The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1898-05-13
MADE GOOD ARREST
Sheriff Cook and His Deputies
Pulled in Two Suspicious
Men Saturday
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GOT TWO BURGLARS.

Two Fellows Arrested Saturday After
noon With Suspicious Goods.
Sheriff Cook, Deputy Tobin and
Deputy Brooks made pretty good haul
Saturday afternoon and evening when
they landed two fellows in jail by the
names of j. H. Deranger and j. 81.
johnson, and it is believed they are i'm.
plicated in q store robbery in the north
part of the state. The fellows drove in
to town du ing the morning and camp
ed out on the prairie near the old fair
grounds, and started through the resi-
dence portion of town to sell their
goods. Deranger appeared at Mr..
Tobin's house about noon and offered to
sell piece of dress goods at low
price. The deputy had suspicion they
we're stolen and bought the piece, tell
irg the fellow if he had any more to
sell that he would buy them. Deranger
said he had another piece of goods and
would get 1t. In few moments he re-
turned with another piece and Mr..
Tobin bought it, DerAnger then start
ed away and went east along the Omaha
track, followed by the deputy, who kept
the fellow in sight until he reached the
buggy on the prairie. Mr.. Tobin re-
turned to the city and with Sheriff
Cook arrested the fellow and drove the
wagon to the court house and unloaded
its contents. They took the horse and
wagon back to the fair grounds and left
it the same as 1t was in the morning.
Deputy Brooks was placed on watch at
3 o'clock to arrest the other fellow
when he put in an appearance. Mr..
Brooks lay concealed behind the fence
until nearly dark and was finally re-
warded by the cautious approach OF
johnson, who made a vigorous protest
on being arrested. johnson was soon
placed in Jail along with his partner.
The boxes in the wagon contained q
variety of things including six or eight
pieces OF dress goods, handkerchiefs,
shoes, shirts, tobacco, etc. The goods
Tailed exactly with the description OF
some goods stolen from the Groto1
Mercantile store late in February, and
the proprietor of the store was wired tc
come here and identify the goods.
| o. H. Miller arrived from Grotor
and after inspecting the goods identi
fed them as being some stolen from hit
store. AT that time the burglars car.
ried away about $500 worth of goods
and this was the first trace he ever had
of the stuff that was stolen. He sale
there were some goods among then
that did not belong to him but were
stolen from some other place. Mr.
Miller was taken down to the jail apart
ments and given an opportunity to se'
the prisoners. He at once identified
johnson as fellow whom he had solo
goods month or two before the rob
berry occurred. Mr.. Miller returned tt
Groton Monday afternoon. Sheri
Ritter came down from A Aberdeen Tues
day morning and returned on the after
noon train with the prisoners. Their
seems to be no question as to the gull
of the parties.
The horse and platform wagon are i
the possession of Sheriff Cook and b
is strong of the opinion that the outf
was stolen from some person up north
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