The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-08-08
HIGHWAY ROBbER
Knocks Boy Out Of Buggy and
Makes Way With Team
BUT IS RUN DOWN BY SHER|fF|M|lES
Before He Reached the Mimi
eSOtd State Line

MOUudl dltIuOou NcuPiS VI HASA
tried to get away with a team belong
ing to Peter Thompson, the Volga
liyeryman, but they were unsuccess-
full. The two men who were Strang
ers, hired the team from Thompson
with the intention of driving to Brook
ings. The liverman refused to let the
team go alone and sent his son. aged
about fifteen along as driver. When
they had reached point about two
miles and a half west from this CITY,
near the Hartwick farm, one OF the
men hit the boy behind the ear and
rolled him from the buggy. They then
started in northernly direction with
the supposed intention of getting out
of the country. A. A. Mann and
V. Nj. Dalthorp of Volga, who were
coming over to BroOkings in an auto
had come up behind the rig unseen by
the men and were witnesses Of the
throwing of the boy from the buggy
They picked up the boy and learned
his story and then started in pursuit
of the two men, who had lashed the
team into a run and by this time were
a considerable distance away.
The chase continued in a northern
ly direction for about three miles
when the two men finding themselves
hard pressed drove off the road into
a cornfield on the farm of n. }. Con-
verse. Here they unhitched the horses
and one of the animals evidently got
loose as he came back to the ROAD
and was followed in a few minutes
by one Of the men on the other morse.
The fellow struck off east and when
last seen by the occupants or the auto
he was going at a good rate OF speed.
Mann and Dalthorp then went to
oearby house and phoned to the sher'
if here, but Mr., Miles happend to be
in the country at the time so they came
directly here. The sheriff left WITH
Policeman SorenSOn in search OF the
fellow with the horses, whom they Sc
town. He was found in the trees on
Iohn Allison's farm, where he was evil
dently going to lay up for the night,
as the horse was tagged out, and then
continue his journey. He made no
resistance and was brought to town
and lodged in Jail The sheriff then
went in search of the other fellow
and was out all night and all day
Tuesday without result
The other fellow, who was on foot
has evidently made a getaway. He
was seen about the neighborhood dur
ing the afternoon and has been track
ed TO within half a mile OF the juno
ton. so it is very probable that he
made his way there and got a train
out of the country. 1t is not probable
that he will be captured, as at this
time the country Is full of strangers
and Identification would be very hard
The fellow captured is about twenty
seven years of age and weighs in the
neighborhoOd of 165 pounds. He is
Canadian by birth, but has been in
this country for some years. He and his
partner had been working on the South
Dakota Central extension work near
Volga. He offered to settle with the
Iiveryman for all damage that had
been done, claiming that they were
both under the influence of liquor at
the time but the county officials now
have the matter in hand and he will
have to stand trial.
Thompson the owner of the team
was over from Volga Tuesday getting
his outfit together. The horse ridden
by one of the thieves was brought
back to town by the sheriff and the
other was secured at John Sloan's, 1t
having followed its mate there. The
boy was not injured very much by the
blow he received and recovered in a
few minutes.
To the average person the attempt
of the men to get the team and escape
from the country looks to be very
foolhardy act. In these days of easy
communication by rural telephones
and other means it is not probable
that the men would have gotten very
far if the auto party had not been in
the neighborhood. The boy would
have reached a farmhouse in few
minutes and the result would nave
been the same. 1t is very probable
that the men were under the influence
of LIQUOR at the time, as MI Mann,
one of the auto party, says that the
fellow who escaped acted as though
he was pretty drunk.