The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
BURNED HOME
AFTER ROBBERY
Augusta Mystery Is Cleared by the Ar
rest Of Two Youths With Pock-
cts Full Of
Money.
CAPTURED IN DENVER
Had $500 in Cash on Them and Re.
fused to Claim Roll Of Bills
Found In Police Patrol
Wagon.

DENVER, Aug. 18.-So we'll sup
piled with money that they spurned to
claim ownership OF $85 found on the
floor of the patrol wagon in which
they had journeyed to police head
quarters, a claim which no one would
have been inclined to dispute W. h
them, Edmund Buxton. 10. and Fred
Peterson, %, we're arrested here as
they stepped from a train. The a.
rests were made at the request Of
Middletown, Iowa, authorities who did
not disclose the charges against the
boys Although roughly dressed in
farm attire, the pair had $500 between
them.
For Robbery and Arson.
BURLINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The mys-
terry of the burning of the home Of
Frank Baumgartner of Augusta and
the disappearance of a bag Of green
backs representing more than $500,
has apparently been solved by Sheriff
Earnest in the arrest of Edmund Bux-
| ton, aged II, and Fred Peterson, aged
| %, at Denver, Colo. In response to
a telegram from the Des Moines coun-
| ty official, the Denver police took the
two boys from Burlington route train
/ No. 8 when 1t arrived In that city. On
them was found $500 in cash, Sheriff
Earnest has left for Denver with
reQuisition papers to bring back the
| prisoners.
About dusk Sunday evening, August
/ 6, Frank Baumgartner returned 20 hit
home at Augusta after assisting 6
/ neighbor in his chores to find his
house afire. The flames started in his
bedroom and the bureau drawer il
which he kept his money was open
evidence that some one had entered
! the house for the purpose of robber!
and had set fire to the dwelling t,
hide the crime. Baumgartner mad'
every effort to extinguish the fame
but was not successful, although h
saved some of the household furniture
Buxton and Peterson were tw'
young fellows who lived at August'
but had not been working lately an
had no way Of securing any money
Lately they had talked considerabl
about going to Denver and had ev
dently planned the raid on Baumgar'
ner's house for some time, intendin
to get the money and go west.
Tuesday night the two young fe
lows left their homes and went to Mit
dletown. There they boarded trail
) No. IL and went to Ottumwa. A
S that station they boarded No. 9 fo
. Denver.
I Sheriff Earnest was notified that tn
8 two we're missing and with Deput
Q Hoerr went to Augusta He trace
n them to Middletown and from there
Ottumwa. Sending messages to tn
a Denver police to look out for the pal
he was in time to head them off.
q The finding of so large a sum
a money on the boys convinces II
n authorities that they are the partit
responsible for the robbery and arso
!, Suspicion was Immediately directed
- them dHQ UuS AuSuosa PSoPAS ''>~SS-A>
. closely, giving the tip the instant tht
: attempted to make getaway. III
evidence so far is circumstantial al
:. If the young men can explain the
= possession of so much money and the
= innocence, they will be given an Q
: portunity.
y The town of Augusta is laid out
. generous lines and the house are n
y close together. In the rear OF Baul
IS gartner's home is deep raylne,
" that 1t was comparatively easy I
e. anyone to break in. steal the mon
'd and set fire to the house without bel
% noticed !.
in Baumgartner kept his money IN t'
sacks. In one was only greenoac
o. and In the other gold and silver. !
III most all Of the gold and silver n
ar been recovered from the ruins, and
t. ,s evident that the burglars were ce
III tent to take only the paper money