New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-11-10
RARIBAULT STORES
HAVE BETTER LUCK
AUTO THIEVES SELECT THEIR
sPoILs BUT FAIL TO REMOVE
q
THE GOODS.
AUTOMOBILE NUMBER PROVES
TO BE THAT OF A FAlRMoNT
FORD.


FORD.
That the Twin City police have not
yet rounded up all the get-away-quick
artists who have been operating in
clothing stores in this section OF the state
is shown by the fact that three Faribault
stores were burglarized last Saturday
night and a large quantity of goods re-
moved. However, in this instance, the
thieves did not manage the disappearing
stunt quite SO successfully as usual, for
tho they managed to fade away them
selves without leaving any information
as to where they might be found when
wanted, they failed to get their loot
packed into their car before they were
surprised at the task and were forced to
abandon it.
To Policeman Joe Coughlin of Fari-
bault belongs the credit Of having
stopped it all. He was going through
dark alley, in that city,, about $50
Sunday morning, when he spied dimly
lighted auto. With a revolver in one
hand and hash-light in the other, he
stepped up to two men who were near
by and asked what they wanted and why
they were there.
The strangers seemed to know in an
instant that he was an Irishman, and
one of them began chatting in friendly
way about the Knights of Columbus.
The patrolman was not interested in that
order just at that moment. What he
demanded was to know what they were
doing around there.
The men replied that they were just
waiting for DR.. F. u. Davis. They said
they had an appointment with him. All
were going out hunting together. This
did not satisfy the patrolman. He COM
manded them to get out and to turn on
their lights. They obeyed. He took
the number of the car.
The auto had scarcely pulled away,
when the patrolman, throwing his
searchlight around the alley, saw quite
a stack Of firearms. There were score
OF rifles, and quite number of revolvers,
stacked up against a lumber pile. Look
ing further, he found FIVE sacks of furs.
The officer at once surmised that stores
had been broken into and these goods
stolen. 1t was evident that the men
with the auto were in the act of loading,
the goods into the vehicle, when he
interrupted them.
The matter was reported to the chief
OF police and he found that the number.
OF the auto was that of a Ford owned al;
Fairmont. The auto seen in. the alley.
was not Ford. The chief. at once
determined to 60 to Fairmont and see
what could be ascertained. Evidently
the number tag had been stolen. The
chief of police also surmised that the
strangers may have been the fellows who
burglarized the Carlson fur store in Nam
kato early one Sunday morning few
weeks ago, and he decided to communi-
cate with the Mankato police and Sheriff
Osten joined the party going to Fair
mont. However, they made no discover
les OF any value. There seemed to be no
clue to the thieves that were frightened
away from Faribault. It was found that
the number seen on the auto ofIthe
robbers was that Of Ford belonging to
a farmer three miles from Fairmont, but
his number tag had not beeen taken or
disturbed. Evidently the thieves had
used another tag in imitation of the real
one.
There were four burglaries Sunday
night in Faribault. Three of these are
believed to have been the work of the
much-wanted men. They were pulled
off in the Herbert F. Kester women's
apparel store, where the furs were OBJ
tanned; in the Bloxam gun shop, whence
the weapons were taken and in the
Swartz candy factory, where two cases
OF candy were stolen. All of the stolen
goods were found. At the Bloxam gun
shop the thieves got in through a window
that was not locked. At the other two
places, a window was forced open with
pick-axe. This instrument was found
with the stolen goods. It was marked
with the letter F.
| A dwelling was burglarized the same
night at Faribault, and some jewelry
was stolen. It is not thought that this
was the work Of the auto thieves.
Herbert +. Kester also conducts the
STYLE Shop q. South Front street ii
lManl1to. -. $50 Z - 81.
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field in BIS CIR Sunday. -