The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-14
RATHER THAN DISGRACE,
Young Charles Theile Preferred to
Meet Death.
AND DIES BY HIS OWN HAND.
When Officers Go to Arrest Hin, He
sends n LOad of Shot Tearing
Through His Heart.

Last Sunday night there was a dance
given by the White Oak Gun club at the
club grounds. which located on White
Oak. about eight mills from the city
The frolic, as such festivities generally
are. was well attended from the surround
ing noighborhood.
Mr.. Conrad Sauer lives in the same en-
closure where the dance was given aud all
the inmates Of Mr.. SAVERS house were nat
uraiiy participants in the ball. and the
house was left unguarded. likewise some
seventy odd dollars that was locked In a
| bureau drawer
| II was discovered during tho night that
the money had been stolen and by some
one more or less familiar with the premi-
| SEE IN accomplishing the theft the bu-
reau drawer had been broken open.
charles Thelle. young man about go
or u years OF ago who lived with his
rather. Henry Theile, about two miles dis
tant. was one OF the attendants at th.
dance.
IL was noticed by Thelles friends that
durlns the early part of the night he had
no money with him. and assigning th,s ms
Il reason he asked to be excused from uar.
ing IN some diversion incident to
lhe ban that involved the outlay of somr
'rltling amount. Later In the night II wa4
observed that he was amply well sunnlinI
WIN funds to hold up his end with th,
balance Of the boys
RMS was simply suspicious circ,,,r-
stance, nothing more. bur it was cin,y
','"t va not escape the detective instinct
nome Is in The white Oak neirbborhooJ
all the parties. ''''''''''e WIN
Mr. iiillendahl, following IN the Glow
Vn,ncd mat few nights after the ban
, mu lop"oiy charles Theie came to Hous
pni. ",'' enJoyed touch Of high life at the
n9'a'e thoater. whore he spent his. nonnv
WIN princely liberali,y
Il, W. money he spent in this froljc ahout
wv was inspected by the officer and No.
,u'S me met that the bills wore of tho
,alue denomination as those stolen ,rom
w. H"u'r' there was one hill changed In
ny Ihello. badly faded one Witch NJ
Sauer positively Identified as bia t,,'nn
ms clfrumstnnttal evidence an AFFIDAVIT
was made charging Thiele with theft
Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff mn
endahl arrived with warrant of arros,
ana accompanied by Deputy Sheriff W q
i"h'phlns Of the Chaneyville precinct went
TO Thelle's home. about ten miles from
Cb,rf ,r ,,'N' ',ie arrest
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the rnot ho,,r a.,, '.'', az "oihr toont
uHhl informed him of his mission and read
lhe warrant TO him he simply asked tn he
his rIothirg gn,irf, -, 'Wu"l N''u rnailEe
money. but viii ,cco,nror,, , n", S,."l we
officer uiIIerlobi Ini,,,, ~ =" to"h'
uuaintcd Win yn,,,,,, mi ',',t'''olS a'-
he would dn MI IN Il ia r'a,'' ''in nun mat
ostahlisb his lnpnconr, ''N' ~ "''P u''n
While 1'b,,u, ,,,o,' t,. ,.,.
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dahl remained outsiJ, ,oti,t,, ''x,'u-
or. while per,itv To,n,tirse -" ,.in 's'u w.,
the buggy ,t tho yato 'ii"''eu III
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to rot a nit,hnr ~ nat,, ", Wv" 'lI' 9Hlu
10 Tho room he r,t.rd ,,,,i "' ut".l'"S
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ina Onlrnr ,ronrIina 49,, Wv, ,,u, On see
mo nttrr,,t ~, nsc,, i'.,"'',nS tuut
would ne us,loes a., ,''' VIZ l'ol
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susolr,o,s n, ,,, "'HoH'"u'a
man was sI,nnIv nlovin,, t trr'' , ane young
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