Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-21
J. j. MoRRiSSEY AND WARREN
cRlssWELL TOOK MEN IN
CUSTODY LAST EVENING.
IDENTIFIED ~ TRAMP
Claims 20 Have Seen the Men When
Hoa Was sutchsrsd IN Coal sneo
n Bear Creek school House
Friday Night. -

with the aid OF club IOOI Hoiso o.eo.
killing the porkers on the premises
from which they were stolen, Deputy
Sheriff J. j. Morrissey and Constaple
Warren Crisswell landed two men las'
nikht whom they have every reason e
believe are the thieves. the catcn
vas made at the home of the men on
Mechanic street In the vicinity OF the
Milwaukee junction, about 9 O'CLOCK
and two brothers, AL and Emmett Bur
ton lAneuish In the county Jail pending
acton Ia the Justice court where they
viii be arraigned this afternoon.
t XIII Hog on Premises.
The hog thefts were Of such UNIQUE
character that distinct novelty WAS
injected into ordinary metnoos Oh
tf1levery as the men when robbins
some farmers sly would stick tne
hoS's neck IN the pen but taxa II else
where to butcher it. No less tnan
three hogs were taken from as many
places on the South Side In the vicinity
OF Sunnyside tract, west OF South W
tunwa proper. The f1rst was taken
from the pen Of Mr.. Van Wrinkle sun.
day, January 8, and the second
from the hog lot Of Farmer Hagen IN
the same neighborhood the following
wednesday. Having such apparent
success they continued, and on Friday
nikht. last week, they visited the nome
81 +. p. Box near the Frank Upp
place whore but two hogs were In the
nSn. Here they took an old SOW ana
the same methods as employed on
former occasions was resorted to. They
c,,t the throat OF the hog in the pen,
rolled Il over the fence and LOADING
It into their buggy drove on.
ohiesrs Find Tracks.
Mrs. fsox notified the sherihs
once by telephone Saturday morning
and Deputy Sheriff Morrissey with
ConstAbie Crisswell began the search.
Mrs. BOZ appraised the sheriff that the
perpetrators Of the theft had used
horse that was apparently club-footed,
as It made peculiar hoof print ana its
mode or travel could easily be detecteu.
Beginning on the search early Satur-
day the ,ohicers tracked the thieves
to the Bear Greek school house ana
found that the school had been broken
into the night before and the coal sned
a. we'll. It was in the latter place
that they found most evidence, as the
thieves had not scalded the hos, as
il usual, but skinned it instead, and
did the butchering in the coal shed.
having taken the lamp from the school
for light to work.
rran1ps Tip sherin.
This was one OF the things that led
10 their detection, for upon their ar.
rival at the school they found two
tramps lodging there for the night. One
OF these, upon being given whiskey,
lent aid to the men cutting up the hog.
Coming to the city during Saturday
afternoon one Of the tfamps reported
the matter to the sheriff and has been
held since pending the finding OF the
thieves. He Is q German and speaks
but little English, but with the aid OF
an interpreter made plain to Sherln
w. D. Knox what had been done.
Continuing their work OF tracking
the thieves, the officers found that they
had proceeded into Bear Creek and
that they had been on the premises
OF Fred Bargeman and sold a large por-
ton Of the pork to him. Failing to
find further track there at that time
the men were finally located yester-
day and found to be working on the
Ice for w. w. Cummings. Waiting
for the men to return from work the
pair were taken in tow by Omcers
Morrissey and Crisswell. The buggy
tracks were. responsible for their dis
coyery. as the horse was blind and
when left standing would veer out OF
the course to such an extent as to
make the discovery easy. When the
buggy was examined it was found that
blood spots were plentiful on the. rig,
although coal had been thrown on
them to hide them. A portion Of q
hog was found at their place OF resi-
dence. The two. Burtons denied that
tie buggy was used by them and AL
legged that they had rented it onr. to
a party during the past week. When
brought before the man held at the
county Jail last evening he, positively
identified them. They claim that their
father lives on farm near Bidwell
and say that they can prove that they
were with him Friday night when the
Box hog was taken.
~ ROME.
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