The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-21
A HIGH ROLLER ON WHEELS.
A Man Takes Ride in Prosecuting
Attorney R. D. Hart's Buggy.


Yesterday afternoon Mrs. R. D.
Hart had her buggy and family
horse hitched up for a drive. The
horse was hitched in front of the
residence, corner of 5th and Maple
streets. A man came along, aud
noticing the fine rig took it into his
head to possess it. He unloosened
the hitch rein from the post, and
taking the reins up, mounted the
seat and started north on Maple
street.
Mrs. Hart missed the horse soon
afterwards, and on making inquiry,
found that a man was seen driving
of with'the rig at a Lively rate.
The officers were notified of the
theft, and soon Constable Rochelle,
Sheriff Edwards, Deputy Sheriff
Gallagher, and Mr. Lamar, were
in the saddles in hot pursuit.
When the pursuing party reached
18th street Mr. DeArrigS gave them
information that the man had
passed by with the horse in full
lope, and the driver laying the whip
on him like a mad man.
The man in the buggy drove out
the boulevard road, and kept it uu-
til he reached the fair grounds, and
from there turned in towards
Buffalo Lake, on a dim road leading
in the direction of Fulton.
The officers divided up at the fair
grounds, and went in different d.
rections in search of the wild man.
The man was seen all along the
road he was travelling, by different
persons, and all told the officers
that he was beating the horse and
going at a furious rate, but strange
to say none stopped to ask them
selves the question if this man was
trying to run awayfrom some crime,
or else mad man.
Constable Rochelle was the first
officer to return to the city, arriving
at o'clock, and he brought in
report that he had traced him to
Buffalo Lake and there lost track,
and he thought the man was max
ing for Fulton, where he would cross
the river, and had returned to tele-
graph for the authorities there to
look out for him.
Sheriff Edwards and Deputy Gal
lagher remained out in search until
daylight, when Gallagher returned,
and while walking on the street
met Davis, the man suspected as
having taken the horse and buggy
away from the hitching post.
When Mr., Gallagher arrested hlm
and asked him if he took the horse
and buggy, he said eyes," and eX-
planned that next door neighbor
was trying to shoot him, and he ran
for his life, getting into the buggy
and putting his enemy behind him.
The prisoner proved to be raving
crazy, and was jailed He is a shoe
maker here, and has always been
regarded as eccentric. When piled
with questions as to what he did
with the horse and buggy he could
only say he did not know.
After being in jail awhile Deputy
Sheriff Gallagher took him out, and
placing him in buggy drove out Of
the city, with the hope that the
man will show him where he aban-
doned the horse. Many here think
the horse was driven to death and
left in the woods near town. A
thorough search will be made for
the animal
LATER, Mr. Gallagher returned
to the city after gong two and one
half miles on State Line, bringing
back the horse and buggy, The
horse was pretty we'll used up after
the hard drive he was given by the
mad man.
The officers deserve credit for
running down their game 50 soon.
Rough and dressed lum-