The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

interest In the barn yards and i'm the
stock. He found eGt. through perfectly
natural questioning. how and where the
hssrses were kept. bow and where the men
folks slept. whether thsage were any dogs.
Information regarding the locks and the
lay Of the land Al the same time he ac-
asiired knowledge OF the roads Of the
country. the bypaihs and intre4ueas high
Ways. the creek aui river seciusions, AMI
reduced shAs ANA all other information 10
memor andum and map FORM All this
vas done SO neatly bg the poor. deyogt
evangelist IN tf.a ten years thar he played
the role, covering all IF the North Central
states. he was never once suspected. The
revival meetings would gain interest AMI
enthusiasm until the entire community
would be IN a religious fersor by reason
of his eio4uenea and exhortasions. And
then. after he had been there ten days
or two weeks. the farmers of the neieA-
hor hood would awake some morning 10
ind ZEN or twelve OF the best horses gone.
He would then ges out and Try TO pacify
them. would caution against rash meas
ures. and. finally gaming time, would set
them off In direction which he gener-
ally managed 10 select himself. lie would
continue his sermons several nights long
er, and In perfectly natural manner
bring them 10 close and with much re-
gref depart the next revival would be
state. and with the same results.
This would probably have continued in
definitely bat for two th.ngs-.lrst. that
the hot.oIu fell s3tt Of the horse market
and there was net safsicient return; SEC
ond, that he visited his own h5,ssa and bis
appearance there. OF coarse not as a min
lister. was contemporary with the disap-
peararce az some horses. Sheriff Welker
reasoned logically and placed him In Jail
He broke. and getting ten hours lead
headed the greatest chase on record I'm the
Central states Az Sturgis. Mich. two
days later. Welker missed h NJ by twenty
minutes. week later, at Waco. Texas.
Weiker WAS one hour behind. a month
later. at ST. Louis he missed him by a
day; "a week later be Almost had his hands
on him at Albuquerque N M: week
later be was only two days behind, and
AZ MENDOZA. IL. Two weeks later when
Weaker went to "A elairvoyant. he received
a surprise by her saying. You are after
q man. He was here last night. told
him he MAS - fugitive, and be admitted fl,
and throwing hack his coat showed re-
volyers and said he would fight II It ever
became necessary. Your chase this time
VIII he of no ayau. Return home In the
years 10 come. when you least expect #.
your Ives viii cross in 4 most startling
manner" Welkyr ald not believe her,
and on the money furnished by the Anti
HorseThiTf Association or Ohio continued
the mad rush almost a month longer, hsas
at last was forced 20 give up and return
home. That was seven wears ego.
Three years later Wicker was out driy-
Ing one afternoon. In Darke county, @,
making arrests, when he picked up a t0ra
piece al paper from the floor ~ the buggy
sind began reading It, He came across a
special from this city regarding the cap-
ture Of a hofzethief. TIE specia. Went on
to say tElas a man giving his name as
J. T. Williams had been arrested ia the