The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-10
HORSE THIEF IS IN JAIL
]. C. McCarl Bound Over to Grand
Juryon Charge of Stealing Mare Z
and Colt Near Van Vert.

j. C. McCarl, young man about
21 years of age, is in the Leon jail,
charged with stealing mare and a
colt from the pasture of U. R. Ram
sey, farmer living near Van Vert.
Young McCarl was arrested at Des
Moines last Wednesday and turned
over to deputy sheriff Bob Craig, who
brought him to Leon. The prelimin-
ary examination of j. c. McCarl and
his younger brother Lloyd was set
before Justice Warford in Leon on
Friday, but McCarl waived examina-
ton and was bound over to the grand
jury under bonds of $500, in default
of which he is in the Leon jail.
Lloyd McCarl, his young brother, who
is lad of only - or ID years of age,
was not placed in Jail, owing to his
youthful age. The elder McCarl af-
ter reaching Leon, told the officers he
had been authorized to sell the mare
and colt by Ed Ramsey, son of
U. r. Ramsey, who told him he could
have all over $50 which he sold the
mare and colt for, providing he got
them away from the pasture without
his father knowing anything about it.
Young McCarl sold the mare and colt
of the money to Ramsey, so his story
colt does not look very good.
The following account of the affair
is taken from the Osceola Sentinel of
last week:
Acting as sleuth Sheriff Tillot-
son followed a clue that led to the
arrest Monday of j. G.. McCarl and
I - III; e1, -,
on the charge Of stealing mare and
colt from the pasture Of U. r. Ram
sey near Van Vert on Monday of last
week. AS nearly as could be learn
ed by an interview with U. R. Ram
sey and Sheriff Tillotson the facts
that led up to the arrest of the Nc
Carl boys are as follows:
1t was Tuesday noon when Mr..
Ramsey, his brother and his father,
who together own the stock on their
farm missed brown mare weighing
about 1900 pounds and her colt. AS
the pasture gate was open they sup,
posed that they had strayed from
the pasture. After searching the
community they still thought the
animals would be located in some
nearby secluded spot until one of the
women of the household who hap
pened to be in the pasture picked up
fragments of bill of groceries.
When put together it revealed an
interesting clue. A report of the
finding was at<once made to sheriff
Tillotson as the suspected parties re-
sided in Clarke county. He at once
began an investigation and about
the third man he met was Jim Jack
son of near Osceola who told the Of
ficer that he had purchased animals
answering the description from
young fellow who resides in Franklin
township. At Simmons Bank the
check for SIS given by Mr.. Jackson
in payment for the stolen property
and endorsed by j. G. McCarl, was To-
Gated.
The Clarke county officer got busy
at once. Sheriff Lorey of Decatur
county under whose jurisdiction the
case properly comes, was notified.
He dispatched his deputy, Rob Craig
to Des Moines, where is was learned
that j. G. McCarl had gone and he
himself arrested Lloyd McCarl and by
Wednesday evening both of the ac-
cused parties were in the custody Of
the Decatur county officers. j. G. Nc
Carl.is young man about 81 years of
age and his brother Lloyd is yet in
his teens. 1t is reported that j. G. ad-
mitted that he took the mare and
colt and sold them, but he says that
U. R. Ramsey's son was a party to
the offense. Mr.. Ramsey advises the
reporter that he having never. been
married has no son so this part of the
report seems to be somewhat mixed.
At the time of going to press yes
terday afternoon the preliminary trial
at Leon had not been held. II the
crime is fixed on the McCarl brothers
it may go hard with them.
The McCarl family resided in Os-
ceola during last winter. They NOV
ed to the farm in Franklin township
last spring.