The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-01
WICHITA BOY STOLE
HORSES AND WAGON
Love for His Dog Gets the
Lad in Jail.
LEFT HERE RECENTLY
Clayton Clark Doesn't Like
Oklahoma Country.

The following story is taken from the
Enid Eagle:
Clayton Clark so loved his little Curly
haired dog that he stole a team of horses
and wagon in order to keep the little
beast from getting away from him and
at the same time reach Wichita, where
he claims he lives.
a team of horses and the delivery
wagon of the Faubion grocery store was
stolen Thursday morning from the side
of the store, at ESQ a. NJ, just after The
delivery boy had hitched The horses to
make his morning distribution of gro
ceries. A search instituted by the de-
livery boy and citizens failed to locate
the team or wagon and Deputy Sheriff
Morrison was notified Of the incident and
started a search. He discovered that
small boy was seen going to the north
early in the morning, so he and Mr..
Faubion started out to track the wagon.
In the mean time the boy, who is but
IS years old, was perched upon the seat
with his little dog at his SIDE, driving
as hard as he could toward the Kansas
line. When he had gone about seven
miles from Enid he saw two men in
buggy back of him and he supposed that
he was pursued, and after whipping the
horses until they were almost exhausted
he adopted radical measures to get away.
He unhitched one horse and throwing
the harness off. made a bride of one
line and attempted TO ride off. The horse
had never been ridden, and objected on
the spot, so the boy was forced to aban-
don his booty and hasten toward Krem-
lin From there he got ride in a wagon
a part of the way TO Pond Creek, reach
ing there in the morning. Deputy Nor
rison and Mr.. Faubion had no trouble in
tracking the boy, and when they found
the stolen team the latter returned to
Enid, while Mr. Morrison went on TO
Pond Creek. where, about o'clock, he
arrested the boy. He was brought to
this city on the 40 train and lodged in
Jail.
He told his story to the officers in a
way that would indicate that he is not
hardened criminal and stated that he
had always been honest before. MY
mother and I went to Okarche few days
ago." he said, from Wichita. 1 didn't
like the place and concluded that
would go back to Kansas. 1 walked most
of the seventy miles to Enid. I have
brother-in-law who is a Wichita dentist.
] was trying to get back to Them"
When asked why he didn't steal ride
on the train, instead of taking the horses
and wagon, he said that he couldn't take
his dog on the train. His crime, despite
his age is punishable by a term in The
penitentiaTy.
The boy Clayton Clark, and his mother
whose name is Mrs. Kate Clark, left
Wichita, where they had made their
home for the past ten or twelve years.
for Olzarche. o.. II, several weeks ago.
They went to that place TO live with
friends.
Young Clark has a sister, Mrs. Frank
Edwards who still resides in this city in
the tenth block on East First street,
where Mrs. Clark and her son Clayton
aslo lived prior to their departure for
Oklahoma.
Clayton Clark was for a long time an
employe of the Western Union Telegraph
company. He quit there for the purpose
of going to school. 1t is supposed here
that the boy did not think of committing
any wrong I'm taking a team and wagon
which did not belong to him, and only
desired to reach his former home as soon
as possible. He was never before known
to have gotten into serious trouble dur
ing the time he lived in Wichita.