The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
MUCH LOOT INTHtlR. POCKETS
Connecting Them With
Long Series of Thefts.
AIl -Four Lads Confess TO Entering
Many Homes in City and Surround
ing Couniry--Case Is Without Par
aIIeI in Local Police Records---Hst
of Robbcrics May Grow.

Marion and the surrounding country
n asbeen In the throes of lawlessness
in the form of bold house breaking.
thievcry. wholesale stealing and as
saults such as never befope have been
recorded in local police circles. Since
August %. there has been at least %
private dwellings. business houses and
barns broken into and goods amount
yng to hundreds of dollars have been
taken The majority of the robberies
have been committed In the country
but the city is supposed to he the
Rendezvous OF the band. the members
of which. up to sunday morning. have
been eluding the police by dextcrous
modes of concealnent The police,
although hampered by the small num-
her of the force, have been putting
forth every effort to apprehend the
thieves but up to Saturday night
their efforts have been frutless.
Farmers MIKE Capture "a
Several farmers south and east Of
the city were instrpmental in captur-
ing four Youths. heavily laden with
booty. the result Of house breaking
tour sunday morning and Sunday af-
ternoon. The country people have
been on the watch for such characters
taking their warning from stories In
the papers of bold robberies which
were being perpetrated In the city and
country.
The first pair OF youthful bandits
were caught about Ave miles south
of the city on tho Bethlehem road
near the home of Henry Behner by
n son of Henry Mautz, who had fol-
| lowed them on horseback after they
had been seen emergry flom the
Mautz home about noon Sunday. The
home OF John Deitch had atso beeh
| broken into and several things aof
| value taken. The members of both
| families were at church when the
| robbery was committed and. past the
boys when returning home.
The police were Immediately no.
tilted OF the catch and Chief Kline
| felter Officer Thompson and Mayor
Better were driven to the Behner
| home in an auto. The names OF the
two lads are Carl Duertche, aged II,
son OF +. Duertche. of Madison
avenue and Thurman Huntsman, aged
II, son of w. Tluntsman, of Nell
avenue
Both took their arrest cody and
made no pretensc at conceiling the
tact that they were the guilty parties
fro mthe police. They told their
story in light hearted way and
didn't seem to appreciate the serious
prediciment they were in.
The lists of the various articles and
| r,ts
are interesting. From Duertche's
pockets We're taken two pocket books
containing Sc and $25 each. % can.
ber revolver and valuable papers The
police remoed from Huntsman's pock.
cts ? 32 callber reoler, one box OF
shells, two pocket knives, s3.34 In
currency and pocket book The
majority of the things had been TAX.
en- from the two homes they had en-
tered.
Two More Caught.
The two other lads were caught
Sunday afternoon about Ave miles
east OF the city on the Caledonia pike
Fred Smith and Hiram and Caro-
Foos are George Parker, II year ole
step-son of George stewart. of Fran.
II years of age. of Franconia avenue
When caught, both boys were ridlnl
one wheel converted into a veritabl,
tool shop consisting of implement:
which could be used in forcing win.
dows, doors and drawers.
AS soon as the farmers apprehend.
ed the lads, the local police were no.
tined. chief I<llnefelter and Captain
Bond secured an auto and were driver
to the place whore the farmers wer,
holding the boys. They were taken
to the police station.
The farmers had noticed the boys
enter the yard OF farmhouse nearb,
and about one-1half hour later obsev.
ed them making their way toward the
city They jumped in buggy ant
after lively chase oyehaued them.
The pair fafred better than thcii
companions who were operating south
of the city. In the homes OF Fred
Smith, Charles Grant Joseph Ulsf
and other places in the neighborhoot
they secured many things of value
Lois of Loot.
| Al the police station the police re,
moved from the person of the little
Parker boy search light. four iivt
1dollar bills, which were taken from
the Grant home, seas in silvr,. a look
/ Ing glass, an Ingefsol watch a golt