The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
A HOT CHASE LEADS TO RETURN
OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
LosEY AND HIS MEN SUCCESSFUL
ABANDONED TEAM FOUND IN
WESTERN BOONE BOUNTY.
THIEVES FOUND CHASE WARM
Deserted Team and Took Flisht-Wlll
be Taken Yet or Losey is No Proph-
et-ead Condition in Sand Hills is
Observation-Disclosures Team Traced.


ncovered-Wayne Team Traced.
Word was received in Norfolk Sat
urday evening that Geo. Losey and his
posse of men who had been trailing
horse thieves since Thanksgiving
morning had captured the team, har-
ness and buggy but that the thieves
had escaped. The horses and harness
were stolen from Carl Praeuner and
the buggy from Conrad Volk, both
farmers living near Battle Creek, dur
ing Wednesday night.
The horses were found five or six
miles west of Petersburg in the edge
of Boone county in plum thicket
along a stream. They had been aban-
doned when the thieves found that
the pursuit was becoming hot, and the
men had taken to their heels. There
were two of the men who took the
team and Mr. Loscy secured an accu-
rate description of them, so that all
hope of taking the men is not yet gone.
Mr. Losey believes he knows where
the thieves live and their place is be-
ing watched for their return. He is
also convinced that the parties who
TOOK the Wayne team are the same
ones who stole the Battle Creek out
fit, as he found the trail of that team
in his search for the one from Madi-
son county. 1t is believed the Wayne
county team is now somewhere in the
sand hills of Greeley or Wheeler coun.
ty.
Losey and his posse met with cor
dial assistance all along the route of
their search for horse thieves. The
sheriffs of both Greeley and Wheeler
counties joined in the search. BY Sat
urday morning he had fifty men scour.
ing the country in western Boone, Gar
field and Wheeler counties, and it is
probable that if the thieves had been
found Madison county would not have
been put to the trouble of trying them,
as he doubts if he would ever have
reached here with them.
During the early part of the chase
Mr.. Losey made his headquarters at
Bartlett, later moving to Chambers,
from which places he directed the
hunt. The people along the line were
very much interested in capturing the
fellows who took the Battle Creek
team, believing them to be profession
ais. The chase also uncovered the
fact that there is quite a bunch of
criminals and tough characters in the
sand hills and the law-abiding people
are very anxious to have them driven
out of that section. Mr.. Losey came
in contact with two men that he had
taken to the penitentiary from this
county while he was sheriff, and there
seemed to be others Of the same ilk.
Officers and members of the North
Nebraska Live Stock Protective asso-
citation are greatly elated over the sue
cess in capturing the team and buggy,
as this was the first theft made from
Il member of the association. But
they regret exceedingly that the
thieves were not captured, as they re-
aliZe that this was the most essential
part of the transaction. With the sit
uation as it is, however, having an ac-
curate description of the men, they do
not figure that the incident is closed
by any means and will not be until
the thieves are behind the bars, which
they have every confidence will be ac-
complished.