The Holly chieftain., 1919-06-19
YOUNG TELEGRAPH
Man Gets IN BAD
Glenn Harmon Falls Into
Detectives Hands.
HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR
MONTH AT HOLLY DEPOT
Charged With Having Stolen Rail.
road Ticket from Holly to Kansas
City-Brief Career Here Embellish-
ed by Campaign of Plunder.

City-Brief Career Here Embellish-
ed by Campaign of Plunder.
Since very early hour Tuesday
morning Theodore Glenn Harmon,
telegrapher's apprentice at the
Santa Fe depot, has been in Jail ut
Lamar, pending his preliminary
hearing on the charge of the theft of
a ticket from Holly to Kansas City,
which he is alleged to have stolen
while at work at the depot some
time the latter part of last week
The ticket in question was missed
in the check up by Cashier Geo.
Marsh at the depot and Agent c.
w. Hurd's suspicion was at once
aroused as to the author of the
theft but he Immediately instruct
ed all employees about the office to
LAY low" Monday he called up
Railroad Detective OIeary at La
Junta who sent down a special man
on passenger train No. 10 reaching
Holly at l :03 Tuesday morning to
look after the case.
1t so happened that Harmon
came in on. The officer was put
wise and remained on the train.
Harmon had bought a ticket to
Coolidge as camOuflage well know
ing that the train did not stop at
Coolidge. When the conductor call
ed for HarmOn's ticket he readily
flashed the Kansas City ticket
whereupon the detective placed Har
mon under arrest, the train was
stopped and Harmon was taken off
and after securing car the railroad
officer took him to Lamar at once.
During his brief stay at the depot
here Harmon was inclined to be any
thing rather than industrious or
interested in making himself eff
cient, in spite of the fact that he
was drawing S58 a month. The day
of his departure Agent Hurd had
courteously advised him that he
was not making the progress he
should and that he must apply
himself better, WhereupOn Harmon
quit.
Harmon's brief career in Holly ap
pears to have had prodigal set
ting in the way of numerous details
in amateur criminality. When he
came here on the I'd of May to enter
upon his duties as an apprentice
telegraph operator he pleaded no
funds and was quite readily ac-
corded credit and accommodations
by Cashier Geo. Marsh and q broth
er Clifton Marsh, who is second
trick operator, who shared their
room in the land company building
with Harmon, and even bought
cot and bedding for him. In addi-
ton they also lent him funds to
carry him until pay day. HarmOn's
gratitude was soon exemplified by
his plundering not only his bene-
factors from whom he is alleged to
have stolen S. in money and various
other small articles. He also enter
ed the room of Mail Carrier Harry
O'Kane who was away on his vaca-
tion, rifIing his dresser drawer and
a private safety deposit box con-
tanning Liberty Bonds, deeds and
various other private papers.
The young telegrapher seems to
have been leary of the bonds and
did not take them or any of the
other papers, but helped himself
quite freely to Mr.. O'Kare's silk
'hOSleIy dIlu tllItl ltllilSiIillSS. WI.
OKane's little strong box looked
as if it had been struck by Hun
shell. The lock was completely de-
strOyed and the rest of the box
iammed up so as to be useless. Mr..
O'Kane returned home from his va
cation in northern Illinois Tuesday
night finding his room thus ran
sacked, and was called to Lamar
this morning as witness.
Harmon is about Is years old and
his home is said to be in NeOshO,
Mo-, Earlier in the year he was in
a naval training station somewhere
on the Atlantic coast. He secured
his position at Holly through the
Influence of his older brother now
employed at La Junta and is re-
ported to be a man of integrity and
stability. 1t is reported that Glenn
has been in other minor scrapes
which cost the La Junta brother
considerable trouble and expense.
Harmon was to have had his pre-
liminary hearing at Lamar yester
day but the case was postponed
pending the arrival of his brother
at Pueblo, and the hearing is set
for today.
A report reaching here this even.
ing states that Harmon pleaded
guilty to the theft of the ticket and
was sentenced by the court to thir.
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