The Globe-republican., 1910-04-28
STORY OF The BAEDER ROB-
Berry OF MARCH 80
WILL SOON BE ENDED
WELLS GIVES Ug SAID MONEY
And No Doubt Will Plead Guilty
Without Trial. Preliminary
To Be Called at Once.

The gold stolen from the base
ment Of the Fred Baeder home or
the night Of March % is found.
While there has been no official
statement made to this effect, there
is no room left for doubt that the
money has been recovered, and thai
within a few days it will be turned
over to the owner.
It is supposed that John Wells,
who was arrested on March 30, and
charged with robbing the Baeder
gold chest, finally owned up to the
theft, and informed the officers
where the gold was to be found. TIE
rumor is that he consented to turn
the money over and went with the
sheriff to get it. There is further
rumor that it had been hidden in M.
Fl. Lum's lumber yard.
Wells has never had a preliminary
hearing, but will no doubt be given
one within few days now. As the
case stands there would seem to be
nothing for him to do now but to
plead guilty to the charge, and re
ceive such clemency as he may after
restoring the money and saving the
expense Of q trial. This in all prob
ability will be the outcome Of the
case.
So far as this paper has learned
John Wells has never made full
confession Of the robbery, and if he
pleads guilty as he no doubt will af-
ter having delivered the money, the
details OF that robbery during q ter
rife wind storm may never be known.
II he pleads guilty and takes his SEN
tence there will be no one save him
self implicated in the affair. and
whether or not there was any one else
connected with it will in all probabil-
ity never come to light.
The robbery was peculiar one.
There was paymaster's chest in the
basement at the Baeder home, which
had been there for many years. II
was hidden in one OF the walls. II
was Mr.. Baeder's belief that no one
knew Of it's existence, save the mem
bers Of the family, and that no one
save himself knew that il contained
$4,000 in gold at the time Of the
robbery.
The chest was taken from the base
ment during the after part Of the
night, and taken on wheelbarrow q
distance OF about three blocks east
There hole was drilled through the
top with a pick, and the opening
made was directly over the apart
ment in the chest which contained
the gold. Through this hole the
gold could be taken out, but the other
parts OF the chest could not be reach
cd. From appearances it looked like
the robbery had been committed by
some one who not only knew that the
chest was in the basement, and whore
it was hidden, but some one who
knew that the gold was 10 the chest,
and its exact location. There waa
no clue to be followed, apparently. TO
locate the robber. An examination
Of the chest however gave one thing
10 work On. In the hurry, the hole
through which The gold had been
taken, had not been made large
enough TO admit hand freely. It
was almost impossible to get your
hand through it and back without
getting II badly scratched upon the
sharp corners Of the opening.
The inside Of the chest showed q
few drops Of blood only, but there
was good quantity Of blood on the
pick handle. It didn't take much Of
Sherlock Holmes to figure out that
the man who had robbed the chest
had cut his hand pretty badly. The
amount Of blood on the pick handle
showed that he had cut the hole
larger, after his irst attempt to get
the gold, and the small amount with,
in the chest caused the natural con-