The herald., 1898-12-18

which had been made in a tennis court sit
uated between the residence of MIR. john
son and Mr.. Bacon, whose barn was also
entered. 1t was evident that the person
who had made the impressions in the gravel
of the court wore rubber heels. A careful
measurement was made of the print by De
tective Auble This footprint was a small
clue to work upon, and for awhile all the
efforts of the force were fruitless to get any
trace Of the thief. Hen roosts we're visited
in that neighborhood nearly every night
and dozens of fowls were carried off at a
time As many as three different robberies
of chicken houses irf a single night would be
reported. Extra policemen on bicycles,
horses, in wagons and ON foot were detailed
to patrol that district, but the thief waxed
rich and the hen houses desolate Tor week
or more Some nights ago Special OFFICER
Foster and Mounted Officer Woodward
chased mysterious man and shot at ham,
but the fellow escaped. 1t was then Thought
that he was the much-wanted chicken thief,
and so it proved to be. Officer Richardson
halted a man several evenings ago, but the
man was able to satisfactorily explain his
presence in that locality, although he was
no other than Schillinger.
Several DAYS ago the officers had their
suspicious directed to Karl Schilrnger. The
officers noticed also that he wore rubber
heels. He was shadowed for awhile, and
then it was decided to bring him into the
police station. He was placed under arrest
Fridny bv Detectives Auble and Flammer
The foot of the. prisoner was measured and
found to correspond with the impression
taken of the footprints in the tennis court.
This circumstance and other evidence
caused the officers to charge the man with
the offenses He at first denied his guilt,
but finally broke down and admitted that
he and he alone was responsible for the
raids. He mentioned the names of the own
ers of some of the places and described the
location of Others. He said that he had
stolen the bicycle from The place of Fred
Herr, the ticket agent of the Southern Pa
ciic railway ,4some nights previous. He
claimed that he disposed of the chickens
and turkeys to dealer on Sixth street, near
Olive The bicycle had been hidden behind
some billbords opposite the electric power
house on Central avenue and Sixth streets
while the turkey had been left at the store
on Sixth street. At first the detectives were
mot inclined to believe all his statements,
but he agreed to 90 with them to where the
DltN tlc lhdl bttI ItIt. lt NtlttllNts dt-
companied the man, and sure enough, Mr..
Herr's wheel was leaning against the bill.
boards, als Schilimger had claimed. The
turkeys we're found as Schllinger had pre-.
dicted He also took them to the place Of
A. w. Stohl on KoheIr street, where he had
stolen some chickens.
Yesterday Schilinger started with Detec-
tives Auble and Flammer to the scene of his
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first to place the handouts on the prisoner,
but Schillinger pleaded earnestly against
this, and assured the officers they need have
no anxiety that he would attempt to escape.
In view of the fact that Schiinger was do
ing the officers more of a favor than he was
himself in telling everything about his
thefts Auble and Flammer decided to ac.
cede to the mans request. They according.
ly placed themselves on either side of him,
in order to take all precautions against anv
bolt on his part. He gave no sign OF such
intention until after they had been away
from the police station perhaps an hour OF
more.
The chicken house Of q. T. johnson was
first visited Schillincer explained how he
had effected an entrance by oneninr the
gate as the fence was very high: how he
mad gotten into the hen house. and Sc
cured all OF the birds He had not had
the aid Of horse and wagon to carry off
his plunder, had been sunnosed. He
used gunnv aocks. and would fiji them with
birds. and if necessary make two or more
trips each night to remove all the fowls.
Schillinger then went to the barn Of Mr..
Bacon, which is located close to the hen
house of Mr.. johnson, and alss explained