The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
Mccarthy, Who Touched Uncle
Sans Property at Adrian,
In the TOils-AlsO His

lc11OW IL SClll dC large, Out inspector
Gordon hopes to land him within
week. The inspector recovered $500
worth of the stolen stamps. Mccarthy
was captured at Beloit, Kansas, where
he was held on charge of burglary.
Mccarthy showed up in Worthing-
ton last " n .er and was a guest at the
home of his br~ther. In January
Jerry suddenly disappeared and did
not put in an appearance again in the
town until two days before the post
office at Adrian was robbed. The
day before the robbery occurred Nc
Carthy and pal took dinner with
farmer living near Adrian and they
paid for the meal with revenue
stamps, evidently stolen but from
whom is not known by the officers.
They were seen by people in the vi
cinity of Adrian on the day of the
robbery, and various circumstances
led Sheriff Dow to believe that Nc
Carthy and his partner were guilty
of the crime. He accordingly sent
out all over the country circulars de-
scriptive of Mccarthy.
About two weeks ago Inspector
Gordon received word from detect
i've for the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company stating that Mccarthy was
in the hands of the officers at Beloit.
The inspector accompanied by Sheriff
Dow went to Beloit and the latter
easily identified the man as the party
who was seen near Adrian on the dav
of the robbery.
The Belolt officers turned McCar-
thy over to Inspector Gordon and
Sheriff Dow and they took him to
Topeka. Enroute to the latter place
Mccarthy admitted the robbery and
asked to be taken to Council Bluffs
Iwhere he said a portion OF the "swag''
was concealed. At Council Bluffs
Mccarthy met his wife, who stated
that the stamps had been taken by a
man named, Thomas Wheeler TO be
disposed Of: The Inspector arrested
wheeler on a charge Of receiving
stolen stamps. Wheeler claimed that
he turned over the stamps to John
Bell and Celly Hough, two young
fellows. we'll known to the police oil
Council Bluffs.
Both were arrested by Inspector
Gordon and Hough "dug up" to the
officers $500 worth of stamps that
we're concealed under a stairway
The stamps were in rather bad shape
when placed in the inspectors hands
Wheeler, Bell and Hough were taker
to Des Moines and on being ar1aignec
before a court commissioner were
bound over to await the action of the
federal grand jury, which meets ir
Des Moines on Sept. 19. Their bal
was fixed at $1,000 each. The charge
against them is receiving and con
cealing government property.
Mccarthy voluntarily came to Min
nesota. He was brought to Mankatc
this morning, the inspector believing
that court commissioner was loca
ted here. There being no such Officer
in Mankato it was necessary to convey
the prisoner to St.. Paul where he viii
be arraigned. He will be held to the
federal grand jury which meets in
Mankato in November. Mccarthy
will no doubt become an inmate oI
the Blue earth" county Jail while
awaiting the sitting of the grand jury
Mccarthy, while but % years oil
age, nevertheless has a record, and
he is looked upon as one of the most
desperate of the younger generation
of burglars. After he and his pal
robbed the postoffice at Adrian thev
, jumped handcar and pumped it tc
Worthington, where they took a pas
senger train for Sioux City. The
safe in the Adrian postoffice was
blown open by the use of dynamite.
Since he has been in the hands oi
Inspector Gordon, Mccarthy has act
ed like gentleman and the inspect.
or has treated him very we'll. The
inspector has every reason to believe
that the pal of Mccarthy will be ap
pretended within very short time
Mccarthy held up two station
agents on the Missouri Poetic road
and for these crimes he was arrested
at Beloit. He is not a bad looking
fellow, we'll built and is prize fight
or. He has never served a term il
the penetentiarv, but has seen the
interior of number of jails. While
engaged in conversation he uses al
: the expressions of the tough "ele
ment." r.. =
McCarthy's object in stopping al
Worthington much of last winter was
, evidently for the purpose of locating
a "good thing" in the shape of safe
to crack. He claims himself to b.
no common thief and has no use 70
a sneak He says he will plead guilt,
when he confronts the Judge, but a
the same time remarks that he hate.
to do time in "stir" as he calls tn
prison.
The work of running down tn
gang so far has been very clever ane
reflects great credit on those who ha.
hand in the sleuth work.-Mankat
Daily Review. !.
The revenue stamps referred t
were probably taken from the o&c
{ of F. @. Turner as his office was brc
. ken into about that time and revenu
stamps taken. s
He was arraigned before Unite.
States Commissioners Bechhofer, Fri