The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-02-24
POWERS GETS
HIS AT LAST
Amateur Bad Man FOolishly
Comes Back to Elope
with Vesta Girl.
Is Nabbed at SeafOrth, While
Poor Girl Attempts to
End Her Life.


Powers. who figured in Renville
county as one Taylor, wanted for
wheat stealing and other offences,
last Saturday, which circumstance
came about somewhat sooner than
the sheriff had anticipated. but was
otherwise according to program.
And there by hangs another story
of the foolishness of this ultra fool
ish hero of last weeks story of the
man who was turned loose by the
Franklin. marshal.
1t begins with notices sent out
from Marshall for the arrest of
man accused of stealing livery rig
hired from liveryman Butler of that
city last Wednesday. These were
received here and in adjoining towns
and on Friday evening Sheriff
Schueller was called to the phone by
a message from Mr.. Butler, who
rang up from a restaurant here to
ask for an. interview with the sheriff.
The result of the interview was that
the sheriff got description of the
man wanted by the liveryman which
convinced him that the thief was
none other than the man who had
GUIDED him at Franklin the week be-
fore. The sheriff then drove west with
the liv eryman the next morning and
they were unexpectedly gratified
when they arrived at Seaforth to
learn that Marshal Milbradt of Sea-
forth had already found the party
wanted and had locked him in Jail,
intending to deliver him over to the
sheriff of Lyon county on the horse
stealing charge. Sheriff Shueller
declined to yield any precedence to
Lyon county in this case, his Renyille
experience having hardened his
heart IL that direction. The Sea-
forth marshal was informed that a
warrant would be procured for the
arrest of his prisoner on the wheat
stealing charge if necessary. and
concluded to let our sheriff have his
way without warrant. the prisoner
being bro ught down to this city for
safe keeping.
To complicate matters, message
was received at Seaforth while the
sheriff was there that a young girl,
Miss Mcleod, living north of the
village, had taken carbolic acid after
learning of the arrest of Powers,
who had confessed that his object in
returning to Redwood county was
to elope with the young lady in
question. DR.. Gray of Vesta worked
over the girl and Monday the report
was received that she would recover.
This is the saddest feature of the
case, as Miss Mcleod was house
keeper for her father since the
death of her mother three years ago
and had mothered a pair of twin
infants left at the death Of Mrs. Nc
Leod. Just how the girl, who bears
a good character, was hypnotized by
her unworthy sutton into the notion
of clipping with him, we have been
unable to learn. Powers had worked
around Seaforth and had evidently
won the girls confidence.
Monday morning, on the advice of
the aounty attorney, the prisoner
was taken before Judge Laudon,
who informed him of his rights in
court to employ an attorney or to
waive examination, closing with the
statement that the day being a legal
holiday, the examination would have
to be postponed until next morning,
the prisoner having this time to
make up his mind as to his plea in
court. The prisoner had scarcely a
word to say at this time and at the
conclusion of the judges statement
drew from his pocket corncob pipe
and pouch of tobacco and proceeded