Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-05-19
TIE pOLlcENAB A BURGLAR
Frank Smith Bsastlne.y Csn-
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Store in Muraock, Neb.

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Partner Caught at Missouri Val
/ Icy with Sie!en Goods 'Sausa!s'
on His Pa!--SherEff Mcbride Of
Cass County, Sees Ills man.
Frank Smith, aged %, a self
confessed burglar and a fugi-
tive from justice, was arrested
at 10 O'clock last night in the
Soudan district by Detectives
Follis and Richard of the police
department and locked up in
the city Jail.
On the night of May 9, a
week ago last night, Smith, ac-
cording to his own story, was
in the town of Murdoch, Cass
county, Neb. Accompanied by
a helper he went to the rear of
the hardware store OF A. j.
Tool. Placing a gunny sack
against the window to protect
j his fist, he smashed the glass
and climbed into the store,
leaving his confederate outside
to hold the sack. No money
could be found, but cutlery and
. revolvers to the amount of over
$50 was dumped into the sack
}. and the pair left the city.
Notice of the burglary was
telephoned from Murdoch to
Plattsmouth, the county seat of
Cass county, and good descrip-
lions of two young men who
had been hanging around the
town the day before were sent
to j. d. Mcbride, sheriff of the
county. Mr.. Mcbride tele-
phoned to all railroad functions
around and at Missouri Valley
got a reply from j. j. Deal, the
town marshal, that he believed
he had seen bis men there. Mr..
Deals surmise was correct and
last Saturday night he found
the helper with some of the
cutlery in his pockets. The
fellow squealed and said his
F partner was a man named
Smith and that he had gone to
Sioux City. Sheriff Mcbride
and Marshal Deal were in SIOUX
City last night when Detectives
Follis and Richard escorted
Smith into the police station.
At first the fellow denied all
, knowledge of the burglary, but
? after a few minutes he told of
it boastingly. Sioux City
Journal.
1t is natural for the city
police to claim everything. The
facts in the above are that
Marshal Deal of this city cap
tured the partner of the man
; in Sioux City, and telephoned
the police of that city that he
had the burglar and that the
man had squealed and told
where his partner could be
$ found in Sioux City. Last mig hit
: Marshal Deal took the man to
! Sioux City and put him in the
2 hands of the police. The chief
detective and two of the police
went to the place where the
Y burglar said his partner would
0 be found, and Mr.. Deal went
v along with them. He remained
outside while the Sioux City
: officers were inside. While
i. Jake was waiting outside a fel.
low came along and asked him
for a nickel to help get a bed
for the night. As soon as the
man asked for the nickel Jake
knew he was the man he was
after, so he got him to wait a
few minutes till his partner
came out. While he was talk
ing with the man, the chief
: came out and the man was ar.
rested. The marshall from
Plattsmouth took the man to
that place today. Jake feels
that he did a good job in catch
ing the burglar.
d. A. Bramon has moved from
Omaha to the Valley. Mr.. Bra
mon will work at the machin-
lists trade in this city.
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