The Sauk Centre herald., 1920-12-02
ROBBERY AT GREAT
NORTHERN DEPOT
BOY BANDIT CAUGHT WITHIN
HOUR OF THEFT-TAKEN TO
ST. CLOUD
CONFEssES TO THE BURGLARY
MONEY TAKEN WHILE AGENT
EATS NIGHT LUNCH-SUS-
PECT LEADS TO ARREST

The burglarizing of the office Of
the Great Northern Railway depot
coupled with the almost immediate
arrest and recovery of the stolen
money early Wednesday morning,
broke the usual tranquility in local
police circles.
Within almost an hour of the dis
covery of the robbery of the depot
cash till, Benjamin Mcbride, local
boy, was placed under arrest and in
his possession was found practically
all of the missing funds. This dis
covery was followed almost immedi-.
ately by confession of the theft.
Mcbride was given, hearing be-
fore Judge M. C. Kelsey in Munich
pal Court Wednesday morning. He
waived hearing and was bound over
to the District Court for trial at the
December term. The prisoner was
taken to st. Cloud and lodged in the
county Jail Wednesday afternoon al
ter his admission of inability to fuln-
ish the required bond of $1,000.
The amount stolen was alleged to
have been $77.5O, part in currency
and part in silver. Of this amount
however, all but $3.50 was discovered
in the boys possession. In his con-
fession to Night Police Rosenberger
Mcbride stated that he did not know
what had become of the missing
money.
The depot was burglarized be-
tween the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Geo. Dobbs,
night phone operator in charge OF the
depot, had locked up the office short
" before two o'clock and had gone
to his homo for lunch. Upon his re-
turn he had occasion to go-sto the
cash TILL, and upon opening it, dis
covered that it had been rifled OF
all money with the exception OF a
small amount of change and checks.
Mr.. Dobbs Immediately made a
survey of the office and tGand no
locks had been tampered with. The
window, however, had the appearance
of having been opened and marks up
on the window sill showed where a
burglar might have entered the place
through window.
Upon making his discovery, Mr..
Dobbs, Immediately notified Night
Police Rosenberger. Mcbride, whose
general actions have caused suspi-
cion for some time, had been notic-
ed lounging about the streets after
midnight and had been seen in the
vicinity of the depot by Mr.. Dobbs.
Acting ON the suspicion that Nc
Bride was the burglar, Police Ros-
enberger Immediately secured war
rant for his arrest together with
search warrant and went to the Nc
Bride home. Here he found the
Young man in bed and
placed him under arrest. Upon
searching the room, he found pock-
et-book under the boys mattress con-
tanning an amount of currency and
shortly afterward obtained a confess
sion, Mcbride stating that he did
not know why he had committed the
theft. Asked where the balance OF
the money was, the prisoner then
led the police to the barn and on the
ground near the barn, he showed
them handkerchief containing the
silver money alleged to have been
taken from the depot.
In Judge Kelsey's court, the prs.
oner refused to make statement OF
his case. He waived examination.
The testimony of Police Rosenberger
and night operator Dobbs was taken
and the money alleged to have been
stolen, produced in evidence.
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff.
Joseph Miller, the prisoner was tax,
en- to the county Jail at st. Cloud
Wednesday noon. His case will be
heard in the District Court at st.
Cloud during the December term.
Benjamin Mcbride is 22 years OF
age.