The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09
Mysterious
Burglary at Glencoe
UnraYe!ed
on Slender. CItrn-
on Slender Clues.


in which he resided. IIe walked ra1fu,-
but the young blacksmith was abr. ~
keep him in sight. ON and ON he went
until he came to the stock yards at tho
milwaukee, depot There he stop9el far a
lew minutes when he was joined by Mo-
Lean and Owens and the three held
conversation without running the risk of
being discovered
/ Will tell you, fellows" said Lewis.
we must get that ring back at once or
1t Will get us into trouble Who knows
put that some one may be able to idelt if,-
1t and if Shey do we are "au in" /
haven't money enough to get it from him.
put we must throw in together and get
IT, was fool to ever show that ring
but 1t was the desire to win back the
money! had lost that made me DO it.
Well said Mclean, Il have about SIS
and If Owens can make it enough to make
1t $25 we will get the thing In the morn
ing Then there will be no danger Can
you raise ST. Owens?"
Il can. Here it is" and he handed out
the money which was placed with Nc
Cleans SIS In Lewis hands and the trio
returned to their homes. They had made
gain possession of the ring which ac-
cording to their conversation, might get
them into trouble.
McGuffy Got Busy.
But McGuffy did not return to his
home. AS can already be surmised h1
had a mission to perform, and he could
not sleep until it was done. He hastily
made his way, to his employers home
and, going into the barn, took out the
saodIe horse that was kept there, and
without delay mounted the animal and
started for the county seat, twelve miles
distant. He reached the town Just It
dayDreak and at once made his way to
the sherlh office Awakening that Off
and nXnlgfnfnp a..
proceeded to Justice of the peace and
McGuny SWOre out warrants for the ar
rest Of the trio mentioned above. charg-
ing them with burglarizing the express
At 8 o'clock the three young n who
mad Deen leading so fast a life IOr the
Few months previous We're in the city jail
charged with burglary. They denied tine
Charge, but circumstances pointed strOu.,-
ly To their guilt. Mclean and Owens
each had part Of the jeWelry stolen from
the office in their possession. and Lewis
had forfeited one of the diamond rings
in the poker game.
They were indicted by the grand jury
and brought to trial 1T was then that
the circumstances OF the case and Of th.
investigation leading to their capture be
came public. As soon as the local OK
cltement over the robbery had died out
Ihe express company had sent one of it's
pest detectives to the scene He rad am
peared In Glencoe under the disguise OF
a blacksmith, and had associated with
the guilty parties. The jewelry stolen
had been ordered shipped to a person that
did not exist in order that it might be
IN the office when the place was bur
glarized McGuffy had gone to the firm
in Chicago that had shipped the goods
ana had served the letter ordering it
The envelope was one of the ready
stamped kind and had been purchased
IN Manchester about thirty miles from
Glencoe. He learned that Lewis had
peen IN Manchester a few days before
the order had been written. The writing
Of the order was in McLean's hand. and
ne found place where Owens had Dur-
chased some nitroglycerin.
When all the circumstances were told
10 the young men they concluded to ac-
knowledge the crime. and when he
state state rested it's case they changed their
plea to guilty The judge sentenced them
10 three years imprisonment
Thus McGUffy, working on the merest
details, had been able to trace out a
crime which appeared 50 well conceal led
as to almost battle the detectives. He
mad demonstrated that II Is usually NOT
81 d1tficuIt to take one clue and follow
Il until a chain Of circumstances are
buIIt up which proves cOnclusively the
guilt of a criminal