The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06
HOPE TO ROUND UP
HORSE THIEF GANG.
Partial Confession Makes Police
Believe They Are on Trail
of Experts.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED.
Parts of Many Missing Vehicles Are
Discovered and Identiied-Mis-
creants Have Worked
Systematically.

The arrest Friday night OF Edward New
man, 2s years old. of No. 25S7 Maiden Lane.
on 4 charge of being party to the theft OF
a horse and storm buggy from Doctor H c.
Dalton of No. 1881 Delmar avenue. Decem-
Der {, and his subsequent accusation OF
another prisoner, Henry Kemplemann. OF
No. 25Os Maiden Lane. may result, say the
police. in the rounding UP Of an expert gang
OF horse thieves.
Newman was arrested by Sergeant Dor
sey and Oficer Macaulay Of the Ninth Dis
trict, after a fight in his back yard. where
the officers fred three shots. He is now in
the Jefferson Avenue Police Station. where
under sweating he has implicated others.
Kemplemann included. Kemplemann is now
held at the Fou Courts under q warrant
charging him with grand larceny in the
theft of a buggy from Martin Mcpherson
OF No. 2s12 Madison street.
In running down the supposed gang of
thieves the police discovered their hiding
place for stolen property In a stable at No.
III North Jefferson avenue. Newman has
admitted being the renter OF this property.
In the stable were found the tops OF two
storm buggies, one pair Of shafts. one rum
ming gear painted over red, one storm bug
gy repainted, G. quantity OF harness and
blankets IN inc ydT0 IN tne rear OF new
mans home were found as diverse an as
s~ortnent Of Parts.
Doctor Dalton has identified the top OF
his storm buggy. Henry Klinger of the
Columbia brewery has identified the top Of
a buggy stolen from him December 20.
George H. Beckman OF No. 1875 North JEFF
ferson avenue has identified a tarpaulin
and Doctor Funkhauser has, by the aid of
his liveryman. Identified a buggy stolen
from him July u. 1888. about the time the
depredations OF the gang were first noticed.
Newman admits having sold the lamps
Of Doctor Dalton's rig to Sam Mintz. a sec
ondhand dealer at No. LIS North Sixth
street. He says that he also sold to Mintz
Dalton's wheels and parts of his harness.
When the police searched the Mintz prem
Uses no trace of the property could be found.
For the last two months horse thiev.Hg
has been OF daily occurrence In ST Louis.
Only the best OF horses were stolen. the
best carriages and most elegant harness.
The equipage OF Doctor Dalton had just
cost 500. The doctor tied his horse and
buggy in front OF his house for the first
time. when II was driven of.
The usual method of the thieves has been
to abandon horse and buggy after stripping
of the harness.. II, as is often the case,
that were of better appearance thar the
rest OF the outfit. Frequently the horse
would be found wandering the streets with
In a few hours Of the crime, but nothing
more would be seen of carriage and har-
ness. In no case was a horse stolen alone,
the animals being too hard to disguise.
All the parts SO far recovered by the DO
lice have been tempered with, in hope Of
rendering them difhcult Of Identification. In
many instances the harness would be dyed.
as often taken apart, and the fragments
scattered over half the city. Carriages were
almost without exception repainted and dis
mantled.
The same tactics were employed with
horses. A long-tailed animal which came
into possession Of the. miscreants would
leave them locked. II he had a white foot,
It would be dyed: IL the despoiled was too
active In his Efforts to locate his lost horse.
the animal would be kept for months in
pasture. as was the case with Doctor Pa
vold's horse, which was also clipped and
shoTn Of its name.