People's voice., 1900-08-09
Walt Murray's Horse and Buggy Stolen.

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walt Murray's bay driving horse
ana raooer tired buggy were stolen
from MS barn on East Harvey avenue
sunday. The rig was tracked two
miles south Of town next morning by
Aura Keagy, and the authorities 10
tne various Oklahoma towns where
the thief is likely to stop, as we'll a.
Towns north, east and west OF We'll
llngton, were notified by wire to keep
lookout.
The horse was stolen sometime be-
tween midnight and . next
morning. Mrs. Murray heard a sus-
plclous noise 10 the barn about that
Time, but dismissed IL from her mind.
as such noises were not infreouent.
rhe theft was not discovered until
ABOUT 9 o'clock next morning. Aura
heagy, brother OF Mrs. Murray,
tracked the buggy in a clrcuitous
route about town and followed IL two
miles south Oh the South Haven tele-
phone road.
Murray's horse was hitched 10 front
lf Joe Smiths clothing store Satur.
day night untll 9 o'clock, and the
actions OF a tall fellow, fairly well
1ressed and a stranger ih Wellington.
aroused the suspicious OF Ed Smith
aud Arthur Hoover, who notified City
Marshal Cox and Assistant Marshal
johnson Turner, but the fellow did
nothlIg 6 TO incriminate himself and
was not arrested. He kept walking
back and forth eyeing the horse, and
twice made movements which indica
ted that he was on the point OF un-
hitching the animal aud driving
away with the rig. He stood for
awhile at the north display window o.
the store on the pretense Of looking
at the goods in the window, but was
in reality watching the horse. Ed
Smith noted this, and kept a close
watch OF him. The man fiually in
Quired about the owner OF the horse
md where he lived. When Murray
1nhitched the horse to drive home.
Smith told him OF the incident, re-
marking that the stranger either
wanted to buy the horse or steal It.
Murray told his wife, but they did
not attach much significance to f..
The barnyard gate is always kept
Ocked and the barn doors securely
fastened, The thief pulled the staple
On the gate with a hammer and un-
latched the barn door from the in
side.
The stolen animal is fine one, and
will 90 as fast as the driver will let
him until he drops dead. 1t is proba-
Die, II the rig was headed south, that
it was in Blackwell by 7 o'clock this
morning. The rubber tires are bran
new, having recently been put on the
buggy.
W. T. Cowherd says that he has
noticed suspicious character about
town for several days past who was
convicted OF horse stealing in Grant
county, Oklahoma. He answers the
description Of the man described by
Ed Smith and Arthur Hoover, except
as tn height.
A message was received Tuesday
ing to the effect that Walt Mnrray's
horse had been located at Ponca City
The thief escaped, however, and
Sheriff Shawver returned to Ponca
City to try and capture him. A
reward Of s25 had been offered by Mr..
Murray in addition to the standing
reward for the recovery Of the rig. II
is thought the thief will be appre.
hended, as the officers have a pretty
good description OF the man.
Walt Murray went from Wi,hlta
to Ponca City last night to get his
horse and buggy. A message was re-
ceived from Sheriff Shaver this
morning saying that the mare was in
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