Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
HORSES
Chief Of Police Gray Locates Ami
mails Taken in Missouri.
ALEX FRANKLIN CANNOT BE FOUND
S. E. Thorne, of Alpha, Mo-, Who Lost
Team in June, Receivers 1t Today.
Chief Gray Also Finds Harness
Stolen in Missouri.
from Wednesdays Daily.1

lFrom Wednesdays Daily.1
As sequel to the capture of Flet-
cher Franklin, the Missouri outlaw,
Chief John Gray today obtained
team of horses, which the man is
charged with stealing from S. E.
Thorne of Alpha, Mo-, in June Mr.
Thorne arrived in Ottumwa last night
in answer to a telegram from Mr. Gray
to the effect that he had located the
horses and this morning the two drove
to the home of Albert Gosney near
Amador, where the horses were Sc
cured. Mr. Gosney, having learned
that the horses had been stolen
before they We're sold to him, came to
Ottumwa this morning hunting Chief
Gray and as soon as Mr.. Thorne gave
satisfactory proof of his ownership of
the animals they were turned over to
him.
Harness Is Found.
That Chief Gray was right in sus-
pecting Alex Franklin, the brother of
the man who is now safe behind the
bars in Missouri, was proved conclu-
sively last night when two men from
Missouri positively identified as their
were found in Alex Franklin's posses
sion a week ago and one other said
that he saw the man pack the harness
in trunk at Milan and prepare the
whole for shipment to his address
here.
Is Well Rewarded.
The men to whom the harness be-
longs returned to Missouri with their
property today and Mr.. Thorne will
ship his horses home tomorrow. The
men have positively identified their
property and have paid to Chief Gray
the rewards offered for the recovery of
the horses and harness. The Ottum-.
wa officer received, in addition to the
thanks of the Missouri farmers, whose
lives have been made a burden by the
Franklins in the past, $50 for the re-.
covery of the harness, 500 for the re-
covery of the horses, and this added
to the 5000 which he received, as re-
ward for Fletch Franklins arrest a.
week ago, makes a rather tidy sum,
which may be increased with further
developments in the case.
Alex. Franklin Escapes.
Alex. Franklin, who is charged with
the theft of the two sets of harness
which We're found in his possession
when his house was searched last
week, but which could not be identi-
fed until the owners arrived from Mis-
souri,, has left town, and probably for
all time. Where he is is question
which the police would like to have
answered, but the farmers of this part
the state may rest assured that they
will not be bothered ~ the depreda,
tons either of him or his friends, for
Wapello county has grown rather
warm for such people recently.
Alex Franklin, after being kept in
Jail over night after having his house
searched last week, was released by
the local officers, as there was no
charge on which he could be held.
Chief Gray, however, notified him to
be in readiness to come to the police
station when requested and he prom
ised that he woull do so. However,
he has not been seen in Ottumwa
since Monday morning and at that
time he was going south on the Wa
bash tracks with handcar, headed
toward Missouri. Yesterday morning
not being aware that Franklin had left
the city, Chief Gray went to his home
on Ellis avenue to place him under ar
rest, the harness having been identi-
fed the night before The man was
not at home and his wife stated to
the chief and Officer Nelson, who ac-
companied him, that her husband was
looking for work. After search of
the house, which proved that his man