The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-19
CAPTURE TWO
HORSE THIEVES
AT VINElAND

Chased by SELF constituted posse
Of farmers. and hemmed in on I'll
sides until escape seemed practically
impossible. two thieves who had stoI-
en- a couple OF saddle horses from
Frank and John stienmeier at Canon
City. Thursday night. gave up and
surrendered yesterday afternoon. at
a point two miles south OF vineiani.
some sixteen miles from Pueblo They
gave their names as Milan Smith and
Harold Brown. aged 10 and 20. max
ing wide detour OF the city by their
captors until the arrival OF Sheriff
Joe Esser. who was notified of the
surrender by telephone. Later they
were brought to Pueblo IN the sher-
ms automobile and lodged in cell
In the police station.
According TO their statement, made
soon after their arrival here. they
passed through Pueblo Saturday night.
making a vide detour OF dc city ov
way OF Lake MInnequa and the steel
works. and out Northern avenue to-
ward Salt creek. They stopped in a
small Italian store Just west OF the
creek. where they attempted to got
quarters for the night Being unable
10 secure the consent of the proprie-
tor OF the store. they remained for an
hour to get warm. then proceeded
farther along the road until they came
20 a brick school house. where they
stabbed the horses In vacant barn
and slept In the school house all night
The next morning they proceeded on
their way. only 10 be followed by a
number OF farmers who recognized the
stienmeser brand on the stolen al
mails. After a hard ehale. nndins
themselves hemmed in by other farm
ers who had been warned BY teie-
phone OF their approach. the two boys
threw up their hands and submitted to
capture. They were unarmed-
without Feed and sieep.
Al the local police station yesterday
afternoon they slep, the sleep OF alb
solute exhaustion. lying on the hard
cement foor OF the cell in which they
we're tncsrcerated- They declared
that they had not had food OF any de
scription since leaving Canon CITY
astride of the stolen horses. until Civ
en- their dinner by one OF the farmers
xho captured them. and that they had
had practically no sleep.
Neither of the boys has the appe II
ance commonly associated with a
horse thief They exhibited hands
that we're calloused by toll. declarias
tha, they have worked in the harvest
fields and in the fruit orchards for the
past few weeks in an effort to earn an
homes; living. Smith said that 10
came from near Joliet. Ill. and Brown
from Hennessy. Okla. They were en-
ployed by 4 man owning high strik-
err recently. they say. and came %
Canon City with the understanding
that they would be given work with
the carnival company that has been
showing there for the past week.
when we got there" Smith ex-
piained. we found that the striker
couldn't be put up. because the ,u-
thorities OF the town had put up the
price Of concessions to q figure that
our boss couldn't AFFORD to pay. Hs
was broke. and 50 were we. Finally
he gave us a dime. and I bought cook
lee with it-which was all the money
We had to feed ourselves with for
three days. We hadn't clothes at to
wear. either. and were desperate. 81,
afser we had tried every way possible
to get out OF town, we decided 20
steal a couple OF horses and try to
get back to Oklahoma. where Browns
people live and where have friends.
A. soon as we had started. though.