The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-11
0vETO0K HORSE
THIEF
DEPUTY SHERIFF KENYON AND
CLAUD COOK FOLLOWED f.. Il.
ROBBINS TO SNOW LINE YES
.TERDAY EVENING.

Iul morse tnlef. he made very 1g-
nominious failure of his first attempt,
thanks to the persistency of Deputy
Sheriff Kenyon, who returned this
morning with the prisoner, captured
last night near the snow line, be-
Hween here and Ellensburg. The man
has no hesitancy in telling his story
He gave the officers very hard chase
yesterday, but after being captured
he toli the details of the theft.
Sunday night, about o'clock Rob
bins took a small cayuse from the
barn of r. e. Simons, at Leaven-
worth. A saddle was taken from Joe
Massey and the man took the road
for Wenatchee. He remained a cou-
pie CT hours in Cashmere, where he
fed his horse, and then arrived here
about 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
remaining here until Z. He then fol-
lowed the road down the Columbia
and had no idea the officers were
after him until hailed by Harvey
Reed below Malaga. On advice of
Officer Kenyon Reed tried to capture
the man, but he refused to submit
willingly and Reed had to let him go.
Officer Kenyon then personally got
into the game, and then it was a
merry chase up the steepest points
to the Sky Line mill and then over
to the headwaters of the Colockum.
Shortly after leaving the Feed place
. Robbins became afraid of pursuit and
, abandoned the horse, which he left
tied to a fence Claud Cook, who
had been notified by the sheriff's Of
flee here of the theft. found the horse
tied to the fence and a few minutes
later Officer Kenyon appeared upon
the scene and then commenced the
long chase. The man was easily
tracked on account of the hobnails in
his shoes. He cut across the Valhalla
fiat and commenced his upward flight.
Occasionally he would inquire his
way. Ellensburg was his destination.
He was given the various directions
and finally wound up at a bachelor
home Just below the snow line, near
the head of the Cblockum. 1t was
almost dusk when the officers reached
there. There never was much diff
Guilty in tracking the man. Once in
a while the trail would be lost, but
the hobnails would soon reappear.
Robbins ana his host were heard talk
ing by the officers. These men crept
up to the back of the house and then
Kenyon stepped into the front door.
Seeing Robbins he commenced jolly
ing him upon the long chase which
he had given them. The man was
unarmed and was taken down the hill
and with his captors stayed last night
at the Motteler ferry, the party ar
irving home this morning about 10
o'clock. Officer Kenyon is tired and
very sore from his long ride up the
hill yesterday.
r. f. Simons. who owns the horse
stolen. is in the city this morning. He
.says that Robins has been around
Leavenworth for the past two years.
The prisoner is about - years of age.
He gives as his excuse for stealing
the horse that SimOns owed him
about $40 for work done in the log
ging camps and as he was unable to
collect it he thought that he would
take the horse in payment of the
debt. He wanted to take a saddle
also from Simons but could find none
in the barn so had to go TO a neigh
foring barn and took one from Joe
Massey.
Robbins told Deputy Sheriff Ken
Won that he would waive his prelimi-
nary examination and appear direct
in the superior court, pleading guilty
to the charge of horse stealing, and
hoped thereby to get as easy SEN
tence as possible.
Robbins was brought before Judge
Grimshaw at 1:30 this afternoon and
plead guilty, as he said he would.
The court then gave him an indeter-
inmate sentence This means that
he will have to serve at least one
year in the pen.
The capturing of the man and his
sentencing was quick work. and it Is
likely that he will be on the road to
wa,Ia WalIa in a few hours.