Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-12
STOLEN HORSES FOUND.
Veterinary Surgeon W. j. Duncan
Stole Them And Sold Them In
The Gitu OF Dubuque.

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ly disappeared from their owners re-
siding on farms around Lancaster
Estray notices published in the city
papers failed to bring back the miss
ing animals and a suspicion was
raised that thieves were making off
with them.
On the night of Wednesday, Oct.
%, two horses disappeared from the
farm of Lewis Breithaupt, one and
one-half miles north of the court
house The pasture fence was not
broken in any place and it was evil
dent that, as they must have passed
out at the gate and the gate having
been closed behind them, some person
had taken hand in their going.
Word was received here that horses
from Grant county had been sold in
Dubuque. Sheriff Dyer and Mr.
Breithaupt went down there and soon
cot on to the trail of VIM. J. Duncan,
horse doctor who lives in Lancaster,
but who has been training horses IN
Dubuque the past summer They
learned on inquiry at different stables
that Duncan had sold horse to j. Nj.
O'Neil, a wood, coal and feed dealer,
and on going to him found that he
had paid Duncan $40 for horse which
Mr.. Breithaupt Immediately identified
as being his horse stolen from Lam
caster.
On further inquiry they learned
that Duncan had sold horse to
James Howie, contractor and build
er On going to the house Of Mr..
HOWE they found the other Brett
haupt horse. The gentleman inform
ed them that he had not yet paid for
the horse; that Duncan left the horse
! for him to try and was to be back at
A o'clock ir the afternoon OF that day,
when. if the horse suited HOWE, he
was to pay Duncan $50 for it.
Sheriff Dyer at once notified the
police and they laid in wait. At 4
O'Clock Duncan came for the money
and policeman arrested him.
Duncan is now confined in the coun-
ty Jail at Lancaster. He states that
he bought the two horses on October
29th of two men named James Brown
and Charley Hammonds, who reside
two miles from Dickeyville on the
Dubuque road, and that the men are
strangers to him. Nobody believes
his statement as no persons OF the
narIes given reside in that locality
at least nobody here has ever heard
OF men there by those names.
VIM. j. Duncan is about 45 years
old and he has been a resident OF this
city for a number of years His wife,
who is somewhat of an invalid, and
his son, aged 81. resided here right
along while he has been away train
ing horses.
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void is missing from the farm of Sol
onion Griswold, north of town. While
in Dubuque our sheriff learned that
Duncan had sold at least one more
horse beside those already mentioned.
On Monday Mr.. Griswold went to Du-
buque to look at the animal He
found il at the stable of O'Neil and
Immediately recognized it as the
horse stolen from him and brought
it back to Lancaster.
On one of his trips to Lancaster,
Duncan brought a horse from Du-
buque and traded it to Geo. Divall of
the Lancaster house for another
horse. On Monday two gentlemen,
A. W Dougherty and Tim sullivan,
came from Dubuque and on going to
Mr. Divall's stable identified the horse
rs one stolen from the pasture of
Sullivan and belonging to Doughertv
They took the horse back with them
and Mr.. Divall went along to Dubuque
with a view of getting back his horse
z which he ad traded to Duncan.
1 NJ. 5. Trowbridge Of Lancaster
bought horse Of Duncan; but up
to the hour Of going to press no one
has come to claim it, Five or six
other horses that have lately disap-
pearad from Lancaster are being
sought for in Dubuque and further
deyelopements are expected in few
days.
Monday VIM. Duncan was brought
before Justice Geo. B. Wheeler with a