Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-12-25
ROUNDING UP The
SOUTH DAKOTA THIEVES
officers Now Confident That They
Have the Gang Just Where
They Want Them,
LEADERS ARE UNDER ARREST
TrS ling & Erecza tho Salvation Army
Out of Yankton Where the
Drum Disturbs the
NeighDors.

Nankton, Dee. 21.-Deputy Sheriff
1schetter took Frank Springstecl, the
last man arrested, with him to Scot
land. Officer Tschetter is OF the opin-
ion he has Il strong case against
Springsteel and can implicatc him
with a robbery at Freeman, Hutchin-
son county. He will prove that Spring
steel disposed OF some of the stolen
property. \ portion Of the same goods
has been found in possession of a bar
Der named llOag, in Scotland, and
more in the possession of " broth
ers named Smith, in Tyndall. Shan
non and Culligan, the two men first
arrested by the sheriff, have been re-
leased by the authorities here. No
one appearing against them, they
could only he held t~wenty-four hours,
but as the officers proceed with the
robbery Investigations, it lies within
the bounds of possibility that they
may be re-arreSted.
The Salvation army and DR.. Wander
hule have been at war for the past SIX
months, through the army's barracks
being stationed next door 10 the doc
tors home. In conducting their night
~ meetings they seriously disturb the
quiet of his household. Mr.. Wander
hule has appealed to the law for relief,
and finding none whatever, has been
obliged TO resort to all kinds of de-
vices with which to drown the sound
of the bass drum. Failing in these,
lie has instituted the novel plan of
freezing the army out, in the follow
ing manncr. He has opened the upper
,,at,.9a,,A. - L.. l,,.llsn.r n,Al fha ,nll
wind blows over and into the o dl-
rectly over the barracks. with the re-
suit that the Salyationists cannot keep
warm. Legal advice is now being
sought 10y the commander of the army
To secure the closing of the windows.
The exceedingly cold weather of the
past four days has made crossing the
Missouri river at this point on ice very
good. and Nebraska farmers are now
taking advantage of the opportunity
to cross without danger.
The Nankton Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION is very enthusiastic in its
work and is using every possible eff
fort to better travel into Nankton, a.
evidenced by the last meeting at which
the officers were instructed to appear
bcfOrCthc county commissioners dur
ing their January session, and urge
that the Jim river road east of this
city, which was badly damaged by last
springs flood, be repaired and gray
cllcd in the spring. They also appoint
ed a committee of three TO confer with
II. II. Smith relative to Il Nankton
cracker factory.
\. Strand. representing the Edwards
Installment house Of Minneapolis, who
was recently arrested, convicted and
fined the sum Of sos in justice our
here, through having broken the law
Pfaafdf!GEE7,o NIL tee atPRssql his
he firm, who will send an attorney |
ere TO defend him.
Miss Rose MatthieSen and Miss Mary
Tide Of the corps of teachers in the
ankLen city seh9ols.- Nil attend the
saa~~oa eSaspSSs>R3-x On nae AsoyaA
Arch Masons. elected officers for the
ensuing wear as follows: w. $. Stock
wei, most excellent high priest; +. G..
EdgcrtOn. king; Birney {. Woolley.
scribe; W. :. Radcliffe, secretary, ana
j. NiSScn, treasurer.