The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-15
SHORTHAND
nDECAMPED.
Sheriff Zaiser Found His Horse
Thief And Took Him To
Jewett.
HERE HE BROKE JAIL.
And Is Again Breathing the Pure Air
or Freedom.
HERE HE BROKE JAIL.
HORSE AND BUGGY SECURED
And the owner Started Home Leaving the
sheriff to Bring the Thief-The City
Prison at Jewett Was Easy -
the Prisoner Puncheda
Hole Through It.

Prison at Jewett Was Easy -
the Prisoner Puncheds
Hole Through II.
The chap who stole the horse and
buggy from w. T. Kinney. of Mapleton,
Wednesday night. has been captured
with the property In his possession at
Hopedale, south Of Cadiz. Deputy
Sheriff Crubaugh on Tuesday covered
the southeastern part Of the state with
kilograms announcing the theft end
asking the officers to be on the watch
for the thief. Friday morning he re-
ceived word from the marshal at New
ark stating that the marshal at Hope
dale had telephoned to him saying that
q fellow was there trying to sell horse
and buggy and he thought the thing
looked little suspicious. The Hope
dale marshal had not heard Of any rig
being stolen but thought the Newark
marshal had and asked IL there was
such an outfit missing from any place.
The Hopedale officer was told Of the
case and he captured the man and the
rig. Then the sheriff here was notified
and a description Of the horse and
buggy given. It tailed exactly witt
that of the missing rig and Sheriff Zai-
ser with Mr.. Kinney and r. F. Wilson,
of Mapleton, will go to Hopedale after
the horse and prisoner Friday after
noon.
Hopedale is about go miles from Ma
pleton and the theft was evidently maxi
ing for the state line to get over into
the mountains Of West Virginia.
Sheriff Zaiser returned from his trip
to Hopedale Saturday morning a badly
disappointed man. He went down Fri
day night to take In charge Samuel
Shorthand, the fellow who stole w. F.
Kinney's horse and buggy from Maple
ton Wednesday night. He found Short
land and the whole outfit. The horse
and buggy were turned over to Mr..
Kinney, who went along down, and he
started on the homeward drive, happy
in the recovery of his property. The
sheriff took charge of Shorthand. There
being no trains to bring him to Canton
Friday night the sheriff took him over
to Jewett. There he placed the thief in
the hands of Marshal Kiser and the
mayor. The marshal locked Shorthand
in the city prison. Sheriff Zaiser sug-
gested that a guard had better be
placed at the prison, but the mayor and
marshal both secuted at the idea. Mr..
Zaiser said that he would pay for the
guard. but the marshal said it was not
necessary, that the prisoner could not
get out.
Sheriff Zaiser went to the hotel and
about o'clock Saturday morning
Marshal Kiser came crawling up to the
hostelry to inform the sheriff that
Shorthand had skipped. A big hole in
the side Of the prison told how it hap
pened.
The marshal had left piece Of an old
shovel in the prison and Shorthand had
used this to pry out some scantling
that Joined part Of the prison wall. Then
he took the scantling and battered the
siding Off the building until he had a
clear hole to freedom.
The sheriff telephoned to all the sur
towns for the officers to look
out for the escaped prisoner and then
he took the train and came home dis
gusted.
Shorthand was the fellow who was
from the first of having taken
the Kinney rig. He had been hanging
around Mapleton for several days be-
fore the horse and buggy disappeared,
and he was found missing at the same
time.
A LIVELY TIME.
The sheriff had a lively time at Hope
dala Short lor n hoa a
locked up by gang of rather tough
customers who had an idea that there
was reward offered. They had got
ten the keys to the lookup from the
marshal and then refused to give them
back. When sheriff Zaiser got there
they began to talk about reward. There
was no reward offered and then they
began to get ugly. There were about
fifty In the crowd, and many Of them
half drunk. The sheriff demanded the
man and they at first demurred. He
told them to open up the cooler or he
would open 1t himself. Then they open
ed 1t and he got Shorthand. Then he
went after the buggy. The crowd be-
gan to murmur. They got in the way
and obstructed In every manner possi-
BILE. The sheriff ordered them back and
Mr.. Kinney got his rig and lit out Of
town at lively clip.
The gang wanted $50 reward, but they
did not get 1t, and the citizens who
know the people say the expected trou-
BILE. The sheriff got away all right,
however, and landed his man at Jewett.
only to have him escape during the
night As he left Hopedale the crowd
jeered and yelled to Shorthand that he
should get another horse and bring It
down and they would help him get
away next time.