The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-13
OFFICIALSGATHERIN
TWO SHOPLIFTERS
AT FAIR GROUNDS
Merchandise to Value of Over
$4,000 Recovered From
Caches.
ONE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Sneriff's Office Will Give Out No In
formation-Have Operated Under
Eyes of Police for Several Weeks
Preliminary Hearing Will Be Held
Next Monday.

The pretended attempt at suicide
of Frank Caras at the county Jail
Wednesday morning is wrapt in pro-
found mystery. Yesterday morning
the Tribune attempted confirmation
of the attempt at suicide at the sher-
ifs Office but the county officials
one of the two men arrested, Carras
and Will Paulos, had made a pretense
at suicide, but refused to say which
one of the men it was. They stated
that the man was not in a serious con-
dition. International complications
are undoubtedly feared by the county
officials. A rumor that cannot be con-
firmed is that the Greek consul at
Portland, who also represents Bull
garia, Servia, Montenegro and the
rest of the Balkans is on his way to
Caldwell. No attempt will be made to
storm the Canyon county bastile.
Sunday Will Paulos and Frank
Caras, two teamsters, were arrested
Paulos at Caldwell and Caras at.Boise.
1t is charged that the two men have
been carrying on a system OF petty
larceny for several months. Articles
and merchandise of all kinds to the
value of at least $500 were found hid
den away at the fair grounds where
the two men have been putting up
this winter Most of the merchan-
disc and some OF the other articles
were identified by local merchants.
Among the stores which were robbed
are the Golden Rule, Geo. A. Ander-
son, Cakes Bros. and Alexander.
The haul was the largest made by
the Canyon officers for some time
and the sberiff's Office, where the
goods were stored and were being
identified Monday, resembled sec
ond-hand store. One of the suitcases
recovered has been identified as the
property of Mrs. Dickens of Bruneau
which was stolen from the depot here
week ago. Papers contained in a
grip taken from the buggy of Charles
Howard we're also found as we'll as
two shirts which were in Breshear's
stolen satchel.
The merchandise included nuner.
Gus pairs of gloves, seven pair of new
leather lines taken from local har-
ness stores, sweaters, hats, caps
shirts several pair of trousers hose
and other articles galore secured from
Caldwell stores. There were also sew
eral shirts, handkerchiefs and son
marked f. w. c., which have not
been claimed and couple of valuable
aprobes.
But little OF the merchandise taken
from the stores here had been missed
Several of the merchants who identi,
fed stolen goods Monday recalled
having seen the alleged "shoplifters'
in their places of business. 1t appears
that the latters' method of operating
was to visit the stores during the
noon hour when most of the clerks
were at dinner, and after making
some small purchase, secret the stoler
articles underneath their coats anC
coats and get out without being no
ticed.
The two men have been staying Al
the fair grounds for the past two
months and boarding with Mrs. FREQ
Brown in one of the fair buildings
Neither Of them would talk when ar
rested and professed an ignorance o
the English language when ques
toned
The two Greeks, Bulgars or what