The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-18
The THIEVES
Three Milaca Men Appropriated An
others Team But are Caught
at St. Cloud.
One Pleaded Guilty at the Examination
and All Are Now Safe
5s,#S /, i'm Jail. 81

5@% Sheriff l Claggett was called upon
Saturday 10 go to St. Cloud to receive
from the police there three prisoners,
Of Milaca who are charged
with horse stealing. They were cap
tu l by the owner Of the team and the
Ss't,=Cloud officers Thursday night and
the St. Cloud Times of Friday gives
the following account Of the affair:
sssThe theft OF team of horses is
likely to land Albert Deveraux, Nels
sGsregorson and George Gregorson, who
were were arrested here last night, in the
penitentiary. .......-...,., e.
THE team was stolen at Milaca from
r. SSDLeveraux, who conducts a res
st ' and billiard hall at that place.
1T appears that Albert Deveraux, a
brother Of the restaurant man, had the
latter's team engaged in hauling water
for his mother. The Gregorsons and
another man have been around Milaca
for several days, and after the water
hauling was done the four visited a
saloon and proceeded to fill up on the
stuff that intoxicates. About o'clock
inSthe forenoon they took the team and
drove off in light wagon. Mr.. Dev-
eraux waited until 1 o'clock for their
return and he then started in the
dFec ton taken by the men. He had
no#trouble in tracing them to St..
Cloud, where he arrived about 5
o'clock. /
TT did not require much time to To-
cate the team at Coates livery barn.
The outfit had been sold there, Frank
Goodman making the bargain for S5S.
Mt, Coates drew a check payable to
Albert Deveraux and it was cashed at
Abeles Bros clothing store about 6
o'clock:
? Chief Osgood was called in and a
systematic search was made for the
four men. Itwas found that they had
visited Lindenberg's saloon and Dever-
q aux 81 had paid each of the other men
sssaaeEsa found laterzto have been
So each. From there they went to
Lengas'. saloon, where they played
several games of pool. The next place
where any trace of the men was found
was at Winners saloon near the
Great Northern passenger station.
They had left there but a short time
when Chief Osgood, Deputy Sheriff
Bernick, Officer Huber, r. q. Dever-
aux and Frank Goodman reached the
place.
"A visit was then made to the depot
and Dever and Goodman identified
four men who were there as the ones
who had stolen and sold the horses
and wagon.
"Chief Osgood arrested the Grogor-
son brothers and the younger Dever-
aux was taken in charge by his brother
and turned over to Officer Huber.
The fourth man took to his heels and
started for the far west. He started
at a swift pace and was soon quite a
distance away.
"Deputy Sheriff Bernick went in
pursuit and followed the man as far as
the old fair grounds, but was unable to
overtake him.
1.-THE other men were landed in the
county jail.
"When searched it was found that
the men had something over $4S in their
pockets. A memorandum book found
in the pocket of Deveraux contained
the name of John Coates. St. Cloud,
liveryman.' No attempt was made to
sell the team until they, reached here.
+ "The Gregorson brothers are from
Renville, Mimi, and brother of
theirs is an old acquaintance of R. E.
Deveraux. The men have been en-
gagged of late in the lumber camps and
on the river and have been making
headquarters at Milaca for some time.
"Mr. Deveraux stated today that he
has helped his brother out of NUM-
Der of scrapes before, but that this
ended it all. He went from here to
Princeton, where he will swear out a
warrant charging the four men with
.horse-stealing. This will be delivered
to- the Mile: Laos county sheriff who
will come to. this county and take<the
men back there fora hearing. s>~'.',
Neither Mr.. Coates Or Abeles
brothers will lose anything by the
transaction which resulted so disas-
trously for at least three Of the party.
1so .1tR. E. Deverauxi will make good the
difference between the amount found
on the men and the face of the check
which was cashed by the clothing
firm. s,,sSl K,
s'The men in the jail disclaim any
knowledge ofsthe man who made his
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