Little Falls herald., 1914-12-25
Two STORES BURGLARNllED.
VICTOR CLOTHING co. AND TILE
i adams HARDWARE Cos STORES
Is g. RoBBED-THIEF CAUGHT si

RoBBED-TH1EF CAUGHT
III John Brenning, alias John M
ll,sO 'Brien, pleaded guilty last evening
Sbefore Judge John Roeser on st. Clou(
Ito grand larceny in the second degree
Ifor burglarizing the stores Of the Vic
i tor Clothing company and the Adams
( Hardware company on Thursday .eVe
/; ming of last week. The judge deferred
/ sentence and the prisoner will be kept
h!.ssaat the county Jail here to await the
Same. ~ sS..a ,34;@4a
The man was arrested at Randall
fs3unday morning by Sheriff Paul Felix,
Ton advice from Peter Kiewel, proprie-
tor Of a hotel at that place, whose sus.
1 splcions were aroused when the man
exhibited several articles which cor
responded with the goods stolen at, the
/ stores.si.sG.. f.a. M
The man was brought before Justice
Randall Monday for hearing, but he
waived examination and was i bound
over to the grand Jury on two charges
of burglary and his bonds fixed at
81 900 in each case. He later decided
to plead guilty to a charge Of grand
larceny in the second degree. This
charge is punishable by a. fine or i'm.
prisonment, whereas the + burglary
charges are punishable only by iimpris.
0nment. --:. .s--. |.,s
AS Judge R0eser was in the city on
business yesterday a special session of
court was held to allow Brenning t0
plead guilty and receive his sentence.
q The man is but 20 years: of age and
does not appear to be an old offender
and it, is probable. that the judge will
Jet him off with "a heavy fine. %~'!Es ,
The robbery occurred between the
hours Of III p. m. Thursday night and
1:30 a. m: Friday morning, but was not
discovered until about 1880 Friday
morning, when the proprietors Of the
stores opened up for the day.
81 Entrance to the hardware store had
been gained through basement win
dow. After helping himself to several
revolvers, pocket knives,;< q hamme1
and % quantity of ammunition, the man
left the place through the back door.
The burglars story Of his. entering
and burglarizing the clothing store, as
fold in justice court at the preliminary
hearing, would make it appear that his
motive for entering was not prineipal-
ly because Of his need of good cloth
ing. He said that upon leaving the
4 R9fhardware store he heard noise as Of
5spme person approaching and therefore
scrawled through trap door into the
Eonter cellar stairs Of the clothing store
Basement to hide. As he leaned against
tile basement door at the bottom of the
|Istairs it opened and he walked in ant'
Nshelped himself to valuable coon:kir
Goat, a suit case and oxford bag, al
skin cap and a. Norfolk sweater Co.'S: -. l.
4at left~the place at about .1:,aJ@ &
m. and went to the N. P. depot. sys!, ,rt
he bought a ticket for Randall I'd
took passenger train No. z, whii-. Eft
this city at 2:15 a. m. and Went to
that place, where he registered at the
Kiewel hotel. Mr.. Kiewel for a time
did not suspect the man, thinking: he
Sas land buyer, as several land buy.
ers game to the hotel at the same
time Friday morning. But on Satur-
day night, as the stranger took new
hammer, out Of his suit case to repair
toy for one Of Mr.. Kiewel s children,
the hotel proprietor's suspicion was
aroused and he telephoned Sheriff Paul
Felix, who drove up to the place Sun
day morning and arrested him. All the
stolen goods were in his nossession and
have been returned to the owners.
The store proprietors have slightly
different versions Of the way the rob-
berry took place and the amount Of
goods stolen. Mr.. Koslosky OF the Vic
tor states the man must have hid in
the basement Of his store before clos
ing time, as he is positive that the
outer door to the basement was locked.
Mr.. Adams thinks that the man stole
a number of pocket knives and several
razors from the store, but is not pos
tive, as they had no way in which to
check up the stock. '... o.
A reward Of $75 was offered by the
proprietors of the two stores for the
arrest and conviction Of the burglar
and this money will 90 to Mr.. Kiewel,
who caused the mans arrest. ~