Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11
FINDING LOST HORSES
RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION
By LOCAL DETECTIVES.
List Of the Property Recovered-An
Arrest Here and Another
in Virginia.

| county and Alexandria county, Va, which.
| 1t is said, has been in progress for about
| four years, has been checked. the police
think, by the work of Detectives O'Brien
| and Parham and the authorities OF Fair
| fax county. AS the result Of investigations
made in this city yesterday and Of work In
| Virginia previously. two men are under
arrest, five horses have been recovered and
| two other horses accounted for, out OF
| thirteen stolen. The men under arrest are
William Thomas, alias Lee, alias Jones, now
in Fairfax county jail, and William Wells,
colored, Of 1922 Oregon avenue, arrested by
| the local authorities. -
| The case of William Wells. with an In
formation filed against him alleging that ne
| received stolen property, was called In the
Police Court today, Judge kimball presto,
| ing. The hearing was continued until
Tuesday. The bond was fixed at 5000.
Roundup Several Horses.
In company with the authorities from
Virginia and the owners Of several lost
| horses, Detectives OBren started out yes
| terday to locate some of the stolen horses
| alleged to have been sold here. At the
close of the day the roundup included the
following:
small bay mare, the property Of Sandy
Alexander Of Wellington Station, Alexan-
dria county, Va, was found In the posses
sion of Alvin Trice of 2616 18th street, VINO
said he bought it from William Wells, one
of the prisoners.
Elihu Kitson of Edsalrs Station, Fairfax
county, Va, sustained the loss by theft OF
being worked by William Wells Of 1922 Ore
gon avenue who is under arrest on
charge of receiving stolen property. ne
stated that he bought the horse from
county. He also had a harness belonging
to Mr.. Davis of Bailey's Cross Roads, ana
a buggy belonging to Arthur Cleveland OF
Leesburg turnpike, both OF which were re-
covered by the police.
A sorrel horse, alleged to have been stolen
from a colored man on Shoots farm, Fair
fax county, Va, was recovered from
Joseph Cooper Of 2522, Messmore "a, avenue niue.
liam Thomas. He also had g wagon
stolen from Robert Elliott of Alexandria,
which was recovered.
william w. Smith Of Rixie's farm, Fair
fax county, July II, had horse stolen
which he valued at 1925. This was also
recovered from Joseph Cooper, to whom II
had been sold by Thomas for S67. A buggy
and harness. stolen from Judge Grqnd-
weir of Halls Hill, Fairfax county, Va,
was also recovered from Cooper.
From Samuel C. Gibson of 1915 18th street
the detectives obtained a horse that had
been stolen recently from John M. HOW
dershell of Linconia. Fairfax county. Mr.
Gibson stated that he purchased the horse
frfom Wells. the man under arrest here.
Summary Of the Property.
A summary Of the property recovered is
five horses, two buggies, two sets OF har-
ness one wagon and saddle.
For nearly four years, according to
statement alleged to have been made by
Thomas at the Fairfax county Jail, gang
has been operating In the county. Many
of the horses stolen were sent to \Rlch-
mond and others were disposed OF here:
The situation became SO serious that the
farmers in the county formed an assocla-
ton to try to apprehend the guilty parties.
Whenever a suspicious looking colored man
appeared In the locality he was turned over
to the police and required to account Tor
himself.
Thomas was arrested last, Thursday by:
Deputy Sheriff OConnor. He first gave the
name of Jones, and when questioned 1s
said to have stated that he was connected
with a gang of horse thieves and to have
admitted that he had stolen three horses IN
the past few months. He told where the
horses had been sold. The trail led here;
Detectives Parham and OBrlen renewed
the investigation today.
Four Worked in Gang.
In his statement to the authorities IN Viz
ginia Thomas said that there were four
who worked In the gang. Two OF them
have now been captured, 1t Is believed. ana
It is expected that further arrests will be
made. Thomas was arraigned before
committing magistrate in Fairfax county
yesterday and was held for the action or
the grand jury.
When Sandy Alexander, the owner of one
of the stolen horses, saw his long-lost
property he hastened to police headquar-
ters Detectives Burrows and Warren met
him.
use don set my eyes on my Dolly once
more" Sandy exclaimed, throwing up both
hands, land 1 Rugged her. / ha1n't done
seen her since last June. Bless youth gen.
trmen."