The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-05
HORSE STEALING
and BURGLARY
THIEVES STEAL HORSE AND RIG
FROM GRAND FORKS AND
RuReLARIzE STORE AT
ORR.

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 5.-With
the theft of a horse in this city and
the burglarizing of the Orr Mercan-
tile store at Orr, last weeks record OF
crime in Grand Forks county was
maintained up to Saturday.
Two men, of whom the officials
have fairly good description, hired
Prince" steel gray horse, from the
Bacon & Van Alstine livery barn and
failed to return. This morning the
animal was picked up on the swenning
Nelson farm mile and a half from
Northwood, but the harness and buggy
were gone. No trace of them has been
secured yet.
ta Some time during the night the Orr
Mercantile company store was bur-
CARRIED of about $25 in cash and SIS
in checks The burglary is believed
TO be the work of the two men who
stole the horse, and police authorities
over this entire section Of the state
are engaged in searching for them.
Waa Suspicious of Them.
\ When, on Friday night, two men
appeared at the Bacon & Van Alstine
barn to hire a rig G. l.. Van Alstine
4 at once became suspicious and was
on the point of refusing to give them
! the horse. However, he changed his
\ mind, the men seemingly being wor-
lsthy OF trust, but in order to make
1 sure that he would recognize the men
! should he have occasion to do so, Mr..
| Van Algtine made a very complete
| study Of their appearance.
The men informed the barn en-
ployes that they wished to drive to
the university and that they would
! probably be away from two to four
hours. They had friends whom they
wished to visit.
When the rig had not been returned |
this morning, search was instituted. |
First trace Of them was obtained at |
Emerald, they having passed through |
there at 6 o'clock in the evening At |
10 o'clock they had been seen at La=i- |
more. That was the last trace of them |
until word was received from North |
wood from Deputy Sheriff o. v. OstA |
lie that horse had come to the Nell
son farm, and that it answered the |
description Of the missing animal.
Widespread Alarm Given.
Officials all over Grand Forks, Nell
son, Trail, Walsh and Steele counties
have been notified of the theft of the
horse, as we'll as OF the Orr burglary,
which came to light later and it seems
impossible that the men wanted can
slip through the net that has been
thrown out. Their descriptions have
been wired everywhere and it is be-
lieved that the men will be captured.
When at Larimore it is understood
that they were intoxicated, as they
had made a visit to the east side sa-
looms before leaving the city in the
afternoon. AS near as can be ascer-
tanned, they left Grand Forks at about |
o'clock
An automobile searching party left
Grand Forks at noon today for the
Northwood section after the thieves. |
A peculiar coincident Is the fact
that the thieves were met a short dis
tance from Ojata Friday afternoon by
States Attorney Tracy r. Bangs and
Assistant C. c. McMullen, they being
en- route home from Larimore in an
automobile.
The description of the men fol-
low:
No. 1. About feet 7 inches,
weighing about $50 pounds. Dark hair
and small dark mustache. Black hat
and black coat.
< No. 2. About feet 8 inches, weigh
ing about 1876 pounds. Light hair and
wearing about weeks growth of
light beard. Wore light hat and light
gray coat.
The horse stolen weighs about 900
pounds and was hitched to a yellow
runabout 1t is seven years old.
The Orr Burglary.
1t Is believed that the Orr burglary
was perpetrated by the same men who
stole the horse and rig from this city,
although the fact that the horse was
found long distance from there par
tally offsets this theory.
The store was entered through a
basement window and the cash till
was the only thing molested. The
burglary occurred after IL O'Clock at
night. as the clerk left there at that
hour.
Deputy Sheriff Ole Kalness OF Lar
more, who brought Francisco Galato
70 jail Friday evening, was sent to
Orr to investigate the case.