The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-18
TRAMP JUnKER HELD
ON LARCENY CHARGE
Charles Miller Captured by the
Police, But His Compan-
ion Escaped.
OPERATIONS EXTENSIVE.
THE TWO MEN HAVE HANDLED
CONSIDERABLE LOOT, DISPoS-
ING OF A CONSIDERABLE PoR-
TlON OF IT-MURPHY ESCAPED.

Charles Miller, a tramp iunker-
wanted at Eaton. O., to answer a
change of grand larceny. was arrested
Thursday afternoon at the junk shop
Of Siegel Brothers on North D street
by Officers Vogelsong and Winters.
Jim Murphy, Milier's companion who
is also wanted at Eaton to answer
a charge of grand larceny, succeeded
in escaping from the officers and is
still at large. He was not with Mil
Ter at the time of his arrest The po-
lice believe that Murphy was tipped
off, that the police We're after him,
making it possible for him to escape.
The capture of Miller is regarded as
good one. He will be returned to
Eaton for trial. The local police want
ed him tried in the Wayne circuit
court on a charge of bringing stolen
property into the state. Prosecutor
Jessup, however, decided that it was
best to return Miller to Eaton as it
was feared that no evidence could be
secured to convict Miller of bringing
stolen goods into the state.
Officers Vogelsong and Winters sue
ceeding in capturing considerable
stolen property which was in the
possession of Miller and Murphy
These men have been operating in
this vicinity for about two weeks.
making their headquarters in camp
on the New Paris pike near the Gaar
road. Most of the goods they stolen
were taken in Ohio. Their efforts
to dispose of this loot to local junk
dealers caused their downfall.
Eaton Marshal Arrives.
Thursday noon the town marshal of
Eaton arrived here and asked the as
sistance of the local police in captur-
ing these two thieves. Later in the
afternoon one of the Siegel brothers
tclephoncd TO the police stating that
Charles Miller was at their place of
business trying to dispose of, what
he thought to be stolen property. Vo-
gelsOng and Winters were sent to the
Siegel junk shop and made an easy
capture of Miller. This thief had in
his possession a cow hide and eight
or ten pounds of brass. The police
then learned that Murphy had driven
to the Holzapfel junk shop. When
Officer Vogelsong arrived there he
found that Murphy had been warned
that the police were after him and
had made good his escape, abandon
ing the horse and cart to their fate.
All that was found in the cart was a
hog hide. Vogelsong took charge of
the deserted horse and cart and drove
it back to the Siegel junk shop.
These junkers told Vogelsong that
they had sold the horse to Miller and
that he had given a mortgage on it.
Vogelsong left the horse with them.
One of the Siegels stated that two
weeks ago Miller and Murphy arrived
here from Union City pulling the cart
with them, their horse having died en-
route The Siegels sold them a horse
for $40 and Miller gave them a mort
gage.
Visiting the camp of Miller and
Murphy on the New Paris pike, the Of
ficers found other plunder, consisting
of complete set of tools stolen from
traction engine on the National
road. also brass mountings from the
traction engine. 1t is thought that
during their operations between Rich
mond and Eaton. Murphy and Miller
have disposed of considerable part
of their loot.