out one of the wheels caught i'll
the street car track. the horses became
excited, upset the buggy and ran away.
The fellows paid no attention to the
running team, but went into another
livery barn and secured double team.
Just as they were about to start a poA
licemGn stepped up, and asked them If
they were not the men who let the other
team run away. This aroused the livery
man, and he took the team away from
them. That was the last heard of the
fellows, and it is believed they were
horse thieves.
These are only few of very many
cases of horse stealing which have been
going on in the city the past many
weeks. During five weeks there bave
been no less than dozen horses and
buggies stolen on the streets, all of
which were faithfully reported at police
headquarters, and never rig has been
recovered. The owners of the rigs seem
to be utterly without protection in the
matter. Descriptions of the stolen
property have been given in each case.
and in many descriptions of the thieves
have been given.
There is nothing in the city Which a
thief may not take with perfect safety,
so far as any danger of being captured
by the police department is concerned.
Robbery and thievery are running riot
without let or hindrance