Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
PLEAD GUILTY
TO HOG THEFT
RALPH AND NED GAYLoR WAIVE
70 GRAND JURY ON CHARGE
OF; GRAND LARCENY.
WANTED IN MISSOURI R
Woman Identifies Elder Brother a.
Robber Who Bound and Gag
aed Her In Chillicothe-
Had Accomplish.

When the sheriff's Office laid plans
for the apprehension OF the Gaylol
brothers at Chillicothe, Mo-, Thursday
evening as suspects in the unique hog
thefts in the city, the career Of prob
able criminals heretofore unknown in
this locality was opened up The
advertisement of guilt by the Gay
lOrs this morning In the Office of w. j
Berry, justice OF the peace, Of steal
ing the Box hog, is but one Of the
charges that Is laid at their door
Chillicothe, Mo-, was lOath to part with
the elder Gaylor or Minor as he was
known there. The desire of the Mis-
souri, police to hold Ralph Gaylor
Minor grew out Of a bold daylight rob
berry IN Chillicothe sometime ago when
the home OF q Mrs. Charles Kern was
gone through and Mrs. Kern tied with
a rope in rocking chair with q gas
In her mouth, mute witness to the
robbery. The officers state the woman
when Aonfronted by Ralph Gaylor
readily asserted that he was one OF
the men and the other Is also an
Iowan hailing from the home OF the
Gaylors which is given as Vinton.
Charged With Robbery.
The Chillicothe, Mo, Tribune OF
Saturdays issue, tells of the capture
of the Gaylors, reviewing the Kern
robbery and stating that the arrest OF
the Gaylors upon information fur
nished by Sheriff w. 3. Knox Of OF
tnmwa, would probably cause the
Missouri authorities to withhold the
captured men from Ottumwa until
they were done with them. 1t tells OF
Mrs. Kern positively identifying the
elder man as one of the two men who
bound and gagged her in rocking
chair while they pilfered the house.
Chief of Police Dorney of Chillicothe
looked up the record of Gaylor in that
locality and found that one OF the
brothers known under the name OF
Minor, which name they used when
seeking mail at the time of their ar
rest, was implicated in the Kern rob-
berry and left there that night. The
Chilllcothe police gave up the men on
the promise OF their being returned
when the Ottumwa authorities are
through with them.
Plead Guilty Of Theft.
Sheriff Knox returned with the two
men on the limited over the Milwau-
kee Saturday night and this morning
the pair were given their preliminary
arraignment., They pleaded guilty to
the charge Of stealing the hog OF T. p.
BOX, the last of the three thefts OF
hogs reported to the sheriff. The
Jurisdiction Of Justice w. ]. Berry not
covering the sentencing Of persons
pleading guilty to grand larceny on
which charge the men were arraigned,
had the effect OF their waving to the
grand jury for Its action.
Burtons Are Held.
The plea of the Gaylors does not
affect the detention of the Burton
brothers, AL and Emmett, as it has
been found by the sheriffs forces that
while one bunch peddled pork in one
part Of the county, the other was busy
elsewhere on the same mission, and
also owing to the fact that Deputy
Sheriff Morrissey and Constable
Crisswell found a quantity OF fresh
pork In the home of the Burtons when
these men were arrested Wednesday
evening upon returning from the ice
cutting where they were employed.
The Identification of the Burtons by
the tramp at the Jail, as the men who