The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
ON THE COWBOY ORDER
F. M. HAINEs, A YOUTH, WEARING
SPURS, CHARGED WITH STEALING.
A sympathy Racket at st. Joseph, ILL.,
His Pretty Young Wife
Also Detained.

Friday afternoon Superintendent Quigley
received message from Y. q. SweaTlngen,
of St. Joseph, ILL.,, asking that Frank M.
Haines and his wife be arrested and held
to answer for the theft of a horse. The
couple was described so that the arrest
easily could have been effected, but no at
tention was paid to the telegram because
it did not come from the police authorities.
Such messages are received almost daily
and if arrests were made on all of them
the police department would find itself in
deep water for frequent false imprisonment.
Yesterday Mr.. Swearingen himself ar
rived and was armed with warrant for the
arrest of Haines. Before going to the police
ne found that Haines and his wife were at
the Union Station waiting for Louisville
train. The station officers refused to arrest
the man, but agreed to keep an eye on him
until a regular policeman could be found.
A man named Boyd, who travels for Fred
p. Rush & Son, went out and returned
shortly with Captain Dawson, and Haines
was arrested. He was locked up at the
Jail as a fugitive and his wife was taken
to the Door of Hope. She was not placed
under arrest, but will be detained until a
full investigation can be made.
Swearingen says that Haines hired
ing that he and his wife wished to drive
for an hour. They drove straight to st.
Joseph, put the horse and buggy in a stable
and went to the hotel themselves. There
Haines told tale of woe that at once
aroused the sympathy of all who heard it,
including Mr.. Boyd and number of travel
ing men. He said that he had been mar
ried only about six months, and that his
70 in
on their way to Louisville, and the jolting
of the buggy was beginning to affect Mrs.
Haines's health. They We're out of money
and did not know what to do. There was
the horse and buggy, which Haines said he
would sacrifice in order to get railroad fare.
Boyd told the story to Swearingen, mer-
chant, and Swearingen offered to help the
young couple out by giving them 80 tor the
horse and buggy. The deal was made, and
next morning Haines and his wife left on
the tram for Louisville. Later in the day
a train for indianapolis bore Mr.. Boyd on
Haines and his vile on the train, and his
suspicious were at once aroused. lie wired
Mr.. Swearingen, and then 1T was learned,
it is claimed, that the horse and buggy be-
longed at Gibson City. Haines and his wife
remained on the Louisville train only until
il stopped and then took another train back
and met the Indianapolis train.
HaineS is a mere boy, nineteen years old,
and the woman with him is two or three
years younger. He claims South Dakota as
his residence, and had the appearance of a
cowboy. He wore a heavy white hat of
Western pattern, and heavy boots reaching
to his knees. He wore large spurs on his
boots. When searched, a revolver was
found in his pocket, and also heavy piece
OF iron, with string attached to 1T. He
said he carried that to defend himself in
case he should be held up"
Mrs Haines is an intelligent and good
looking woman. She was nicely dressed and
had an air of refinement out of keeping
with the man she calls husband. She said
she married HaineS in Brooklyn six months
ago; that she had a considerable sum of
money and some valuable jewels when she
was married, but her husband was shiftless
and she sacrificed all these for him, until
they became absolutely destitute.