Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-28
BURGLARS ARRESTED.
Two Men Try to Burglarize the Office
of the Northwestern DYeing and
Cleaning Works

When Edwin Stoddard, who is
superintendent of the Northwestern
Dyeing and Cleaning Works at l27-l29
Clinton street, went into the plant
last Tuesday evening to finish up
some work, he entered quickly and
turned or. the electric light; and he
was somewhat surprised to see two
men trying to make their escape.
They had been tampering with the
office desk, but from all indications
had been at work but few moments
and had not succeeded in getting at
the contents. Mr.. StOddard followed
them out of the rear door and chased
them for some distance and catching
up with one of the men ordered him
to stop, which he did after being
given to understand that if he didn't
his life might be at stake. Ed.
marched the would-be burglar, whose
name was given as Walter johnson,
to First avenue and turned him over
to policemen Roach and BaerWald,
who took him to the city hall jail
The other burglar escaped but it was
found out later that he had caught a
st. Paul train and went to Junction
City, and possibly from there to Stew
ems Point. Dynamite and dynamite
caps were found on JOhnSon'S person,
also fuse, Jimmy, steel drill, pliers
and other articles. He finally made a
confession to the effect that he and
| Harry Harding had started in several
weeks ago at st. Paul, deciding to do
little protest. onal work in the line
of burglarizing. They visited Stevens
Point, Waupaca, Stanley and other
places, entering various places and Sc
curing in some place sover 300. They
came to Wausau on Tuesday after
noon and were caught in their first
attempt. Johnson said that Harding
had served term in the penitentiary
of Wisconsin. Harding was captured
at Stevens Point on Wednesday con-
cerning which the Journal says:
sat about s o'clock Wednesday eve
ming Chief of Police Hofsoos, Sheriff
| Guyant and UnderSheriff Fred Hess,
the latter of Waupaca county, rounded
up two yeggmen at residence just
south Of this city. If the story told
by the younger of the two men is
true, one of them is man with a
criminal record of some length and is
a genuine bad man.
The story is about as follows Chief
of Police HofsoOs was on the lookout
for a man answering the description
given him by Chief of Police Malone
of Wausau, of burglar who, with
pal, had robbed a Wausau business
house. He finally learned that two
men had entered the 500 hotel in
this city at about $50 Wednesday
morning and soon afterward went to
bed. He also found that they arose
about noon and telephoned to the
house, where they were afterward
captured, saying they were up against
it and wanted dinner. They were
assured they could get their din
ner so walked south along the 500 line
tracks until they came to the house.
The men remained there the rest OF
the day. Chief HofsoOs, after careful
inquiry, determined one of the men
was the one wanted at Wsusau. In
the meantime he had telephoned the
sheriff of Waupaca county and in
| formed him that a man answering
the description of one who it was sup
posed had pulled off some jobs in
Waupaca recently, was here. Under
sheriff Hess came up on the 5:29 train
and at about 7:30 in the evening, in
company with Sheriff Guyant, went
to the house. Each of the officers
| took station at the doors and upon
knocking for admission young
woman responded. She was asked if
there was anybody in the house but
herself and replied there were two men
upstairs. At the request of the
officers the men were called and the
officers took them into custody.
At the Jail they gave their names
as Harry Partridge, twenty-five, of
st. Paul, and William Mccarthy,
twenty, Bay City, Michigan. After
being locked up Mccarthy was taken
into the sheriff's office at the Jail,
where he was given a taste of the
third degree. At first he would not
peach on his companion, but at
about IL O'Clock weakened and told
this story: He first met Partridge
when he was in a box car at Wausau
and from there the pair came to this
city. They went to the 500 hotel to
sleep, later going to the house where
they were taken prisoners. He SAID
Partridge had told him he had blown
two safes at Stanley, and had done
''jobs" at Waupaca and Merrill, that
he was one of those who with ''pal''
robbed a Wausau business house and
his companion was caught after they
had completed the robbery there.
He also said Partridge was one of
the men who, on December ,, held
up and robbed the saloon at Starks
and when overtaken by Oneida coun-
/ ty officers had shot and wounded
Arthur Rood and Hans Anderson.
He said Partridge had told him he
had received $3.50 as his share of
the booty taken at Starks Pan
fridge had also talked about robbery
he and his "pal' had planned al
Sherry, where, he said, they intended
to crack the safe in a lumber COM
pany's Office. Mccarthy also said
Partridge had thrown away a fuse
and several caps when they. had
walked along the 500 line tracks that