The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1915-10-15
Coteau Robbers !.
Nabbed at Minot

+! The three men who on Wednes-
day night of last week stole q team
Of horses from the Isley farm a
half mile south OF Cotean. then i
stole wagon, from the impleAent
yard of Andrew Larson and backs
ed the rig sup to the rear Of the l..
N. Peterson store and got away
with 81: big. load; of coats, shoes. to-
4bacco, etc, were arrested 4 Sunday
night at Minot by Sheriff Heath
and Deputy Drinkwater. They
gave their names as Harry Lewis,
age 22;t Willie Holmes, age IS, and J
j. J. King, age A., all Of whom
had been in the country for a coli-
pie Of months during a part of
which time they worked in the har-3
vest fields. They were brought
to Bowbells Tuesday morning on
Train No. 107 and given a hearing
charge preferred against them by
States Attorney Hanson was burg
larry and grand larceny, either
charge Of which will give them q VI
long term in the penitentiary
They all waived examination and
were bound over to the district
court, their bond being fixed at
$4,000 each on each charge. They
were unable to furnish bail . and
will have to remain locked up un- 7
til the next term of court. y sEs
Ever since the theft and burglary
took place Sheriff Heath and his
deputies have been covering the
country in, an endeavor to find a
track Of the men. " For a time Mr.
Heath had five autoes securing the /
country for miles, around, and 1T
didn't look possible that anyone I
could possibly get away with n the i
kind CT a rig the men started out
with. 1t was not until 8 Sunday
morning that the first B track Of /
them was found, and that was when
they went through Baden. They
were trailed to a school house next 1
where they had spent the night and
were still there when the teacher
and the pupils started to arrive.
and after that the trail was easy. to- 4
follow. 5s. y Mr.. Heath and his depu-%
ties Ed. Drinkwater and j ]. p. En1-s
trson kept on this srail unit Eit was !;
found there was no possible chance
for the criminals to- get away and
then Mr.. Emerson Iame home: At
stock yards about three miles
Eon this side %of Minot M i. Heath 4
noticed boy riding one horse and
leading another both of which 3
animals answered, tht a 1escrip riptions5
off tl1a q ones stolen. /. The boy was
stopped and taken in custod fsss
ter as few minutes he told where
the other two ctl lprits could sb,s;
found and 1T was osx:y e short time
before they were also under arrest N
III Swas found that the goods st0I
EN- from the Peterson store had
sbeen sold ito a man by be name ofSs
u johnson who condu dueted restaIlr-&
ant iii Minot, and u ohnson was also
arrested by !, the Ward county att
sthorit ties on I'll ae charge buying n
stolen property, and he was bound
over to the district court his bond
being fixed ats 81 5 O Itt is und der+
stood that oIlnso1l had been lnti isr
for some time and thu 81.
the Ward count slferl ffSs ri jlists 4
waiting for clli iaIce get
goods or him ssgss
Dn being brought lls
the men Ri mt seem
east but were tss
anyone that syF,OiIi ID sssss can iis
then we're ling
alI about how liea III tI I'D Il piil
Ispi Rhat t1ley ttehded
bii4xt had tllAYs SIS
They III Il ~ ,sS
thS &g g0GtIe xl{ey n t0s