Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
BURGLARS CAUGHT
Chas. Chamberlain and Geo. Carey,
Transients, Arrested for Rob-
bing Store at Sun City.

Sheriff Mathews, assisted by the
citizens of Lake City and Sun City
and vicinity, got quick action on
the robbers who burglarized Louis
Bissantz's store at Sun City, which
was briefly told in these columns
last week. The burglary took
place on Sunday night, July 18th,
and at noon the following Wednes-
day the sheriff had two suspects in
custody. The speedy capture was
brought about through an accident
that befell one Of the men. While
sleeping out en- the prairie near
Frank Cookies farm in Lake City
township, one of them was bitten
on the hand by poisonous reptile,
insect or animal and by morning
he was very sick. He went to Mr..
Cookies house and told Mrs. Cooke
that he had been bitten and asked
to he helped to Lake City to see a
physician. Mr.. Cooke was not at
home and Mrs. Cooke phoned to
Tom Marsh, a near neighbor, who
responded at once and took the un-
fortunate young man to Lake City
where DR.. Conner took charge Of
him. By this time his hand and
arm3 had swollen very much and he
was in a great deal of misery.
His story about lying out at night
and the different reasons given for
his unusual actions, led both Mr..
Cooke and Mr.. Marsh to suspect
that the young man was not what
he ought to be, and knowing of the
Sun City robbery, their suspicious
were aroused and they went to in
vestigate the surroundings where
the man said he put in the night.
There they found two of Mr.. Bis
santz's business cards and some
cotton that had evidently come
out of a pair of new shoes, and
there were also indications that
more than one person had slept
there. This was sufficient evidence
for his arrest and Sheriff Mathews
went to Lake City Tuesday morn
Ing and got him. Upon arriving
here, the prisoners sickness became
more critical and DR.. Gilbert work
ed with him two days before he
was out of danger. He is still quite
sick but is getting along very we'll.
Neither he nor the physicians can
say what bit him. He SAYS that
ne awoke in the night and felt
something, a small insect, crawling
on his face. He brushed it off and
throwing his hand to one side, was
bitten or stung by something but
could not find what it was. There
was hole in the ground close to
the camping place and it is the
theory of people who were there
that he attempted to conceal some
of the stolen goods and in reaching
down was bitten, by snake, ta-
rantula or a skunk. In addition to
the evidence found at his sleeping
place, he had a great many dimes
in his pockets, and as large num-
Der of dimes were stolen from the
store, this is strong circumstance
connecting him with the crime.
He gives his name as Geo. Carey
and says he lives at Lansln ?, Mich
igan.
On Wednesday Sheriff Mathews
received phone message stating
that O. Mills and GIG. Shigley had
another man in charge at Lake
City and he went up and got him.
This man says his name is Cham
berlain and the evidence against
him seems conclusive. He stayed
at Jas. Winters place Monday night
and paid for his meals and lodging
an nickels and dimes. Mr.. Winters
ranch is eight miles south of Lake
City. He walked from there to
Lake and when he passed John
Campbells place something pecu-
liar about his actions attracted Mr..
Campbells attention and he
phoned to Lake City that the man
was headed that way and to look
out for him. Several men went a
short distance out of town to shad-
ow him. They saw him coming
up the railroad track and opposite
some thick bushes he stopped and
secreted something. When he came
up to where the Lake men were
Tonk Mills took charge of him and
others went to see what he had
hidden. They found numerous
articles that were stolen from the
store, such as razors, jewelry etc.,
and the man had a great deal of
the money that was stolen, on his
person, including bills of different
denominations, dimes nickels and
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