The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-28
SHCK BURGLARY.
The Stores Of Dan McKinnon and ''The
Pair Broken into Saturday
Night and Many Valuable
Articles Stolen.

About 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
when Frank Palmer went TO the rear
outside door Of his cellar to 60 down Tor
some butter, he discovered q stack Of
gloves lying by the wall and concluded
that shoplifters had been around. He
soon noticed the marks OF q bar where
an attempt had been made TO pry up
both rear windows Of his store, but had
failed 40 they were nailed down. Look
ing higher be discovered that the upper
pane Of glass had been smashed and 40
facts aftsrward went to show q boy had
doubtless been injected through the
aperture and the store rifled OF iswelry,
cigars, handkerchiefs and doubtless
other things. About sixty rings had
been taken out OF . case containing
nearly q hundred and the whole proceed
ing looked an il 1t might have been the
work OF . boy inside. Outside was found
the stub OF q cigar where evidently q
man had watched and assisted in the
operations. The gloves found outside
we're not OF the "Fair" stock but al was
afterwards discovered had been taken
from DAN McKinnon's store next door.
Here the BURGERS had ltried the rea
windows with q bar in the same way but
were unable TO raise them owing ito the
catch on the inside, on top OF the sash.
Ahole had then. been broken In the
upper pane and the catch turned and the
window easily raised. Neither of the
store proprietors can tell how much has
been taken, but Mr.. McKinnon hss
missed gloves, jewslry, silk handksr-
chiefs and other articles to q consider
sble extent. The thieves did not lamp
or with the safe but went into ., good
many drawers and found q lot Of pennies
and postage stamps.
The BURGERS are supposed to be q gang
OF FIVE or six men and boy who have
been around here . day or two lstely
selling divers small things, which, no
doubt, they have stolen in q similar way
elsewhere. They were here Q week or
two ago and travel in . covered wagon,
drawn by q gray and q brown horse.
They were rather hard looking speci-
mens, and are evidently making a bust
ness Of thieving and selling light and
valuable goods.
DR.. Dean vas also victim OF thieving
operators Saturday afternoon or even-
ing, he hardly knows when, as he is In
the habit OF leaving bis Office door open
and attending to calls in the city. Some
time that day some one entered his Office,
opened his grip containing his complete
outfit Of veterinary tools, . valuable set
and took all with them. They also stole
. pair OF pants, two suits OF underwear,
but failed TO drink any OF the medicine
which stood on the shelves. Doc. would
like to operate on such fellows just
about two minutes in his present frame
OF mind.
Telsgrams received here at 800 this
afternoon state that the trail OF q COW
erred wagon answering the description OF
the one supposed to contain the burg
lars OF Saturday night, has been struck
at Hartford in Minnehaha county, going
east. This 10 being followed up by A.
Perry and Thos. Burrell. Another tele-
gram at the same time from Egain says
five men are at Trent, in the north part
|of Minnehaha county, trying to cell
rings and handkerchiefs. Deputy Sher-
iii McGovern went ia this direction and
may o on overtake his birds.