The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-28
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Albert Howard Arrested fer Stealing

/ Albert Howard Arrested fer Stealing
ISi& OF e. Il. Day OF ushing, .. T.
I Albert Howard, alias Ed White, was
/ arrested Sunday afternoon charged with
/ stealing a horse, harness and buggy from
I Dr. c. r. Day Of Edmond, o. T. How
ard came to Wichita Saturday and was
I driving a handsome sorrel mare hitched
I TO a well worn buggy. He trieo to dis
/ pose of the rig 10 several parties but
/ did not succeed in doing so. Along in the
! evening he drove out in the country.
north of town, and stopped at the Sulli-
van farm and wanted to put up for the
night. Howard told the Sullivans that
/ his name was Ed White and that he was
a painter by trade and on is way to
! Valley Center.
! Attorney Tom Sullivan was out on the
! farm to spend Sunday with his folks, and
+ he saw the mare that the painter had
and was very much impressed with her
size, style and beauty. He wanted to
/ buy a horse, and lnis one looked like she
might suit him, so he Dantered the fell
low Tor q price on the OUTFIT. The sLrang-
/ er said the mare was for sale and asked
/ S125 for her but after little stick whit
/ Ting droppe4 TO a hundred dollars. Tom
/ offered $50 cash and a good Jersey COW.
The offer being accepted the money was
paid over
/ On Sunday Howard accompanied Tom
and VIII Sullivan to town, driving the
new mare. On the street in this city they
met Mr.. Yazel the liveryman. who called
the Sullivan boys to one side and told
them that the stranger, white" had
/ tried to sell him lie mare on Saturday
afternoon and -aat he had bought her
for SIS, but would not take ner, al the
/ fellow told so many conflicting sto~ies
and could not give a good title. This
made the Sullivans doubtful concerning
their guest, SO they went to police head
! quarters and notified the police. a thor
/ ough search was made for White, but
he was not to be found.
Later in the afternoon he went to Tom
( Sullivans home on East First street,
( finding both boys there. They questioned
him and were told four different stories
J The boys feeling confident that they had
! bought a stolen horse. Tom Sullivan
asked him TO get in the buggy with him.
saving he wanted TO talk to him. They
told the suspected thief that his work
was pretty coarse and they would drive
him to police headquarters for an inves-
! tigation. lie was taken Up into the
/ chs rs Office, where he told enough con-
hicting stories to Justify the officers in
holding him.
From the description Of the horse given
by ITS late purchaser, it was thought at
/ headquarters that it was one reported
stolen IN Oklahoma. On Investigation a
card was found from the marshal at Ed
moud. O. r.. giving q description Of a
mare, harness and buggy stolen from
DR.. Day OF that town a week ago last
Sunday. The mare and harness that the
sullivan boys bought answered the de-
scription sent out by the Oklahoma Of
fccr, but the buggy did not. A telegram
was sent 10 Dr.. Day at Edmond. he
/ came 40 here yesterday. went with Tom
sullivan over to SANKEY'S barn and pick
ed his mare ont of the big stable fun Of
horses. also Identifying his harness. He
said. however. that the buggy was not
the one that had been stolen with the
mare. The owner said that he raised the
marc and that as she was q fine blooded
animal and pet he had been offered a
big price Tor her several times and had
always refused 70 sell her AT any price.
and was very glad TO get her back again
lie teleeraphed the officer at Edmond 10
send MP here for the horse thief. who
viii bc taken back to Oklahoma and
dealt with according TO law
The police department recovered the
SD that the Suilivans had paid Tor the
mare. and it was turned over 10 them
/ The man. White or Howard. had not con-
fessed 81 late hour last night thai be
had stolen The horse bat st IS expected
thar be VIII &c SD before the officer gets
( here from oklahoma However. he told
/ Ten sullivan that his real name was
/ Bert Howard. that he came from Cush-
/ Ing. o. r.. and tad an uncle names +. ".
f. Pratt living az Antrim. also one named
! A. C Alexander living az Cushing. @. r.
He would not say anything about the
buggy that was taken with the mare ana
fl IS evident that it was traded Ter the
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