The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-06
interstate Complications
Sheriff Anderson Hot on a Trail
Of Alleged Horse Thieves has a
Time of it at Hettinger.

Sheriff John Anderson and his
deputy w. H. Nesbitt spent part
|of Thanksgiving day at Hettinger
in efforts to secure the person of
one well known Dan Sears and |
his probable accomplices in al
legged horse stealing cases. They |
found their man, and also a sec
|ond party allied with him in the |
disposal of horseflesh, another
Ipartner running under the name
tof Elmer Johnson, but understood
Ito be a well known lover of other
peoples horses, having decamped
| the vicinity of the Adams county
capital only an hour or so before.
1t appears that number of
horses had turned up missing in
the central and south part of
Perkins county, and from the
description given of parties seen
on the road, it was surmised that
IDan Sears and Gene Curington
were the parties to be interview
ed, to get some light on the SUBJ
ject. Thus on Thanksgiving day
came information that Sears and
! iCurington were at Hettinger,
seeking to dispose of some horses.
i Sheriff Anderson and Mr.. Mes
! bitt therefore made haste to get
there, reaching Hettinger just
after dark. They found that
Sears and his partners had ef-
| fected a sale to John Winkle Of
ten head at a price of $700, Mr..
| Winkle paying them in a check
to Dan Sears. which check how
ever could not be cashed till the
next day. Anderson found that
the party had brought altogether
10 horses. of which eight are un-
questionably Curington's ami
mails, all good heavy work horses.
| To be sure, Sears put up a
strong plea for innocence, but
the sheriff had him lodged in the
city Jail, Curington was put in
to the county Jail. Separated as
, the partners were, their eX-
plantations as to their business
affairs did not tally, Sears saving
that Curington had settled with
the alias Johnson, and Curington
} stating that Dan had done so.
? Friday morning began the tilt
before the Adams county author
t tiles. Sears had retained legal
a help, who secured a writ of
: habeas corpus from the local
t justice of the peace, whereWith
E to bluff the sheriff. But as JUS
r tees Of the peace have no power
: to issue habeas corpus writs. tha,
plan did not work. The defense
f however succeeded IN having
s Sears freed under the ridicuIousiy
r small! bond of $3.50, which was
e promptly furnished. Curingtor
). was allowed bis freedom upor
|. leaving his eight horses in tht
e sheriff care. Both parties wer,
e to answer in justice court at Bi
n son Wednesday this week.
y But now comes the funny sid,
). of the deal. Sunday night lat,
e someone succeeded in getting IN
g to the livery barn where la,
t Sears riding horse was kept. ans
y IN getting it out, returning thl
animal early IN the morning b,
the rear entrance to the barn, il
II order to do which the lock ha,
to be broken. In the mornin,
the horses sold to Mr.. Wlnkl
Il were gone There is no doub
! but what these animals Wer
n driven southwark in the director
y of their feeding grounds, an,
stampeded. SO that no evidenc
h might be had against the sus
# pected parties. However, Nh
al Winkle had been given a bill 0
e sale. in which it appears that tn
Nv ownership of the animals sold t
" Mr.. Wrinkle had been claimed b
,e the partners. separately, four b
Sears. and three each by Curing