Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-27
SLIPPERY
'*GUNNY"
"Gunny" mAleer, Much Wanted
for Sundry and Divers Jobs
of the Cracksman
CAPTURED AND "HOG-TIED''
He has mysterious Smith
Beaten to Delicate Froth----
A Brakeman Squeals.


Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 24.-Although
Saturday was a legal holiday and the
sheriff's Office was supposed to be
closed, the sheriff did a good days
work, for the famous "Gunny" Nc
Aleer, postoffice robber and jail braek-
er, is behind the bars of the county Jail
waiting to be taken to Sioux Falls
where he will have to answer to the
charge of robbing the postof1ice at
Yale on July Z, last year
McAleer was taken into custody at
Eureka on Wednesday, but broke out
of the jail there the same night and
the next morning walked across coun-
try to Roscoe, reaching there last
night. From there he took the extra
freight coming into Aberdeen this
morning and was recognized by Brake
+ man f. G. Frederick who lives in
Aberdeen. Frederick notified the
agent at Ipswich, who in turn called
up the sheriff and told him the sus-
| picions Of the brakeman. The sher-
| iff was little too late to get the man
there, however, so word was passed
along to Nina to be on the lookout for
the man. Constable M. ]. Moulton
was out to meet the freight at Nina
and saw McAleer leave the train to
go up town. He went to the post.
office there and returned at once for
! the train, but on the way back he was
taken in tow by the constable and
the brakeman and taken aboard the
train and brought to this city.
Officers Meet Train.
Neither Moulton nor Frederick hat
guns nor did their prisoner. when he
was searched. Gunny was hustled in
othe caboose and word was sen
to Sheriff Shaffer to meet the trair
to the caboose and word was sen
Sheriff Shaffer. Deputy Tom Wyckof
and Deputy Arthur H. Muckow o
Sioux Falls, took an auto out to tn,
junction and met the train and sool
brought the prisoner to the loca
county Jail where he is now lodged.
Deputy Sheriff Muckow will TAX
McAleer to Sioux Falls in the morn
ing, where he will have to answer t,
the charge of robbing the Yale post
office. He and C. Anderson robbie,
the Office on July T. and were arrest
ed at Huron the same day. The
were taken to the Minnehaha count
jail and lodged there for trial. Ol
August IL, McAleer escaped from tn
Jail and has been at large ever since
, Anderson was convicted and sentence
to two years in the penitentiary.
How McAIeer Escaped.
McAleer says it was an easy 10
to get out of the Eureka lookup. A
:, he had to do, he says, was to reac
t out of the cell and get piece Of elet
tric wire which was hanging up nea
t by and with this he worked a monke
D wrench across the floor to the outsid
t of his cell and with this he twiste
d off the lock of the door and escapet
When found this morning, he ha
e no gun on him and had only So cent
a button hook and a watch chain. H
: says he has been in North Dakot
g Minnesota and Iowa since his escaI
J. from the Sioux Falls lookup He ha
J. in his possession a ticket on the Mi
e neapolis and St. Louis road from Wi
throp to Gibbon, dated January 20.
Constable Moulton and Brakema
Frederick have agreed to divide tt
5000 reward offered by Sheriff Relic
equally among themselves
i Local officers say that the COVER
Fment has a standing offer OF 5000 r
r ward for the capture of any postoffit
a. robber. Whether this offer stands
n the present case where the sheriff
le offering similar reward is not know
h for certain. But it may be that Il
le two captors will receive S40O for the
I'd pains.
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