The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-02
CATTLE STEALING
WELL ORGANIZED
Thefts Porced Stockmen
to Fight the Thieves,
is Claim NJ ade.
ED TALLN IS HELD
The Authorities Indicate That
Others Are to BE Taken
Into Custody.

pAWIURkA, Dec Holding "'
I'd Tailcy for trial In district '"ui'
uu "a charge uf stealing CtiI" - jho
formal beginning ~ The Digg"r. go"
ihirf story Of many years. rom ~
mons and Harry Callahan were h'''
under bonds us Witnesses. Iha' "'II
crs viii hc brought iu nH prlu'lpt''
,vaA Indicated IN the course ~ 'h'
preliminary hearing
Tallry was taken into custody i.
fnsy weeks ago aftrr ioug h'iL'H "'
-lnveAl pJf4Iuua by cattle men "I ll''
aeclon and by dctccityrr from 'h'
big Aiockyards aud ih" 't'N'lh,n ,
uAaociAtion II was soon f""ud ma
there wad come Eur' ~ eco "p"I"
marketing agreement among '"
thieves IN N" pHHgc
duncan Ncso,crs imrt ~ h'fh.
The FIRST big ,If" ihh ''"'' w.
public notice Was tho luss ~ 90 h'""
uf cattle from the duncan "''''
between Nynoua ana Irrsh'uE.
These cattle were tu1Hrd late IN 'h'
sun1iucr & A Duncan. IN" IA"
huAkA hotel man. principal owner "'
ih. ranch. traced hH cattle To tue
Kansas cay and ST. Louis M"'N
,ard4 and found n burDh In llIh"i7
The cattle In Illinois hhd been h"hH"'
by farmers and Catllcmou hh l"'
feeders and stnCkrts and Duncan "
pleyinpd these Others were I"Hh"
scattered about In all Mi Duncan
recovered about 40 head
Othsr cnt,lemcu found themselves
short II is said That every nor,
in this section has been lnuch'l W
for from three 10 30 head OF rh'U'.
rhe operations extended from raw
huHklt tn bthgt -.
How many head ~ cattle have
b..n taken Is hard to estimate, hht
cnttlemen gay II may reach 300 or
more. The stealing has pr"hhpN
been going on for "A year. pfrhnih' T.
ably by one gang Whether a"ph'
raj, oprraturA eventually got togel lhcr
or whether they started together th'
investigators are not sure, II ~ eN,
dent that II took several men WIN
knowledge OF the COW country ana
knowledge OF tho markets to WORN
the game,
Cattle Mixed Ia Hide Dc,rctih.
The thefts were probably accom-
piishcd by tho mixing process ~
bunch OF cattle cut out OF nerd ",
"A big pasture could be driven ou'
without attracting notice ana theH'
cattle could be mixed In other pan
lures or IN SnlpplUk N"' ~ "''' =
ten out OF The country at CON
yenlrnt time. Some brand changing
IL alleged. 1t liz asid that shipp,ns
wns done from all tho regular snip
ming points The selling was pre-
sumably done under various names
Tallcy, whose home Is between
Wynona aud rawhurka. was W
rairncd before Justice q w 'Hr,
gia Many cowmcr attended hno
there was the greatest Interest IN th'
proceedings a lot OF evidence IN
landed TO show guilt by ThllrF ana
associates was introduced The &C
cusrd are making a strong hgh' an"
will endeavor TO show they were Wv.
tins OF circumstances ana kh'"
nothing of contrahand cattle
The case IN which Tnlicv was
hound over was brought In hchhl "i
Howard buffalo an Usage lnnla',
living IN Hominv, who losi %N''n'
head OF cattle. Robinson ana NdonS
are rather heavy losers The Drum,
ond cattle company, Page son ana
Page & Cranshnw, Frank watson
md others are losers
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