The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-16
CAUGHT IN The DRAGNE1
"A Couple of Suspicious Character.
Landed, One AN Escaped Iowa
Jail Bird.

jail Bird.
John Berry, who is making it a
business of hitting the high places
between Chicago and some indefinite
location north of here, went up
against a different set of police Of
hcers in Mitchell than he usually en-
counters, or he would not have got
so far on his way as Mitchell. He is
now resting in the county Jail for
a period Of eight days and in the
mean time his character will be
looked up, for the supposition is
strong that Berry has made his mark
in the country some place.
Saturday afternoon Berry was do
Ing a land office business down in
the Milwaukee railroad yards. There
were quite a few laboring men who
had tickets in their possession bound
for the Milwaukee railroad extension
west of Aberdeen and they were on
their way to go to work. Berry got
possession Of a heavy piece of iron
and when he found one of the men
wandering away from his comrades
he made a threatening attack on
him with the bar Of iron and forced
him to give up his railroad ticket. 1t
it said that he got a half dozen or
more tickets in this way, which he
took up town and sold for whatever
they would bring.
One Of the men informed police
man AL Scott Of the way in which he
had been held up, and in company
With Sheriff Cook, they went down
to see Berry. The policeman ordered
Berry to leave town and they start
ed him on ahead of them. Berry
turned suddenly and caught hold Of
the policeman's shirt, tearing out the
front. 1t made Policeman Scott sore
and he handed the fellow a few that
he will remerber for some time. The
two officers escorted Berry to the
jail and later he appeared before
Judge Herbert, who gave him eight
days in Jail, which will hold him
long enough SO that If he is wanted
any place else the information can be
secured.
Arthur Southwell is another VIC
tim that was hauled in by the drag
net. He has been working in one or
two hotels for the past week, when
Policeman Pattison placed him under
arrest Friday evening. His record
was ascertained, and it was found
that he escaped Jail at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, about two months ago. A wire
was sent to the chief of police Of
Council Bluffs and Sunday morning
Thos. Mccartney, a deputy, arrived
in the city. Southwell at first said
that he would go back to Iowa with
out the usual reQuisition papers.
When the deputy went to get his man
Monday morning Southwell refused to
go, and all kinds Of persuasion had
inc effect on his decision. Sheriff
Cook told Southwell that he could
suit himself about going p%eaceably
or staying, but that II he did no go
that he would take him over to the
state line and turn him loose in
Iowa, where the deputy could pick
him VI. Southwell saw there was no
way out Of his predicament and he
finally accompanied the deputy back
to Council Bluffs, leaving on the
morning train.
Thos. Rand, a farm hand, was ar
rested Saturday morning and held
until Saturday evening, when the
sheriff Of Hanson county came over
and got his man. Rand has been
working for a farmer in the vicinity
of Fulton and when he quit the farm
er paid him with a check calling for
81. Rand thought it would be an
easy matter to make a little extra
money without working for it, and
so raised the check to $14. He got
away with it, but was caught in
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