The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-21
"HE STOLE MY HOG"
EDWARD BRILEY ACCUSED OF TAX
ING AFINEFAT PORKER
The Owner Looked On and Followed
the Alleged Thief Till the Hog
Was in the Pen--A Good Many
Cases OF Robbery Brought
to the Officer's Notice.
ed Briiey stole nv hog


That was, in substance, the tale of woe
| young man named Stevens told County
Attorney Boone yesterday morning.
Mr.. Boone at once recognized the fact
that stealing hog was agai list both the
tex commandments and the laws OF Nan
sas and Immediately caused warrant TO
be issued for Mr.. Briley.
Later in the forenoon the gentleman was
| arrested by Que OF the ininions of Justice
Jones court, and, as matter of course,
he was indignant aud hot. He was SO hot
that he was ready for trial then and there,
and so was the county attorney. The
services of Sam Anidon were required TO
show that that hog was stolen by some
BODY else, and thus the two great political
opponents were brought together. When
Mr.. Boone and Mr.. Amidon are against
each other in case it is bound to be hot.
Mr.. Stevens testified that he saw Mr..
Briley and another man stop at his prem
ises, pick out the latest and slickest hog
IN his possession, lift it into the wagon
and drive away. He did no, object, but
followed until Briley reached point on
Hydraulic avenue, when they lifted the
porker out of the wagon and put it into a
-
elbows resting on one of the boards
of the pig pen, calmly watching
the movements OF the men. When they
looked around them they saw Stevens,
and then they made themselves scarce.
He did not follow them or say word, but
remained there with that hog till broad
daylight in the morning fearing to leave,
as he said, for fear his porker might be
transferred Co soms other place and he
thus lose it. When daylight came he
walked up to the county attorneys Office
aud remained there till he had bis COM
plant made and duly attested.
Briley brought in some three or four
persons to prove his reputation for honesty
and integrity. One man failed to do it,
but two others said that Briley was an
honest man and good citizen. Unfortun-
ately for Mr.. Briley's side of the case, Mr.
Boone proved by themselves that one of
them had been arrested three times in
Wichita for violation of the law, and the
other spent a little while rusticating in the
county Jail.
The case was continued till this morn
ing.
Half the people of the Sixth ward are
present, and the trial is almost as interest
ing as if it was murder case.
Whether Mr.. Briley stole the hog or not,
the fact remains that thieving of this char
acter has grown to an alarming extent
There is not a night that some robbery is
not committed in the southern suburbs of
the city, and the evidence is that
there is a regularly organized local gang
doing the work. 1t is 10 uncommon
thing for a man to wake up in the morn
ing and find hog or two missing. and the
theft of chickens has become such mat
ter OF course affair that nobody expects to
wake up to find all his fowls at home.
This species of thieving is not confined
to the south part of town by any means.
1t also takes in the north part
of the city. Tuesday night an attempt
was made to rob the stock yards. A gang
of fellows had picked the lock that
fastened the gate to the pen where the
horses were kept, and was proceeding TO
drive some of the animals away when the
night-watchman detected them and scared
them off.