The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15
SPLENDID WORK DONE.
Lafayette County officials Broke Up
Gang Horse Thieves

Through the untirsug efforts Of Ia
faSetse county officials, who have acted
~ thout pay or reward, one OF the.
t,lst notorious gangs of horse thleve,
a At ever operated in this country has
Sen broken up and all the onltt WIN
{ uld be Cotton At are either in thp
nilenuary or will soon be there.
A fe~ months ago some len OF
tseiye horses we're stolen in this county,
I'D disappeared with a mystery sur.
sounding the theits that tor a long
Aane was inexplainable. Prosecuting
.AlIorney Black well and Sheriff Thomas
were made acquainted With the facts
tnd immediately went to work to run
tdnwn the thieves. Cards were sent out
W those from whom horses had been
stolen and after time a message came
from Bates county, this state, to the
effect that there was a man 10 jail
there who knew the whereabouts ol
,Nhe property taken from l.afaJ cite
MIR, Black well went 10 Butler a d
found imprisoned there a man natued
Joseph White, who had been sentenced
Itoithe penltenliary for horse stealing Ia
Shat county. White made a writer
statement tor Mr.. Blackwell IN eff =,
tAat the Lafayette county horses were
near Auburn, Nebraska, and named l.
T.Goldsberry aud his two sous as impll.
Gated 10 the thefts and knowing wher-
the stock was. InformatlCn was filed 10
Missouri, one OF the Goldsberry boss wa,
Firested aud Gov. Dockery issued d
acquisition on the governor Of Ne
hraska for the return OF the prisoner to
lhs state for trial. The Goldsberrys
Gnducted a big livery barn at Auburn,
hebraska, were prosperous, and sue.
Gededin convincing the governor OF
4nat state that young Goldsberry had
Qpt been in Missouri. Hence the
acquisition was refused.
Determined to punish the scoundreIs
RfOsectiug-Altorney Blackwell sue.
Ceeded in having the Goldsberrys ar
vested on The charge 81 receiving stolen
property in that state and then the
Var began.
White, through whose statement the
Goldsberrys had been implicated in the
&hefts, expressed a willingness to 90 TO
Nebraska and testify against the men
With whom he had previously operated,
Out trouble arose in that there is no
4aw providing for the taking Of a con-
Sict from this state to testify in another.
Onabashen, Mr.. Black we'll went 10
Jefferson City and applied to Gov.
Dockery tor Whites pardon. The
governor at first refused, but after b..
ing assured BY the prosecuting attorney
OF Lafayette county that White would
be resrrested on the charge Of horse
Sealing and that there was no posi-.
Niiitg Of acquittal, Gov. Dockery par
doned White in order that a lot o.,
Other criminals might be convicted.
rs White came forth from the stale
Peniientiary be met Sheriff Thomas
who immediately arrested him and
brought him to Lexington. Later be
,Was taken 10 Nebraska and appeared
agslnsr the Goldsberrys, all three Of
wbom have been convicted. Other.
implicated along with the GOldsberryl
have fed the country and, as said
Shove, one Of the best organized anc
most notorious gangs Of horse thieves
<hs section Of country has known fol
years has been broken up.
Too much praise cannot be bestowe,
lpcn the Lafayette county official
lbo ran these scoundrels to earth.
White is now in jail here, awaitii
rial 90 the Charge Of horse stealing.