The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-02-28
One ROBBER CAUGHT
GOODS RESTORED

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dow, high up against the ceiling,
They climbed on to the Edison har-
ness shop and entered from that roof,
using the shelving in the Scandrett g.
Fhest store as ladder, They Quilted
the knife case of several hundred
knives of various prices. They took
eight revolvers, thirty-slX razorS and
all OF the German money on display
In one OF the show cases, this money
being samples Mr., FueSt had but
lately brought from Germany. They
did not touch the silverware, nor the
cash register, nor the safe. There
were several other things among the
signs of the litter the next morning
that led Mr.. Edison, the sheriff, and
Mr.. Long, the secret service man for
the Rock Island to believe that it was
a Doy, or boys who committed the
deed, Messages we're Immediately
sent out in all directions describing
the goods, and cautionlng all officials
to notify every one in this country
about the goods,
With the telephone, the telegraph,
and men who have studied criminol'
ogy 50 thoroughly that they read
other mems minds, 1t is very hard To
get away with "Swag" these days.
Although, to the common citizen,
the case looked hopeless Sunday
morning 1t did not take very long to
get track of the goods and the crimi-
nails either.
Two weeks ago two boys, aged
fifteen and fourteen respectively, met
in Oklahoma City and struck up an
acquaintance. Young "bOOmers"
were they, out seeing the world.
They heard about Liberal, Kansas;
heard that it was live town, They
decided that this was the place for
them. They came. The job they had
J had in mind did not materlalize as
they had expected, so for over q week
they had been cooking, sweeping and
washing dishes over at the McDer'
mot rooming house for their board
; Soon they were out of money. One
suggested to theother that they break
/, into some store, get some stun, take
it to another town and sell IL.
At eleven-thirty Saturday night
they arose from their warm bed, wenl
I to the hardware store which they had
spotted during the afternoon, and en-
tered as above described. Using
; knives they cut the bottoms of theiI
r pockets in their coats so that thu
space between the lining and thC
: goods could be filled with plunder
In this manner they carried all ol
the stuff to the depot, and boarded
No. 80 at two o'clock am. They gOt
n of az Guymon, aud tried to get
e wooden box quickly, so that they
$ might pack the stuff and ship it,
. They did not yet box but bought an
old yalise, for a dollar, and packed
+ the stuff. Shortly a cop acc0sted
e them and became very inquisitiYe
e about what they had in the grip,
: thinking OF course that 1t was booze
= One of the boys, the youngest, hiked
J, from the town then and there and
n has not been heard OF since. The
e other talked the cop out OF his In
ouisitiye spell temporarily, but be.
came so frightened that he skipped
from the town and carried the grip
which weighed As pounds, to Good
well, a distance Of about ten miles
There he expressed ii to Ardmore'
! lie boarded the train TO Dalkart. All
might have been we'll, but he being
S such an awful desperate, had to car
! ry gun. An officer in Dslhart sa"
e the bump and arrested him, searched
k him and found gun. Things might
i not have been so bad even then, bui
.. the unlucky boy had strange coir
a on his person. Not one OF the coins
belonging to Mr.. Fuest; one from
% Hawaii. But it aroused suspicious
h for messages whispering OF strange
d coins and guns had Just been cominI
le over the wires. Dalhart wired u
. Liberal. Sid Long went down, anC
y talked to the boy. The coin was Dt
IN proof, and the gun wasn't good one
10 hut Mr. Long noticed that the ex
~ nress receipt was not signed by Mr.
Yocum or by Mr. PaytOn. He theI
d took long shot for his money antt
t. told the boy that the game was al
Of up. That the stuff had been shipped
20 from Goodwell and that they had In
" tercepted it at Dslhart, and had al
Of the stuff in their possession so ina
es ne lust as well come through VIII
IN the truth. This was a staggerini
"a blow and the young man broke dow
'0' and confessed the whole thing. PraC
es tically all of the goods are recOYere'
en- except the money which Is In pos
% session OF the other boy who has no
Al been caught. ~.
81 The reward was given to the Da
le- hart official we understand.
1t The case was turned over to JudR
rn Campbell. as il has to be tried In tn
ia Tuvinile court. He perhaps will