The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
HETH IS ARRESTED
Wanted in Wichita on Three
Distinct Charges.
CONFINED AT WELLINGTON
Is Implicated In Store Robbery
at Belle PLANE.

Bob Heth who is wanted by the Wich-
ita officers or three distinct charges is
under arrest and is confined In the
county Jail in Sumner county at yelling
ton. Heth is wanted here on one charge
of stealing a bicycle. another OF stealing
a horse and wagon in company with
another man and the third charge is
that of stealing two bicycles out of Lit
son Bros bicycle store. one night last
summer.
The crime for which Heth Is now in
confinement was committed at Belle
Plaine some weeks ago. The citizens Of
that town were aroused one night by
the announcement that some men were
robbing a store. The people surrounded
the store with shot-guns and finally the
two men appeared on the porch above
the store The crowd opened FIRE and as
a result, one of the men who gave his
name as Anderson, was shot and wound
ed in the limbs. It afterward developed
that the man was the same fellow, who.
under the name of Emerson. shot at
Officer Sam Jones on North Main street
some time ago.
. Heth during the excitement escaped and
at the same time the Wichita officers
were looking for him on the charges here
the officials of Summer county wanted
him also. Heth was arrested at STAFF
ford and wheel stolen from c. B. Wal
ker, the book-keeper at L. w. Clapp's,
was found in Heths room.
Since his confinement in the Sumner
county Jail, Heth has been identified as
the man who was one of the two who
escaped at Udall from the people who
tried to detain them on the charge OF
stealing the bicycles from Litson's store.
The men tried to sell the wheels there,
or in fact did dispose of them. and the
purchasers became suspicious and decid-
ed to hold the men, but the men got
away and were not captured at that time
In order to make sure that the man at
Wellington, was the one wanted here,
Detective Sutton made a trip to that city
yesterday and identified him as Heth.
and the same man was wanted here.
While Sutton was there Heth was ex-
amined and was found to have several
shots in his body, the result of the Bell
Plaine escapade.
Anderson, or Emerson, as he is known
here, has turned evidence against Heth
and states that he is the man who was
with him at Belle PLANE and says that
he was the man who secured the wheels
and also the horse and buggy in this
city.
The career of Heth is peculiar. Some
four years ago he went to Belle Plaine
to play bah with a team from that place
and when he started home. he walked
On the way home he entered a. farm
house and secured a revolver and a few
things and before he could get out the
farmer and his family drove up. The
farmer raised number of the neighbors
miles south OF town. A man named
Swartz was one of the pursuers and
when he thought that he had Heth foul,
the boy pulled out the revolver secured
at the farm house and shot the man in
the face. Heth got away and went to
Missouri. He was afterwar dcaught and
returned here. He was given sentence
in the penitentiary of ten years. Soon
after being committed, "Tiger Bill''
Campbell became interested and secured
a reversal of the case on the grounds
that Heth was only 10 years Of age;
that he was scared and did the shooting
in self defense. The case came up for
trial and was dismissed and Heth went
free.
A few months ago Heth got into
cJn -
Simmons had a warrant for him and
brought him back, and when tried was
given a sentence for petty larceny. He
served his term and a short time after
being released from custody, the bicycles
were taken from the Litson store on
Lawrence avenue. The officers watched
the case and became satisfied that Heth
was the man wanted. Anderson. or En-
erson has given the officers information
and both Heth and Anderson have been
identified as the men who got away
with wheels. After that time the wheel
belonging to Mr. Walker was stolen and
when the officers went. to get Heth
they found the wheel in his room. This
makes the chain of evidence stronger.
The horse stealing affair occurred IN
September and the evidence is that Heth
and the man called Anderson are the
fellows. The horse was found IN the
south part of the city and was returned
TO the owner. People who saw the horse
and buggy claim that two men had it In
their possession.
Heth viii be proecuted by the authorf-
ties OF Sumner county and when he Is re-
leased, as he win be some time. the three
charges will stare him in the face.
The officers here are elated over the
capture Of Heth, as he Is considered q
bad man, although young IN years. The
fact OF his shooting a man and being
mixed ND in 50 many affairs. IS ample
evidence of that fact.