Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-15
IN DURANGO .!'';|: VILE Y j
Ike Emerson Awaits the Action Of
the Grand Jury on Charge
Of Grand Larceny.

Isaac Emerson, Ex-Graud Chan.
ce]lor and Pine Mini=ter to Hif
Majesty King Ben ''When Pighood
WAS in Flower, is At present languish.
tng in the county Jail, charged with
grand larceny In the second degree
His preliminary hearing was held be.
fore Judge Muller last Saturday and
as the evidence introduced tended to
prove that the crime which will be
hereinafter more minutely described
had been committed by the above men.
toned attendant he was bound over
to await the investigation and con
s'quent action Of the grand jury a,
the June term Of district court. His
bail was fixed at $500, which he was
unable 10 produce. The introduction
to the above news item Is as fullows:
Some time ago fire visited and
partly damaged A. B. Hanscom's
confectionery on Pacific avenue. A
Quantity OF snuff, cigars and smoking
'tobacc g which were saved from ruin
at that time was later stored tempor.
arily in shed immedia, ely east ol
Hanscom's pool room on Benson ave.
nue. On or about Jan. II, Mr.. Han
scom fou ID the door forced open and
the goods gone. All he was able to
discover ater u thorough search was
lone cigar carefully laid away by
Itself in corner OF shelf, supposed
ly left by the thieves either by an
oversight or that MIR. Hanscom nigh,
have q souvenir by which to remem.
Der the occasion OF their nightly visit.
The police authorities were informed
OF the theft and an investigation 9,
once commenced. On Feb. 8, while
searching Emerson's room, Chief o1
Police Bonde found box Of "Oxford
Hash" smoking tobacco in q poke,
OF one Of his (Emsrson's) coats ano
on the following day George Hanscom
found four boxes of "Horseshoe''
snuff in Mr.. Emerson's grip and q
fifth one lying in the snow near Qvale
& Peterson's lumber yard. These
facts tended to fix a crime on Emer.
son and later developments proved
that the suspicion was we'll founded.
According to previously arranged
plan Albert Larson, a Great Northern
call boy, induced Ike to. shon.z hin
where the goods were secreted and
meanwhile Chief Bonde kept his eye
on the proceedings. Having satisfied
himself that the goods were hid some
where in Qvale and Peterson's lumbe,
yard, Bonde asked Ike on the rex,
day, Thursday, Feb. 9, to bring thu
same to him. At first he was some.
what unwilling but he finally ferreted
The stuff wanted out from behind q
pile OF lumber. His arrest followed
At the preliminary hearing he denied
the theft in the most emphatic manner.
He said he knew nothing about the
theft only what he had heard from
some other persons talking about il
in the room next to his Who these
persons were he was unable to tell.
He furthermore sought to impress up
on the mind of the Judge that be could
not be the guilty party because at the
time the crime is supposed to have
been committed he was confined to his
room with q very bad eye and this
fact he asked ''Pete," as he endear.
ingly calls Chief Bonde, to corro.
borate. AS to the boxes of "Horse
shoe' snuff found in his grip he was
OF the opinion that someone else had
placed them there. They would be o>
no earthly use to him, he said, as he
always used "Copenhagen" snuff
Albert Larson testified to having re.
ceived six packages of "Duke's Mix,
ture" from Emerson and also to hav
ing paid a visit to the afore named
hiding place. At that time Ike hai
showed his spirit OF extreme good viii
and generosity by Offering Larson tn,
entire collection for nothing but hi.
| offer was declined.
The value of the stolen property
was placed a. $50 90, but the value o
that which remained and which wa.
identified by Hanscom in court Wa.
about $500. It is thought that TX
and few more have been disposinf
OF part of the goods and evidence /,
on hand to show that some of it va.