The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-28
Young Farmer Lands the Thief
In Jail.
Was In Act of RObbing a Farm
House.
CROSS COUNTRY CHASE
RObber and Pursuer Had an
Exciting Race.
Man Caught in the Middle of a
Greek.

An exciting chase of a burglar oc
CURED in the country twelve miles west
of Topeka Wednesday afternoon. The
burglar is now in the county jail, and
he was brought here last night by AL
bert Kiene, the man who discovered
him in the act of burglarizing his faith
er's home and chased him until he ef-
fected his capture.
The burglar gave his name at the
county jail as Mike Christianson, but
this name is thought to be assumed.
The officers believe him to be an all
round crook of long experience
1t took M. Kiene an hour to capture
the man. He followed him through
orchards and corn fields and among the
timber that lines the bank of Mission
creek, and was obliged to cross and re-
cross the creek several times in the
pursuit. Finally the burglar stopped in
the middle of the stream, and aided in
his argument by a revolver, Kiene in
duced the man to join him on the bank.
Mr.. Kiene is the son of f. A. Kiene,
who owns a large farm near Valencia.
Wednesday afternoon the entire family,
with the exception of Albert, was alb
sent from the farm. Young Kiene was
working in one of the fields, but about
4 o'clock had occasion to go into the
house When he stepped in the door
he heard a noise OF someone walking IN
one of the upstairs rooms, and knowing
that the other members of the family
had not returned, he quickly started for
top of the stairs he saw a man with
a bundle of clothes under one arm come
out of one of the bedrooms. The man
saw him about the same time, and
darted back into the room. Kiene
shouted for him to stop, but by the
time he had reached the room the man
was in the yard below. having leaped
from second story window. In min
ute more he was on a run in the direc-
tiOn of the orchard.
Kiene lost no time in getting down
stairs, and, securing a revolver, jumped
on a horse and started in pursuit. When
he reached the edge of the timber on the
banks of Mission creek, he came almost
face to face with the burglar. Leveling
his revolver, he commanded him to
throw UP his hands, but instead the
man jumped back among the trees.
Kiene fired four shots at the retreating
figure, but the crook continued on his
way and Kiene left his horse and start
ed after him on foot.
Then the chase commenced in earn
est. The burglar reached the creek only
a short distance ahead of his pursuer,
and ran down the bank into the water.
Kiene followed and was right behind
him when he climbed the opposite bank.
Along the creek the burglar ran with
kiene hot in pursuit, and after a few
minutes chase, he made again for the
creek. The crossing was repeated, and
the chase taken up on the other side.
Again the pursued and the pursuer
lodged among the timber for several
made for the water.
He went in at a point where the
water was much deeper than at either
OF the former crossings, and Kiene,
knowing it, did not attempt to follow.
The burglar continued his course until
about the middle of the stream, and
then he stopped exhausted
Kiene covered him with his revolver
and commanded him to join him. The
man hesitated, and Kiene grew threat
ening. This determined the burglar,
and he made his way back to where
Kiene was standing on the bank
Both men were wet and tired, but
Kiene Immediately started with his
prisoner for the office of George Ander-
son, the justice of the peace of Dover
township. There he secured a commit
ment and returned to his farm, where
he loaded the burglar in a buggy, after
securely tying his hands, and started
for Topeka.
Kiene and his prisoner arrived at the
county jail here about O'CLOCK last
evening. The nan will be held on the
charge of burglary.
When Kiene returned to the house he
found that the man had helped himself
to some loose change. several old
French coins, valuable because of their
scarcity and age, and some jewelry in
addition to a suit of clothes and con-
siderable other clothing. The clothing
the burglar dropped at the start of the
chase, and the coins and jewelry, he
admitted to have thrown in the creek
while being pursued.