East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-30
BOLD BURGLAR IS
BEHIND THE BARS
JEWELRY STORE ROBBER
ARRESTED LAST NIGHT

ARRESTED LAST NIGHT
Gives Name of Ivan Ringdal-Natiyc
of Finiand-Also Stole Wheel From
Herman Pctcrs-Makes Full Con-
fcssion of Crime in Marshals Of
flee After Arrest.
By the good work of Chief of Po-
lice Tom Gurdane and Sheriff T. d.
Taylor, the man who threw the rock
through the window of the Schaefer
jewelry store early yesterday morning
and made away with several articles
of jewelry, is now behind the bars of
the county Jail awaiting the fate which
the law viii mete out to him. There
can be no mistake as to his guilt for
he has made a complete confession
and the stolen property was found
in his possession when he was arrest
ed last night. He gives the name OF
Ivan Ringdal and claims to be ma
tive of FinlanS
The fellow was the same one who
stole the wheel belonging to Herman
Peters, an account of which was in
this paper yesterday He rode the
wheel east of the city and hid it under
the railroad trestle near the county
bridge and concealed himself in the
brush nearby and proceeded to go to
sleep. When Chief Gurdane was noti-
fled yesterday morning that a wheel
had been seen hidden east OF the city.
he rode out to the bridge. but as his
informant had told him that it was
seen under the bridge intead of under
the railroad trestle, he failed to dis
cover it. At one time the fellow
states the chief was within twenty
feet of his hiding place.
1 Make Systematic Search.
Coming back to the city, the chic:
ana the sheriff started to work on
the Schaefer burglary without a clew
They began by arresting two suspects
who had jewelry in their possession
but who claimed that it had beer
stolen by a third party in Portland
Then they began Systematically to
search every hard looking character
on the streets and estimate they went
through tie pockets Of twenty men
during the day. Ringdal was first
spotted by the chief at the depot. He
Is a heavy set, red whiskered fellow
and was dressed like a laboring man
and at first glance would pass without
notice. The officer, however, watched
his actions with growing suspicion and
finally decided 10 search him. He was
arrested on Main and Alta streets and
conducted to the marShars office and
before the officers began their search
he admitted his guilt saying, I'm the
man you want l robbed the jewelry
store"
ConfcSses Crime.
Thereupon he made n complete con-
fession of his crime. He stated that
he kept watch of Officer Kearney
until he went to the depot between the
hours ofthree and four in the morn
ing, anr then wrapping a paper sack
about rock hurled it through the
window. The crash was not loud he
said. ana he quickly took what ar
ticles OF Jewelry were within his reach
These, consisting of a Hamilton la
dies watch, gold watch case, two
watch chains and a knights Templar
badge, he had on his person when
arrested
He hal previously stolen the Peters
wheel and proceeded on 1t east of the
city where he hid it while he got a
little sleep. His intention was to cross
the mountains by wheel but he met
some horsemen soon after he resum-
ed his journey following the chiefs
departure from the scene. and these
men laughed at his purpose and he
reterned to the city leaving the wheel
where he had secured it. He ther
went to the depot intending to catch
freight train out but it was there
I that he was first spotted and he was
never out of the view of the officers
afterward
He does not seem the least concern,
cd about his crime but the Officers
are of the belief that he has beer
guilty of something worse not Ions
ago and will attempt to connect hin
up.
/ The catching of the thief was
splendid piece of work on the part o
the two Officers who started on tn,
case without a clew. For their sue
cess they will get the 500 reward
offered by the National jewelers. as
sociation.