The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-23
Following Tip from Trailer Young Man
is Found by Sheriff Bailey and
Deputy Fishing on River
Below Dam
FIVE STOLEN ANIMALS
IN CORRAL CLOSE BY
Denial TO Charge is Entered but Officers
are Not Convinced; Preliminary
Hearing for Defendant is
Set for May rs

Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Bailey
and Deputy castleman arrested and
lodged in Jail a man who at first gave
his name as Cleveland, then as Har-
ris. upon charges OF horse stealing.
Sunday night or early Monday
morning, some one stole two sorrel
mares. mention OF the theft appearing
In yesterdays issue Of the Express.
from the farm of C. Z. Deason, be-
tween Chickasha and Cement.
Yesterday morning. as soon as the
horses were missed from the Deason
property, Walter Rider hrother-in-
law of Mr. Deason, mounted horse
and started to chickasha 10 notify
the officers. Fortunately the young
man struck the trail of the thief and
Shanoan Springs. through the south
end Of Chickasha and out into the open
country around the Lindsay branch
OF the Rock Island and the Oklahoma
Central division OF the Santa lie rail.
ways following the trail still fur.
ther young Rider came to the point
where the pursued had abandoned the
open country and taken to the river
bottoms. About mile below the dam
on the Washita Mr Rider came In
sight OF a bunch OF horses corraIled
IN the brush behind hfli near the
river The young man carefully ap-.
preached close enough to the bunch
OF five horses to Identify the two sto-
len from his brotherin-law. Then he
hit the hot trail for Sheriff Bailey's
headquarters
Sheriff Bailey and Deputy Castle
man, taking Rider with them. went by
auto to spot as near as possible to
whore the horses were corralled.
Creeping into the brush with the
horses the officers awaited the com.
ing Of the man wanted. After con
siderable delay. no one appearing
Sheriff Bailey and the deputy recon
noitered with the result that thes
came upon young man who was in
company with Mr. Reu. Of Chickasha,
fishing The young man had a fish
net over bis shoulder When asked
who he was AIr Reu said he did not
know, that ne had voluntarily thrown
in with him to catch mess OF fish.
Asking the young man his name Sher-
III Bailey was asked IN turn What's
II to you?"
II was then that the sheriff advised
him that he was under arrest and told
him OF the advisabiity Of coming
through as the horses had been locat-
ed
The prisoner then told the officers
that his name was Harris, that he fell
in with a fellow named Cleveland last
night and just travelled along with
HIM" Cleveland that morning had
gone to Chickasha for some supplies
and had asked him to look out for the
horses until his return.
Sheriff Bailey turned his prisoner
over to Deputy Castleman and. with
Mrs Rider took possession OF the
stock and camping outfit, bringing the
same TO chiekasha. There were in all
five head of horses, including the two
mares stolen from Mr. Deason also
one small iron gray horse. or pony
branded on the left shoulder with the
letters y with T beneath them;. 2
small black horse similarly branded
and larger black horse branded on
the right shoulder with an inverted
heart. 3''sides the horses thaj.e was
good one-lforse top buggy and a full
camping outfit
While coming into Chickasha with
Deputy Castleman the prisoner said
his name was Cleveland; that the mar
he had thrown in with was named
Harris; that he came from Lawtor
where he had worked on dairy farm
for man named Tucker; that he hat
gotten into girl scrape at LawtoI
and been forced to skip,
Cleveland, or Harris, is about p