Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-24

harness and shoe store at this place
last Monday morning. Gus. Herman,
the harness-maker employed by Chap
man Bros, thought he noticed sus-
piGous movements on the part of the
stranger, and notified c. A. Chapman,
the junior member of the firm. The
fellow in the mean time had left the
store, and was followed by c. A.
Chapman who overhauled him near T.
p. Woods livery stable, and made him
give up the curry-comb. One or
perhaps both OF the other articles were
NOT missed until a short time after
vrd. but as soon as they were fonnd
to be nonsesf City Marshal L. A. En-
bree was notified and at once started in
pursuit. Palmer was overtaken by
the marshal about two miles east of
town, and when the thief saw Embree
coming he threw the horse brush and
center piece to the neck-yoke cut into
the weeds by the roadside where they
were subsequently recovered by En-
bree and returned to their owners.
Palmer was placed under arrest and
when taken before Justice J. M. De-
Moss he pleaded guilty to petit larceny
and was fined S. and costs, amounting,
in nj, to about SIS. Palmer, while
long on petit thieving, was short on
cash, and was sent to the county Jail
to serve out his fine and costs. He is
49 years OF age and was well dressed.
It's quite probable that he committed
llhe theft in order that he might break
!in>o jail and thus avoid the icy breath of
Od Boreas for a short time, at least.
H2w Missouri does need a whipping
post for just such cases as Paluer's!
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i u viii be remembered by the
! 0<ders Of the COURIER that G. b
Hurt, farmer living near Shannon
dale, had 900 pounds of wool stoler
from the loft of large barn on The
,, night of the sIst of last June. 4
short time afterwards it was Learned
that the wool had been sold to /
Weisberg & Co., of Moberly. Furthel
investigation of the matter led to tn,
arrest of Burl Jones at Marshall, Sa
line county. Jones had been IN tn,
employ of different farmers of thi
; vicinity, but had blossomed into al
expert sheep shearer and was TIT
young man who sheared Mr.. Hurt
flock of sheep last June. The stoler
: wool was hauled to Moberly by mean
Of a team and spring wagon that hat
been hired from S. B. Elliott, Sails
bury lreryman. Jones, however, diC
not hire the team nor did he sell tn,
wool after it was taken to Moberly
J hence there has never been an,
room to doubt his having had an &C
!. complice, but as to who that accom-
plice was has been a problem that ha
been puzzling Prosecuting ATTORNEY
|. Collet and Mr.. Hurt ever since tn
| theft of the wool occurred. Ed. Mil
I Ter, /. Weisberg & Co.'S clerk WHIT
bought the wool, and had somewhere
recently run across G.. w. Rutledge, /;
liveiyman at Dalton, gave it as hi
opinion that Rutledge was the ma
who delivered the wool at l. Weisber
& Co.'s establishment, and yesterda
: John Mosely, an employe of S. E
Elliott's livery stable at Salisbury, VIII
-. hitched up the team and sprin
wagon with which the wool was cor
veyed to Moberly, positively ident
fed Rutledge as the man who ha
called at Mr.. Elliott's stable and hire
the rig the same night the wool wa
stolen and taken to Moberly. Upol
being acquainted with Mosely's ider
tiication of Rutledge in addition
. Miller's belief that Rutledge was tn
u man who had sold the wool, Prose
} cutting Attorney Collet ordered Deput