The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-27


! :. THE CHASE,
"Joe, get your " Z, Il now \, the by-
word On The street. 4 The capture of
the wanted criminal was the topic
of conversation Tuesday, and those,
knowing the circumstances consider.
the capture was we'll made and fort
innate that no one was injured.
The following from q circular sent
the Sheriff, $50 reward will be paid
for the arrest and detention of Chas
Kerfuss in any Jail in the United
States. Kerfuss is % years old
weight about 1876 pounds, s feet s or
s inches high, light brown hair
generally worn q little long and
parted in the middle, blue eyes,
smooth shaved, erect in bearing,
prominent forehead and very active.
When last seen he wore q wine
colored suit and light gray hat. He
has with him Maggie Blick and will
probably represent her to be his
wife. She is 10 years old weight
about 100 pounds, very heavy black
hair, a little near sighted and does
not hear very we'll.
These people were last seen at Su-
gar City, Colo, on Sept. rs, 1901,
headed toward Denver driving small
black horse to top buggy. Kerfuss
is wanted for grand larceny, bur-
glary, breaking Jail and shooting
with intent to kill. He is a young
man with unusual nerve and when
cornered by an officer will do any
thing to get away. He has made
bis escape from two sets of officers
since. breaking Jail here Sept. 2,
1901. Once at Salem, Kas., on Sept.
9 1901, and again at Sugar City,
Colo, on Sept. IS, 1901. Kerfuss
and this girl speak German are very
good looking and pleasant, can look
yon square in the eye when talking
to you. Both have open counter
ances and one is more apt to s1's.
pect Kerfuss of being preachers
son than a thief. He is very fond
of good horses and is likely to De
found at horse ranch, sale yard or
livery stable. The pictures hereto
attached are very good. Wire any
information to NJ. E. Dixon, Chair
man hoard of County Commission
ers, Hays City. Ellis Co., Kansas.
W. H. Blair, employed by Diech-
koff Bros, was the first man to lay
hands on Kerfuss. While he was
transacting some business on the
street corner of 10th street and 3rd
avenue, he saw the man come out
Of the hotel followed by Mr.. Doolit-
tie and heard him call, ''catch him"
Blair at once took after the man also
Mr.. Doolittle, who lost sight of him
in..the vicinity of W. W. Loveless'
residence. Blair jumped in a rig
with Mr.. Crandall near Rev. Aull' g
and they drove until Kerfues was
seen near Jos. Lovelees' and then
Blair took after him again, running
him in to.Lo7eless' yard when Joe
got sight Of them, and grabbed an
Ak. The fellow turned to come out
Of the yard and as he saw Blair, rails
ed the neck yoke as if he was going
to strike. Blair told him to put it
down which was done and Blair
then grabbed Kerfuss who gave up.
He refused to got in rig that was
at hand and said he would walk
whereupon Blair picked him up and
threw him in the rig. Mrs. W. ".
Loveless was hanging out clothes
when Kerfuss ran through her yard,
and was considerably frightened to
see man in his shirt sleeves, hand
cuffed and running as he was. He
picked up the neck yoke in Earl
Cutler yard. Mr.. Blair was the first
man to lay hands on him after he
was handcuffed.
Another report states that as Ker-
fuss started to come out the gate of
the yard, Jos. met him with the ak
raised in the air and the cu'prit at
once surrendered.
Attorney Crandall was aware that
the arrest would be made and had
just come outside of the court house
from his Office where he had been to