The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-07
by IN A TIGHT PLACE
Ian Indictments Are Returned
| Against Him.
,UeLAR AND FENCE KEEPER.

:, for Trial at Ackiey. Iowa. In Default
aoo BaII-Had Key for Every
- building I'm Town and Wanted
,,,r.hal 10 Go into the Burglar Bust
IN, Him--swears He VIII Kill the
sIarshal.
.,,ov Ia. Dec. 7.-Eleven indict-
70 have been returned by the
anklIn county grand jury sitting at
n,on against Henry Ably of Shelf
~ He IS accused of being boot
~arn burglar and fence" keeper.
has been held for trial in default of
sOO bail. Twenty years ago. In IL
,o,s near Scales Mound, Ablys step
4 o,nsr was hanged In the dooryard,
his father was suspected of the
,,,o. his two half-sisters mysterious
disanpeared and his father was shot.
nrv and his brother were tried for
- crime. The former was acquitted,
ut the brother was sent to the penl-
"a nnarv. where he died. Ten years ago
henry Ably came to Sheffield, where
q has been in the courts charged with
orious crimes. He built two buildings
Il a residence locality, established his
&achelor quarters in one and renting
h. other to Congressman c. +. Johnson,
no with DR.. c. j. Allen, a prominent
Musician. were his near neighbors.
4 Tons OF stolen Goods.
4 Ably's own quarters have been found
u no a fence" for tons of stolen goods
q sheffield and neighboring towns In
&ne of his rooms was located his lock-
<mithy. in which he is said to have
[oade a key for every business build
he in town. including the bank and the
hey depot of the Iowa Central railroad.
IN the rooms upstairs. and down, was
In assortment of boots and shoes, bicy-
fles. jewelry, guns, revolvers and no
lions of all kinds. From this stock he
has been openly selling goods to the
beople of Sheffield and the farmers for
miles around. He is said to have
Hold fifteen pairs Of shoes the
Saturday preceding his arrest. In two
ehests were found kits of burglars
Tools
\ A hole cut through the floor showed
hn underground chamber twelve feet
kouare for the storage Of goods. In a
little outbuilding in the back yard was
n hole with a false bottom. In this
kame back yard was a huge steel bear
trap capable of holding an OK. 1t had
been conveniently set for uninitiated
|prowlers.
Approached tho City MarshaI.
1t is alleged that Ably openly APP
preached City Marshal Archie l.. Clock
with proposition to open all the stores
bn Sheffield, abstracting therefron
FOODS in quantities not large enough
No be missed. Clock says that he al
|once consulted Mayor Johnston and 9
humber OF business men, who told the
marshal to lead him on to trap him
Die says that on three occasions they
made midnight raids on three different
stores, always watched by citizens Sc
|creted near by. Clock finally got q
Boung constable named Wilhelm to ale
Dim and set a night for the capture.
Ably appeared at 1 o'clock that morn
ling with socks drawn over his shoes
his face hidden in a cap, and, with g
sack to carry off the plumber. the tive
|entered Shaffer & Reynolds store, 6
skeleton key which Ably had made be
ling used. Clock made a pretense o.
helping bag the goods. Wilhelm wa!
Dust outside. Mayor Johnston and cit
|izens were watching. AS Ably stepped
outside Clock tapped him on the shoul
der and arrested him in the presence
of dozen witnesses.
Swears He Will Kill Clock.
He was hurried to Hampton, the coun
ty seat, where the grand jury was IL
session, and Immediately indicted oil
eleven counts. The next day, after TIN
capture had been noised about. letters
and kilograms began pouring in from
merchants from adjoining towns ask
ing for descriptions of goods found oil
Ably's premises. Much of the stuff ha
been identified as having been stolen
Ably has sworn to kill Clock on sigh
should he ever be free. He has beer
feigning insanity since his arrest. ABB.
is thought to have intended to MARI!
young woman at Marion, S. c. At tn
time of his arrest there was found II
his rooms a large trunk. which he In
tended to pack for an announced tril
through the south.