Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

for the accused men, Henry Booth
who lives one half mile west of
Wilmore,> arrived Thursday and
identified pocket comb, neck tie
and pocket-piece in the possession
of Chamberlain, which were stolen
out of Mr.. Booths house in a re-
cent robbery. The pocket-piece
was souvenir which Mr.. Booth
got recently from the Coldwater
National Bank and bore its name.
Mr.. Booth also identified both
Chamberlain and Carey as two
men who had been loafng at Will
more and suddenly disappeared at
the time his house was broken into
and relieved of money and small
articles.
Practically everything missed by
Mr.. Blssantz was recovered from
Chamberlain and Carey and the
total value is about $I75. Nearly
all Of the money stolen belonged
to Mr.. Bissantz's daughter and it
represented her savings from early
childhood. The total amount of
money was $87, SIS of which was
in dimes, 500 pennies, a 20 dollar
bill and a 10 dollar bill and the
balance in dollars, halves, quarters
and nickels. This money was in
the safe in the store. The cash
drawer was locked but the safe did
not have the combination on
Aside from the money and arti-
cles found in Chamberlain's posses
sion, he carried a skeleton key and
an assortment of burglars tools,
showing that he is not an amateur
in the business. He very likely has
had something to do with other
burglaries in neighboring towns so
prevalent the past year.
PRELIMINARY HELD MONDAY
A preliminary hearing was given
both of the prisoners before Judge
Collins on Monday. They were
bound over for trial in district
court in October. Their bond was
fixed at $1,000 each, which they
could not give and they were COM
mitted to Jail.
Very little additional to the facts
already related developed at the
preliminary trial. The money and
goods stolen and found in Cham.
berlain's possession were produced
in evidence and Mr.. Bissantz iden.
tilted them. O. Mills, G. G. Shig-
ley and others identified the pris-
oners as the same men apprehend-
ed at Lake City. Sheriff Mathews
testified that Carey, the young
man suffering from poison, said
that he was with Chamberlain at
the time of the robbery but did not
go into the store. He admits help
ing Chamberlain hide and get
away with some of the stolen goods.
To show that he told Sheriff Math-
ews the truth, he told him that he
and Chamberlain had hidden ring
tray and razor strap under cul-
vert east of Sun City. The sheriff
found the articles there as de-
sCribed.
There is no doubt that the man
who gives his name as Chas.
Chamberlain is a professional
criminal. He has the outlaw ex-
preston and carried the tools nee
essary in the business. The young
man Carey is an object of pity and
was doubtless led into crime by
Chamberlain. His present suffer
ing brought about by being bitten,
is terrible. His entire arm and side
are discolored but are getting bet
ter, and with a penitentiary sen.
tence staring him in the face, he is
downcast. When he was bound
over he wept and showed that he
was feeling the effects of his erring
way. Chamberlain did not seem
to be affected in the least. He says
he expects to employ an attorney
and defend himself. 1t will take
a lot of scheming to even start
respectable defense.