Barbour County index., 1910-02-02
DRUG STURE
BURGLAR|ZED
Gem Drug Store Entered by Rob-
bers Saturday Night and ST.
$500 Worth of Jew
elry Taken.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Blood Hound Brought from Harper
and Trailed to R. E. Kathren's
which lead to his and Geo.
Horizons Arrest.

Horizons Arrest.
Burglars broke into the Gem
Drug Store Saturday night and
stole jewelry which is valued by
the proprietor, G. ]. Southworth,
at 1888. The goods taken,as far
as ascertained, are as follows:
20 Watches.
IS Watch Fobs.
I24 Rings.
IL Gold Filled Chains.
4 Gold Lockets.
4 Outing Chains.
3 Gold Neck Chains.
4 Gold Bead Chains.
7 Gold Filled Chains.
s Gold Eye glass Chains.
One and one. half gallons of al
cohol.
The robbery occurred some time
after midnight. Mr.. Southworth
was at the store after the Dubinsky
Brothers show which was almost
II o'clock and everything was in
order at that time. The robbery
was discovered at 8 o'clock Sunday
morning when Otto Southworth
came up to the store and found
that the front door was unlocked.
Investigation soon revealed that
the store had been burglarized.
The jewelry case was nearly empty
but nothing else, except one and
one. half gallons of alcohol, was
taken, so far as is known. The
entrance was made at the rear door.
The door glass was broken, giving
free access to the spring lock knob
so that there was no difficulty in
entering the rear store room. But
this store room and the main store
are divided by partition in which
there is a door and a window, both
of which were bolted. Here the
robber or robbers showed some ar
tistic ability. A small semi. .circu-
lar aperture sufficiently large
to admit a mans hand, was cut
in the upper glass and the win
dow bolt loosened which let the
intruder in the store.
AS soon as Mr.. Southworth learn
ed of the burglary he notified Sher-
iff Mathews and after a short con-
ference phoned for w. E. Burt
and his blood hound at Harper.
Mr.. Burt started for this city with
his hound at 1880 p m. and arrived
here at about AGO. In the mean
time Sheriff Mathews and Mr..
Southworth made a careful inspec-
tion of the surface surroundings.
They found two watch fobS behind
c. n. Marshall'S garage, dropped
by the robbers, which was conclu-
sive evidence that the exit and en-
trance was made at the same door.
When Mr.. Burt arrived with
the hound, it took the trail in the
rear of the store, went through the
window opening and followed the
trail south through the alley down
to Lincoln avenue, crossing east
two blocks to Spring street, then
north to Mr.. Southworth's residence
where the trail was apparently lost.
The hound was brought back to
the store again and took the trail
as before until reaching Washing
tou avenue at the rear of V. S.
Cooks store, when it went east
three blocks and turned north near
Spring Creek and went to R. E.
Kathren's residence.
After,a short conference by Sher-
IF Mathews, Mr.. Southworth and
Samuel Griffin, acting county at
torney in the absence of County
Attorney Field, the officers return
ed to Mr.. Griffin's office where a
warrant was prepared and issued
by Justice Collins, charging r. E.
Kathren and George Horton with
the crime. They were arrested
shortly afterward by Sheriff Math-
ews and taken to jail The house
was carefully searched but no trace
of the stolen articles was found.
Mr.. Kathren has employed G. M.
Martin to defend him. He is very
emphatic in declaring his limo.
cence, as is also Mr.. Horton, and
says he is durnbfounded.
The preliminary hearing will be