Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-24

key fitting the trunk from which the
money was taken, was found In one
VI Sibka's pockets. f' !
Sibka was arraigned before Justice
Sheldon his MOI ming on charge Of
gr.,nd larceny, and his preliminary
examina ton was set for Tuesday ct I
10 q. m. /
Sibka is a young man and is quite
intelligent IN appearance. He claims
that the charge is the result of a
conspiracy, but does not give any !
tangible reason why he should be
made the victim OF the conspiracy.
The other offender caught 10y the
police was a burglar, and he was
almost caught in the act. Policeman
HerOux noticed the man going in the
direction of the City motel from the
rear of Paul Bahr's saloon. "A few
minut res later he saw tho same man
on Il similar trip. and went over to
thu City hotel to investigate. The
nan whom the policeman had been
following had entered the City hotel
twice before the time that he was
followed there by the police, and
rncn time he went into Il little room
and emptied his pockets rf d lot IT
smoking and chewing tobacco and
some piDes. He di not attempt to
conceal his actions from the propri-
etor, but when the police went into
the hotel he became nervous. The
proprietor thinking that he might
get into trouble told the polio" what
the man had been doing The police
did not then know that the man
had stolen the goods, hnt SURPRISED
that he had, ard decided to watch
him until he could Investigate. Az
soon as til" proprietor Of the hotel
told the policeman what the man
had been doing the fellow ran out OF
the hotel followed by the police. He
attempted to evade the officer by
running through the back yard of
the hotel. hut he got mixed up with
clothes line that took a hard fall
ou' :;ot him, and the officer caught
him.
Taking the man with him he be-
gan an investigation, and Peter La
fond recognized the pipes in the
mans possession IA a part of the
stock of Marchant & Lafond's to-
baccu STORE on Broadway. A further
nvestigation was made and the
back door of the store was found to
open. Justice Sheldon. who had
been kept up late with the Sibka
matter, was found. and LafOnd
made a complaint before him and
the man was placed under arrest.
Before his arrest he told tn" officer
that his nome was Chas. WoOIsey.
and that he had been employed by
Ernest Pierce, Of Gregory. baling
hay. Later he said his name was
Charles Nelson. He il a small man,
has Il dark mOustache and his a.
cents Indicate that he is of Celtic
OtISl1. 1lc Hdu DCCu III luC 6soIc
before it wGs closed Saturday night !
at about - O'Clock, and was caught
about an hour later. The back door
Of the store is fastened by u piece Of
iron being showed into the casing.
1t il thought that just before the
store was closed he took the iron
out, and in this way effected an en-
trance to the building.
He was arraigned before Justice
Sheldon this morning and pleaded
not guilty to the charge vi petit
larceny against him. lie asked for
a jury trial. and his case was post
poned until this afternoon. He
claims that he got the stolen goods
from AnUtttrr party.
Staples World: Phileas GOulet
leaves today for an extended absence
in the East. He will stop at Brain
erd and Duluth. and will then go ON
to Quebec to visit relatives during
the HOLIDAYS. Early in January he
will go to New York City to take a
course in an art school. We wish
him bon voyage.