The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-18
Consolidated April II. 1891
NDt Nc HORSE THIEVES


Last Friday afternoon Sheriff
Swanson OF Roberts county and
4 deputy sheriff from Brown
county, came down the Whet-
stone branch with three prison
ers and took them to Aberdeen
on the afternoon train. The
Aberdeen News gives the follow
ing sequel of the affair:
Ra ph Burnette, Theodore Waller
and Noyle Smith, three Aberdeen boys
all about twenty years of age, were ar
rested yesterday at Peever, a town in
Roberts county eight miles south of
Slsseton, on charge of having stol-
en- four horses in this city Monday
night, and will be brought home to-
night by Deputy Sheriff Il. c., Wye
koff who left last evening for Sisseton
to get them. When arrested the BOYS
were in possession of five horses,
three saddles, tent buggy and har-
ness, all of which were proven to have
been stolen in Aberdeen within the
past few days. The four horses re-
covered were those belonging to Paul
{. Templeton and G. S. Granger,
which were taken Monday night and
fifth horse supposed to belong to Mrs.
Ray Cummings, who lives north of the
city. The saddles were stolen some
time ago, two of them being the sad
dies taken from the barn of K. j. Bu-
holz last week and the third belonging
to Daniel Lane, which was missed
three weeks ago. The lveryman at
Peever has one horse in his possession
now which was traded to him by the
boys several weeks ago when they
made previous trip thru that coun-
try
The boys were arrested at the in
stance of Paul G.. Tempeton and G.
). Granger, who traced them to Peev-
er. 1t seems that over a year ago, MIR.
Templeton had trouble with the Burn
cite boy who had taken one of his
horses from the stable and left it few
miles in the country. At that time,
the boy was brought into court but
was released on parole. On confer
ring with Mr.. Granger it was learned
that he had had had trouble with one
of the boys in the gang f. j. Buholz
said that for several nights before his
saddles were taken, he had seen the
Smith boy riding up and down in the
alley back of his residence, but that
after the disappearance of his saddles
he never saw Smith. 1t was known
that these same boys bad previously
made trip to SissetOn, as they took
= horse over to Rev. Mr.. Prudden,
who had purchased the animal from
Spaulding brothers, during the month
OF June. They made this trip on
horseback, leading one horse and rid
ing the others. When they had deliv-
cred the horse to Prudden, they sold
the other two and returned to Aber-
deem on the train.
Knowing Of this previous trip, Mr..
TempletOn at once decided that the
boys had gone there this time, and on
Wednesday, he and Mr.. Granger left
for the east going to Milbank on the
train. Between Milbank and Sisseton
they distributed notices of a $50 re-
ward for the capture of the horse
thieves and the return of the horses,
giving descriptions of the animals TAX
en-. Yesterday morning they were no.
tilted from Peever that party answer
irg the description on their notices
had arrived there. Notifying the Rob-
erts county sheriff and his deputy, Mr..
Granger and Mr.. Templeton at once
set out for Peever where the boys
were. The lads were inveigled into
livery barn and the sheriff and his de-
putty, together with the Aberdeen men
surrounded them. Seeing that he was
caught Burnette tried to escape and
was only stopped by the sheriff firing
several shots.
The capture of the Aberdeen boys
throws light on a number of losses of
prOpertyswhich have occurred here re-
| Gently. Last Monday night, several
persons on horseback were heard by
residents on the north side riding
short distances and stopping at differ
ent times. In the morning, articles
were missed at each of the places where
the horsemen stopped, and it is sur
missed that it was this same crowd of
boys who committed these smaller
thefts.