The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-16

STOLE COAT FROM OTTO Web
neR AND BROKE INTO HEM
Dirk HOME.
In the arrest Of Ed Hufner, q
young white man about ~ years Of
age, at Miami, it is believed Sheriff
Dan Hardy OF Dade county has cap
tured the man who is wanted in Day
iona Tor stealing coat belonging to
Otto Wehner on the night of Decem-
Der 18th and the man who broke
into and rifled the home of Mrs. p.
A. Hendrix on Myrtle avenue the fol-
lowing night.
iufner ii being held at Miami on
some charge and Marshal Gore has
been notified Of his arrest. Investi-
gat5on is being made By the Daytona
officer to learn the nature OF the
;charge on which he is being held at
Miami and il possible the prisoner
viii be brought back to face the
two charges Of theft and burglary
here.
Since the two Jobs done here
last month the movements of the
young man have been traced by Mar
shall Gore sufficiently to convince the
officer that the prisoner lis the man
wanted and every effort, If he is
brought back to Daytona, will be
made to convict him on the charge
of breaking into the Hendrix home.
The coat was stolen from Mr..
Wehner on the evening Of December
26th. Mr. Wehner had gone home
from the store that evening and was
working in his garden for a short
time before supper, having taken off
his coat and hung it on a chair ON
the back porch. When he went into
the house for the evening meal he
left the coat on the porch, and when
he returned the coat was gone
Marshal Gore was informed of the
theft and his suspicious were
aroused that the theft had been
committed by a young tramp. whom
he had seen hanging about the west
part of town in the woods
The next evening this same young
man was picked UP at the corner of
Beach street and Myrtle avenue for
riding bicycle without hight and
the bicycle was taken as a bond for
his appearance before the mayor in
the morning, search revealing no
money on the man.
AS the marshal left the young man
to put the bicycle away for the
night the fellow turned west on Myr-
tie avenue and, it is believed, went
directly to the Hendrix home, which
he entered.
Mrs. Hendrix was absent at the
time, but returning a. few minu es
later she caught the burglar in her
bedroom, just in the act of placing
number of pieces of jewelry into a.
case, which he had in his hand. The
man had deliberately gone into the
house, took a lamp from the kitchen
table and made his way to the bed
room on the second floor.
| As Mrs. Hendrix entered he gave
one glance at her, turned to the Win
dow, kicked out the screen, jumped
| to the ground and ran west on Myr-
| tie avenue Marshal Gore took up
the trail at once, found he had taken
to the woods and later went to Or
mond, where he boarded south
bound freight train, wearing the coat
stolen from Mr.. Wehner the night
before.
| Following up this clew the marshal
sent word to all towns along the
East Coast to be on the watch and
| apprehend the burglar if a, trace of
him could be found.
/ The first definite word of his
whereabouts was telegram from
Sheriff Hardy, received by Marshal
Gore Saturday night, in which it
was stated Hufner is under arrest
and being held at Miami.
/ A warrant was sworn out Monday
morning for his arrest on the charge
| of stealing the coat from Mr.. Web
ner and this has been forwarded to
the Dade county sheriff. If the